OSCARS '82: Annie
“It’s only a day awaaaaaaay…”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of child confinement, child abuse, threats, adoption, orphans, poverty.
It’s rare when an iconic movie musical also happens to be one of the more bizarre watching experiences in our show, and then even more rare when the movie kind of works. Which this movie does…kind of. Look, this was a pretty legendary failure, and yet with every single thing going against it, this movie is so consistently bonkers it actually manages to pull out of its tailspin. A lot of that has to do with the phenomenal, immensely talented cast who squeeze every bit of potential enjoyment out of this movie. Just don’t expect a lot, even from a legendary Hollywood director - he was too busy drinking and ignoring the film. Oscars '82 continues this week with Annie on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpts taken from the film Annie is © 1981 Rastar Films, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Excerpt of “Mr. Lucky” is written and composed by Karl Jenkins. Copyright 1980 Music De Wolfe, De Wolfe Ltd.
Excerpt of “When I’m Sixty-Four” written by Lennon-McCartney and performed by The Beatles. Copyright 1967, 2017 Calderstone Productions Limited.
