Barbara Hershey, Rachel Blanchard, Shirley MacLaine, Hannah Endicott-Douglas. Based on the novel by L.M. Montgomery. Originally broadcast on television in 2008. Special features: The 100th Anniversary of Anne: The Making of an Icon ; Searching for a Beginning: Kevin Sullivan's Fictional Journey ; The Next Anne: Transforming the World's Expectations ; Frills and Furbelows: a Conversation with Martha Mann ; Blueprint for Light and Design ; The Stars Align: A Director's Dream ; Cast Biographies ; Trailers.
Summary:
It is 1945 and a grown up Anne Shirley returns to Prince Edward Island for an extended visit. She agrees to write a play for a local theatre producer in hopes that it will keep her mind off of her only son who is serving in the Armed Forces overseas. A letter is discovered from the father who abandoned her as a child, bringing up the memories of her early childhood.
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