Annie: A Royal Adventure!
| Annie: A Royal Adventure! | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Trish Soodik |
| Directed by | Bille Woodruff |
| Starring |
Ashley Johnson Joan Collins George Hearn |
| Music by | David Michael Frank |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Wendy Dytman Ruth Slawson |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Editor(s) | James Galloway |
| Running time | 94 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Rastar Television TriStar Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | November 18, 1995 |
Annie: A Royal Adventure! (also known as Annie 2 or Annie 2: A Royal Adventure! is a TV sequel to Annie (1982). It was released in the United States in 1995 and internationally in 1996, and is approximately 93 minutes long. The film has no songs apart from a reprise of "Tomorrow".
None of the cast members from the previous film appear in this sequel. Annie, Warbucks, Molly, Punjab, Asp, and Miss Hannigan are the only characters from the original to appear in this film.
Plot
Some years after the 1982 film, Oliver Warbucks, twelve-year-old Annie, her friend Hannah, an eccentric scientist (McDiarmid) and Annie's old friend Molly (who is still an orphan but is adopted by the Webb family), travel to England, where Warbucks is to be knighted by the King himself. However, the kids get mixed up in the scheme of an evil noblewoman known as Lady Edwina Hogbottom to blow up Buckingham Palace while all the heirs to the throne are present for Warbucks' knighting.
Cast
- Ashley Johnson as Annie Bennett Warbucks
- Joan Collins as Lady Edwina Hogbottom
- George Hearn as Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks
- Ian McDiarmid as Dr. Eli Eon
- Emily Ann Lloyd as Hannah
- Camilla Belle as Molly
- Crispin Bonham-Carter as Rupert Hogbottom
- Perry Benson as Mean Murphy Knuckles
- Antony Zaki as Punjab
- David Tse as Asp
- Carol Cleveland as Miss Hannigan
- George Wood as Michael Webb
- Buffy Davis as Mrs. Webb
- Ian Redford as David Webb
- Timothy Bateson as Derwood
- Deborah MacLaren as Madame Charlotte
- Ann Morrish as Mrs. Fowler
- David King as Winston Churchill
- Tim Seely as The King
- Roger Bizley as Captain Thomas
- Mary Kay Bergman as Miss Hannigan / British children / New York children / additional voices (voice)
- Sam Mancuso as Foreman
- Sam Stockman as James
DVD
Released on Region 1 and 2 DVD in 2004. The DVD contains no special features, only a subtitle selection.