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Megan Follows as Anne Shirley (archive footage)Īll of the movie's actual location photography was shot in various places around the Ontario area, using existing houses, streetscapes and natural environments.

Period mansions were used as the backdrop for the Thomas residences, and an historic Quaker Boys School converted into the Bolingbroke Poorhouse for the film. When they could not film on location, the production crew and special effects team employed the technology of the green screen and fully computerized to digitally create the background, or specific details that location filming could not produce. Of the major cast members from the original trilogy of films, only Patricia Hamilton (Rachel Lynde) reprised her original character. Barbara Hershey replaced Megan Follows as Anne, although Follows briefly appears in archive footage when Anne is reminiscing. #Watch anne of green gables 1987 online archiveĬolleen Dewhurst, who had played Marilla Cuthbert in the first two miniseries and the spin-off series Road to Avonlea before her death in 1991, and Jonathan Crombie, who previously portrayed Gilbert Blythe, are also featured in archive footage presented as flashbacks. In its debut on CTV, the film was watched by 1,042,000 viewers, a number that was seen as low compared to Sullivan's earlier Anne productions.įor the role of young Anne, Sullivan held a cross-Canada open casting call in July 2007, including submissions from YouTube, before Hannah Endicott-Douglas auditioned the part. The film was not well received by critics or fans. The Globe and Mail's Kate Taylor said the film, 'never justifies its presumption in inventing a new creation story for a Canadian literary icon.' Bill Brioux felt that 'maybe Anne just doesn't age all that well. Maybe she is supposed to stay in freckles and pigtails, locked in that perfect P.E.I. Prism Montgomery authored and Sullivan so artfully adapted when they both were in their 20s.' Kevin Sullivan Anne Series #Watch anne of green gables 1987 online series Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel – 1987.Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story – 2000.Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning – 2008.Before Green Gables, a prequel novel published in 2008.' 'Green Gables' star's dream comes true'. #Watch anne of green gables 1987 online download.#Watch anne of green gables 1987 online series.

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