Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)

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.

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1985 - Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Joe Wiesenfeld

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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.

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Megan Follows - Colleen Dewhurst

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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.

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December 1 - December 2 - 1985 - February 17 - February 18 - 1986 - PBS - United States

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In 1987, Sullivan followed it up with Anne of Avonlea which was subsequently retitled Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel on video.

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From 1989 to 1996 Kevin Sullivan produced Road to Avonlea based upon characters and episodes from several of Montgomery's books. Anne herself did not appear in the TV series, but Gílbert Blythe, Marilla Cuthbert and other characters from the Anne books are included.

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1989 - 1996 - Road to Avonlea

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' was released in 2000 and was controversial with fans of Montgomery's books as it was an original story that contradicted many elements of the novels.

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