Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)
Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)
Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian made-for-television drama film) based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and is the first in a series of four films#Sequelsandspin-offTVseries). The film stars Megan Follows in the title role of Anne Shirley and was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan) for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released theatrically in Iran, Israel, Europe, and Japan.
Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)
The film aired on CBC Television as a two-part mini-series on 1 and 2 December 1985. Both parts of the film were among the highest-rated programs of any genre ever to air on a Canadian television network. On February 17, 1986, the film aired on PBS in the US on the series WonderWorks. The film achieved high ratings in the United Kingdom when it aired on New Year’s Day in 1987.
Plot
Anne Shirley, an orphan, lives with the Hammond family in Nova Scotia. After Mr. Hammond dies of a heart attack, she is sent back to the orphanage by Mrs. Hammond and is later adopted by a family in Prince Edward Island. She is met at the train station by the elderly Matthew Cuthbert, who is surprised to find her there. Matthew and his sister Marilla had originally requested a boy to help them on their farm, Green Gables, but Anne was sent to them by mistake.
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