| Anne of Green Gables | |
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| Based on | Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
| Written by | Kevin Sullivan Joe Wiesenfeld |
| Directed by | Kevin Sullivan |
| Starring | Megan Follows Colleen Dewhurst Richard Farnsworth Patricia Hamilton Marilyn Lightstone Schuyler Grant Jonathan Crombie |
| Theme music composer | Hagood Hardy |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ian McDougall Kevin Sullivan |
| Running time | 199 minutes |
| Budget | $3.5 million[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | 1 December – 2 December 1985 |
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Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 Canadian made-for-television drama film based on the 1908 novel of the same name by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and is the first in a series of four films. The film stars Megan Follows in the title role of Anne Shirley and was produced and directed by Kevin Sullivan for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was released theatrically in Iran, Israel, Europe, and Japan.
The film aired on CBC Television as a two-part mini-series on 1 and 2 December 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, 1986, the film aired on PBS in the US on the series WonderWorks. The film achieved high ratings in the United Kingdom when it aired on New Year’s Day in 1987.[2]
- ^ Johnson, Brian D. (December 7, 1987). "Anne of Green Gables Grows Up". Maclean's / The Complete Archive. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ The Lucy Maud Montgomery Album. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 1999. p. 348.