Annie is a 1982 American
musical comedy-drama film adapted from
Broadway musical of the same name by
Charles Strouse,
Martin Charnin and
Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on
Little Orphan Annie, the 1924 comic strip by
Harold Gray. The film was directed by
John Huston, scripted by
Carol Sobieski, and stars
Albert Finney,
Carol Burnett,
Ann Reinking,
Tim Curry,
Bernadette Peters,
Geoffrey Holder,
Edward Herrmann, and
Aileen Quinn in her film debut. Set during the
Great Depression, the film tells the story of Annie, an orphan from
New York City who is taken in by America's richest billionaire
Oliver Warbucks. Filming took place for six weeks at
Monmouth University in
New Jersey.