This film is criminally underrated here on Spout - John Huston may have directed a flawed film, but it's a masterpiece in my opinion (and I don't even really like musicals), especially when you compare it to the homogenized Disney version that came out in 1999. For one, look at the cast - Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry, Edward Hermann, Geoffrey Holden (better known to some as the man behind the 7-Up commercials of the early '80's - "no caffeine...never had it...never will!) and of course, the effervescent performance of Aileen Quinn as that feckless, freckled and red-headed orphan, Annie. The songs are catchy and well known, the dance sequences and choreography are top-notch, and on a personal level, this is the film that made me appreciate widescreen transfers, as I remember how
crappy this looked on VHS (it was filmed in 2:20:1 aspect ratio) even back then. Don't trust the rating here on Spout - this is
only version of Annie you ought to see!