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Annie: A Royal Adventure!

Annie: A Royal Adventure! (also known as Annie 2 or Annie 2: A Royal Adventure!) is a 1995 American comedy film and the sequel to the 1982 theatrical film Annie. It was released as a television film on ABC in the United States on November 18, 1995. The film has no songs apart from a reprise of "Tomorrow" sung at the end of the film, immediately after Daddy Warbucks is knighted.

Annie: A Royal Adventure!
A young red-haired girl dangles happily on the corner of a double-decker bus, her right hand holding at one of the passenger handles as her dog pants by the lower-left side, with the Houses of Parliament and a partly-visible Big Ben in the background.
GenreFamily
Musical
Written byTrish Soodik
Directed byIan Toynton
StarringAshley Johnson
Joan Collins
George Hearn
Music byDavid Michael Frank
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersWendy Dytman
Ruth Slawson
Production locationLondon
CinematographyAlan Hume
EditorJames Galloway
Running time94 minutes
Production companiesRastar Television
TriStar Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)

None of the cast members from the previous film appear in this sequel. Annie, Daddy Warbucks, Molly, Punjab, Asp, Sandy, and Miss Hannigan are the only characters from the original to appear in this film. Grace, Rooster, Lilly and Mrs. Pugh are not in the sequel. Many of the original cast had either moved on to other projects or were too old for the sequel.[1]

Plot

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A year after the 1982 film, twelve year old Annie Warbucks (Ashley Johnson), Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks (George Hearn), their dog Sandy, Annie's new friend Hannah (Emily Ann Lloyd), an eccentric scientist (Ian McDiarmid), and Annie's old friend Molly (Camilla Belle) (who is still an orphan but gets adopted by the Webb family in the end), travel to Britain, where Warbucks is to be knighted by His Majesty the King. However, the kids and their new English friend Michael Webb (George Wood) get mixed up in the scheme of an evil noblewoman known as Lady Edwina Hogbottom (Joan Collins) to blow up Buckingham Palace while all the heirs to the throne are present for Daddy Warbucks' knighting. n "Annie: A Royal Adventure!", Lady Edwina Hogbottom, played by Joan Collins, is the villain who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace during Daddy Warbucks' knighting ceremony. However, in a deleted scene, Lady Hogbottom and her son Rupert are shown back in America in their garden after Oliver Warbucks was knighted. This scene adds an interesting twist to the story, but it was ultimately cut from the final version of the film.

Cast

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Reception

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The film received a mixed reception from critics.[2][3]

Home media

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The film was released on VHS on November 14, 1995, and Region 1 and 2 DVD in 2004 and contained no special features, only a subtitle selection.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "'Annie' Is Back, This Time In London | The Seattle Times". Archive.seattletimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ O'Connor, John J. (18 November 1995). "TELEVISION REVIEW;Annie and Daddy Warbucks Go to London". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ Horst, Carole (13 November 1995). "Annie: A Royal Adventure". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ^ "DVD Talk". Dvdtalk.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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