Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning is a 2008 Canadian made-for-television drama film and the fourth and final film in Sullivan Entertainment's Anne of Green Gables series. It was released in 2008 on CTV. Before the broadcast, CTV had recently acquired the rights to the entire Anne catalogue including the 1985 miniseries.
| Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | |
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| Written by | Kevin Sullivan |
| Directed by | Kevin Sullivan |
| Starring | Hannah Endicott-Douglas Barbara Hershey Shirley MacLaine Rachel Blanchard |
| Music by | Peter Breiner |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kevin Sullivan Trudy Grant |
| Cinematography | Yuri Yakubiw |
| Editor | Gordon McClellan |
| Running time | 144 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | Sullivan Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | CTV |
| Release | December 14, 2008 |
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Created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables novel, the film stars Barbara Hershey as the middle-aged Anne Shirley and 14-year-old Hannah Endicott-Douglas as a young Anne, with Shirley MacLaine playing matriarch Amelia Thomas. Kevin Sullivan wrote a completely new screenplay for the three-hour movie based on Montgomery's characters (serving as a prequel to his three previous miniseries movies broadcast originally on CBC) and not directly from her books. The story follows Anne's life before she arrives at Green Gables.