Annie Documentary- Page 2

[GHOSTLIGHT2]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 12:46pm

From what i understand they were actualy pretty lax in the discretion department, it was the 70's, who cared if the "i"s were dotted and the "t"s were crossed, they could get away with anything at Studio 54 - or so the owner arrogantly assumed, he flaunted how much the place was pulling in and it brought the IRS down on him.
As for the kids most of them would have been too young to know what kind of vices were going on(little Danniele especially), and as i said they had a specific bouncer : he would have probably been responcible with steering them away from anything they were not supposed to see.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 12:53pm

I feel the documentary was very honest and heartfelt. What was it Kristy MacNichol said at the end of Pirate Movie? "It's not all sunglasses and autographs" or something along those lines.

I can absolutely imagine how hard it would be to go from being adored on Broadway to being just a regular kid in a public school. To have that hanging over you as you try to make friends? Kids can be so cruel at that age and, as noted in the DVD, there was no one to ease the transition. They were just dropped into "real" life again.

[GHOSTLIGHT2]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 12:55pm

THAT my friend says it all.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 12:57pm

"they had a specific bouncer : he would have probably been responcible with steering them away from anything they were not supposed to see."

Like the huge moon that had a coke spoon to its nose that hung over the dance floor? LOL

[alliez92092]

Posted: 6/15/09 at 4:15pm

I just watched it and found it to be very interesting. I didn't think it was manipulative. However, I did think that as a film, it was very unbalanced. The order in which some things were told and how much time was spent on certain things was a tad off. Nonetheless, a very enlightening movie. I'd be interested to see more footage from the casting process and things like that.

[GHOSTLIGHT2]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 9:18am

Believe what you want Gothampc, i am not trying to influence your thinking (and that LOL was a tad rude)did i not say the kids were all probably too young to know what it was all about? they weren't like the jaded know-it-all kids from today, kids in the 70's were neive about Drugs - i was a kid in the 70's i remember what bieng a kid was like then.
If i had seen any of that i would have thought that it was weird and none of my business.
We weren't there when the kids were, if we were we would have a clearer picture of the situation but somethings hindsight cannot be 20/20, sometimes it is total blindness.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 9:39am

Ghostlight2, I'm not trying to be rude. I believe what you say. IMO, the documentary points out how these kids had to grow up before they were ready. What you are saying just reinforces that point.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 9:42am

I agree. I also was a kid from the 1970's (I was 12 years old when ANNIE opened on Broadway in 1977), so I remember quite well the colorful and dangerous Manhattan of the 1970's. Living in sunny South Florida and spending my summers in NYC, the contrasts was quite fascinating and exciting. Kids in the 70's used a now-rare (and missing) sense known as 'common sense'. You didn't ask questions, you just took note and kept moving. If you didn't understand it, you just moved onto something else. You didn't look and dissect things you didn't understand. Our lives were much fuller then, so we only worried and cared about things that were important to us. It was that simple back then. We thought for ourselves and made our own choices -- good and bad sometimes, but we were independent. At least, I was. Being the son of a well-respected session musician, I too was able to visit Studio 54... circa 1979 (I was 14 years old). My memory of that night is still memorable, but quite innocent. Yes, I saw lots of people kissing and carrying-on (no big deal... it was a grown-up place) and yes, I remember that huge enormous crescent moon man with the huge moving spoon. I knew the drug references and adult behavior and I could care less. Yes, even at 14 years old. It wasn't part of my life, so it didn't effect me at all. It became a bigger deal when my friends found out the following day since Studio 54 was such a big deal back then.

[dg22894]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 9:46am

I REALLY WANT TO SEE IT! WHAT CHANNEL IS IT ON? WILL IT BE ON AGAIN!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 10:03am

dg, the edited for tv version will be on the Ovation channel Saturday and Monday.

Ovation

Updated On: 6/16/09 at 10:03 AM

[dg22894]

Posted: 6/16/09 at 10:05am

^Thank You!

[inthejungle]

Posted: 6/20/09 at 5:37pm

Andrea wasn't too old/big for the role until the end of her run. She was very small and young looking for her age (still is). She looked about 11 or 12 until she turned 14, 2 months before her Broadway run ended. Then they brought her to London to premiere the west end production (for a month). she was starting to look a bit too old at that point but it didn't matter because by then she was a big star and London theatergoers wanted to see THE famous annie.

I was disappointed like you that Andrea didn't participate in the film, but like someone else said she is picky about where/when she talks about her Annie days because she is writing a book and because she incorporates some of her anecdotes from that era into her New York cabaret show (which is a great show, if you haven't seen it I highly recommend it).

I think she is a phenomenal talent and I wish Broadway producers would wise up and cast her in EVERYTHING.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 6/20/09 at 6:27pm

It's available to watch online in the Movies section on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=095093554D2AB735