Product Details

• Actors: Ashley Johnson, Joan Collins, George Hearn, Ian McDiarmid, Emily Ann Lloyd
• Directors: Ian Toynton
• Writers: Charles Strouse, Harold Gray, Martin Charnin, Thomas Meehan, Trish Soodik
• Producers: Ruth Slawson, Wendy Dytman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: November 14, 1995
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303855040
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,515 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The plucky, Great Depression-era orphan won the heart of new pop Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks in John Huston's 1982 Annie, and Annie: A Royal Adventure is a spirited, 1995 follow-up that finds father and daughter targeted by British scoundrels. When ultra-wealthy industrialist Warbucks (George Hearn) takes Annie (Ashley Johnson) and a couple of her friends to receive his knighthood in London, a pretender to the throne (Joan Collins) finds an opportunity to seize Buckingham Palace by kidnapping Warbucks's entourage. Clever Annie, however, keeps the villainess and her incompetent goons off their game with her old, street-smart skills. Young Johnson is never quite convincing as the resourceful, red-haired moppet, but Hearn and Collins are reliable and witty old hands who bring most of the fun to this project. The London settings look great, and there's an added bonus for Monty Python fans: Longtime Python foil Carol Cleveland plays mean Mrs. Hannigan, headmistress of Annie's former orphanage. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ashley Johnson made a good Annie!, June 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Annie: A Royal Adventure! (Clam) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It wasn't the best Annie movie but it wasn't awful and Ashley Johnson was a pretty good Annie and quite believable, she didn't look like she was too old for the part to me and I thought she looked like she was around 12. Anyway I think it was supposed to take place a year or two after the first movie so of course making the character a bit older. So really I think Ashley Johnson and the other child actors did a fine job and the guy who played Daddy Warbucks was okay but most of the other adult actors hammed it up way too much and kind of ruined what could have been a great movie!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Entertaining and Watchable!, July 1, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Annie - A Royal Adventure (DVD)

Annie - A Royal Adventure is a sort of a sequel to the theatrical movie that starred Aileen Quinn and this sequel is good too and Ashley Johnson was just as good and to the reviewer woman who said that Ashley was 14 when she made this movie and was too old, well you are very wrong!

I did some online research and found out that Ashley was only 12 years old when this movie was first shown on TV so since it usually takes anywhere from a several months to a year to make the average TV movie she was probaly around 11 years old when they started filming.

This movie is fun and entertaining and highly watchable and highly recommended!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This Is A Cute Movie!, October 16, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Annie: A Royal Adventure! (Clam) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I remember watching this Annie movie on TV, I think it was on The Family Channel, and though it's not as good as the The Annie movie starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnette or the Disney remake starring Alicia Morton, Victor Garber and Kathy Bates I pretty much liked it and thought it was enjoyable. In this movie Annie sneaks Molly out of the orphanage travels to London on a cruise ship with Daddy Warbucks while hiding Molly on the ship and while in London Annie and Molly get involved in intrigue and mystery and also try to find a family who will adopt Molly. Ashley Johnson who played Chrissy Seaver on the sitcom Growing Pains was I thought quite good as Annie and the adorable little girl who played Molly was also good and I ust like this movie! BTW: This movie also stars Joan Collins (Dynasty) as the head of a villainous family that Annie and Molly accidently get mixed up with!