Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

TV Mini Series
2000
1h 33m

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6.8/10

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Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)

The continuing adventures of Anne Shirley in New York and in France during World War I.

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Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla's death. Soon after, Gilbert is offered a position in a hospital in NY and persuades Anne to come with him. From... Read allNow in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla's death. Soon after, Gilbert is offered a position in a hospital in NY and persuades Anne to come with him. From NY, to the WWI and eventually back to Avonlea.Now in her twenties, Anne returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla's death. Soon after, Gilbert is offered a position in a hospital in NY and persuades Anne to come with him. From NY, to the WWI and eventually back to Avonlea.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

5.1K

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Awards
- 6 nominations

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Trivia
The plot of this film bears little resemblance to the storylines of any of the "Anne" source books because of legal disputes that were at the time ongoing between Kevin Sullivan and the heirs of Anne author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Ultimately, Canadian courts agreed with the heirs that Sullivan had withheld from the heirs contractually promised profits from the first two films in the series (Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Anne of Avonlea (1987)), and the courts also found groundless Sullivan's $55-million suit against the heirs.

Goofs
When Anne, Gilbert and Jack are riding home on the train, and Anne is talking to Jack, he is smoking a cigarette, which he throws on the floor. After stamping it out with his shoe, it sticks to the sole of his shoe, and can be seen smoking heavily as he props his foot on his other knee. He actually shakes his foot to get rid of it! You can almost see Megan Follows trying not to laugh. Then he puts his foot down and stamps it out completely.

Quotes
Gilbert Blythe: You know, every day I would pick a different memory of you and play it over and over and over again in my mind, until every hair, every freckle, every part of you was exactly as I remembered.

Alternate versions
The 2011 wide-screen 'Restoration Edition' DVD version uses new, re-created visual effects and matte shots. 'Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story' had many visual effects and matte shots that were originally created in standard definition. Each of these sequences had to be recreated using original green screen elements and embellishing them with completely new matte work.

Connections
Followed by Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)

Soundtracks
Scotland the Brave
(uncredited)
Traditional
(bagpipes)

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Maybe somebody should have told them L.M. Montgomery finished the series. . .

For twelve years "Anne Fans" such as myself have been eagerly awaiting the third installment of the this much-loved series. Like many fans, I grew impatient and simply read the books. . .yes, all eight of them, just to find out what happened after they left us all hanging at "the bridge".

"Anne of Green Gables" was nearly perfectly faithful to the book, just as "Anne of Avonlea" ALMOST was, but where did they pull "The Continuing Story" out of? I think we all know where. . . but I think most of us still want to know why!

Lucy Maud Montgomery's original material would have been such a beautiful conclusion to the Anne/Gilbert love story. They married after he finished med school, they lived in pretty little cottage until he set up a practice in a place called Ingleside, where they raised seven children (not including Anne's first child who died in infancy). Montgomery even went on to write a book about Rilla, Anne's youngest daughter.

Speaking of her daughter, factually Rilla's boyfriend served in World War I! What an unnecessary leap in time!

Perhaps Kevin Sullivan can still fix the mess he made. I think it is possible to still go on with the story as it was intended to be told. . .I just don't see why they didn't do so to begin with.

There has been no closure in the "Anne of Green Gables" series. Anne and Gilbert's future life and family still remain a mystery to we who assumed that "The Continuing Story" would bring finality to the story that should have been a peaceful, satisfying classic just as it's predecessors were.