When it aired back in the '80's, Anne was a viewing event akin to the 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries in England; families all over Canada sat down and watched it together. I was thinking as we watched Anne tonight that it's really a pity that there are so few modern productions which lend themselves to that sort of viewing. Anne of G.G., like P&P, is enjoyable for many age groups and is admirably suited for family viewing. It's been quite a while since I've seen the miniseries, and I'm enjoying viewing it once again... it'a a bit like comfort food: always good, always giving you a feeling of warmth and satisfaction.
Last night we watched the first half of the 1985 Anne of Green Gables miniseries which is, frankly, the definitive film version. Last year I saw the 2016 Anne movie which was an inferior production on pretty much all levels. Among other problems with it, Martin Sheen was very much miscast as the shy and soft spoken Matthew Cuthbert. He was played just about perfectly in the 1985 version by Richard Farnsworth, and no one can compete with Colleen Dewhurst's crusty but kind Marilla. And, of course, Anne is excellently played by Megan Follows. When it aired back in the '80's, Anne was a viewing event akin to the 1995 Pride and Prejudice miniseries in England; families all over Canada sat down and watched it together. I was thinking as we watched Anne tonight that it's really a pity that there are so few modern productions which lend themselves to that sort of viewing. Anne of G.G., like P&P, is enjoyable for many age groups and is admirably suited for family viewing. It's been quite a while since I've seen the miniseries, and I'm enjoying viewing it once again... it'a a bit like comfort food: always good, always giving you a feeling of warmth and satisfaction.
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“Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song.” ― G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man The 1962 movie What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? tells the story of Jane Hudson, who years before had been the famous and adored child star "Baby Jane". As she grows up though, she's no longer so cute- just an older and rather unpleasant actress. Meanwhile, her ignored and neglected sister Blanche becomes a movie star as Jane's career is failing... until one night when, in a suspicious car accident, Blanche's spinal cord is severed and she is left without the use of her legs. Fast forward a number of years and Blanche and Jane are living in Blanche's house on the money she earned during her movie career. Wheelchair bound, Blanche is helpless to escape the cruelty an alcoholic and increasingly insane Jane who in her fantasies is still "Baby Jane," performing for her adoring public. I can't remember now if I saw Baby Jane before or after I saw The Watcher In The Woods... either way, Bette Davis scarred me for life.
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