Thirty years on, John Huston’s twinkly Broadway adaptation is as syrupy and intermittently spiky as ever, with Aileen Quinn winsomely bedimpled as the titular orphan.
Carol Burnett gives her a run for her money though, as boozy caretaker Miss Hannigan – her slapstick ditty ‘Easy Street’ (performed with an underused Tim Curry) still provokes mountainous guffaws.
Huston’s film is as much an ode to musicals as it is to movies – check out the sequin-spangled 10-minute sequence in which the great director trumpets the magic of cinema via showstopper number ‘Let’s Go To The Movies’.
“Leapin’ lizards”, indeed.
DVD Extras:
- Sing-Along With Annie option
- Featurette
- Musical performance
