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Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)

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Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 television film, based on the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The film was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The screenplay was written by Sullivan and Joe Wiesenfeld.

There have been many film and television productions of Montgomery's much-loved novel, but the 1985 production is considered the best by many fans. In particular, Megan Follows as Anne Shirley and Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert are widely considered to have given the definitive performances of those roles.

The film aired on CBC as a two-part miniseries on December 1 and December 2, 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 and February 18, 1986, the film aired on PBS in the United States.

Cast

Awards

The film swept the 1986 Gemini Awards, winning the following:

  • Best Dramatic Miniseries
  • Best Actress in a Single Dramatic Program or Miniseries: Megan Follows
  • Best Supporting Actor: Richard Farnsworth
  • Best Supporting Actress: Colleen Dewhurst
  • Best Writing (TV Adaptation): Kevin Sullivan and Joe Wiesenfeld
  • Best Music Composition: Hagood Hardy
  • Best Costume Design: Martha Mann
  • Best Photography: René Ohashi
  • Best Production Design/Art Direction: Carol Spier
  • Most Popular Program

Sullivan did not win, however, for Best Director of a dramatic program or series. He lost to Donald Brittain for Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks. The film also did not win Best Editing for a dramatic program or series.

The series also won an Emmy Award in 1986, for Outstanding Children's Program.

Trivia

Katharine Hepburn was approached to play Marilla. Although she declined, she referred Sullivan to Schuyler Grant, her niece, who was cast as Diana Barry.

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