Anne of Green Gables (1985)

I was caught up in this beautiful story. The music was sensational and i had never heard of Hagood Henry, but its was exceptional. Up there with Hans Zimmerman and John Barry. The photograpy was out of this world and the story line was fresh and wonderful. I could relate in so many ways. Its always sad to see this calibre of movies not played enough today. Clean and wholesome. A treasured series for me. The actors all played their parts so naturally, one could believe that this was someones life story.

This mini-series is an excellent example of how television should be. The acting is first rate starring Canadian Actress Megan Follows in the role of Anne Shirley which displays great acting range for an actress so young. If this was released in the cinemas, this film would have garnered Oscar nominations for Megan Follows as Anne and of course, the wonderful Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert as well Richard Farnsworth as Matthew Cuthbert, a pair of siblings who adopt Anne reluctantly to care for on the farm on Prince Edward Island. Of course, the story doesn't end there. By the time we finish watching this extraordinary piece of film, we want more because these characters and the actors who portray them become very dear to us. We love Anne for all her faults and her amazing sense of humor and adventure. A person like Anne brings out the best in everyone and Megan Follows performance certainly displays a loyalty to the author's intentions. Apart, the direction, cinematography, acting, writing, and art direction is first rate and would have garnered Oscar nominations easily.

I first saw the Anne of Green Gables mini-series on PBS and immediately fell in love with the characters, the scenery and the music. I never tire of this movie. I think I've probably seen it 50 times. Megan Follows really captures the spirit of that irrepressible young orphan Anne Shirley. Colleen Dewhurst and Richard Farnsworth really give stellar performances as well. Richard Farnsworth plays the character Matthew Cuthbert and that character was part of the reason I ended up naming my firstborn son Matthew. I can't think of a better movie to share with your family. This movie was beautifully written and filmed and I highly recommend it!

Annne of Green Gables is the kind of movie that has everything, it makes you laugh, cry, etc... My favourite one is the first one when she goes to Avonlea for the first time. My favourite scenes are the ones with Anne and Matthew like the one where he gives her the dress with puff sleeves and the one when he goes to buy the dress, and he buys a whole bunch of other stuff trying to get the courage up to buy the dress. All the actors and actresses for the movie are perfect for there roles. The writing is brilliant and some of the scipts are really funny. The actress who does Rachel is perfect playing the town gossip. And the love story between Anne and Gilbert is very good and her friendship with Dianna is good too. I've watched this movie over and over again and it's the type of movie you can re-watch and enjoy it as much as if it was the first time your watching it you can't say that about too many movies. I'm from New Brunswick and my province is a neighbor to Prince Edward Island where the film was shot. It's nice to see the province in a movie and it's so beautiful there as you can see in the movie. The theme song is so nice too. Anyway this movie is up there in the top 5 movies i've seen.