File:Opening to Annie DVD (01-13-04) (USA Canada) (Region 1) (Special Anniversary Edition)

Description
Files created May 12, 2004. Iconic film treatment of the Broadway musical (based on the LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE comic strip) stars Aileen Quinn as a Depression-era orphan from New York who is taken in by the richest billionaire in America (Albert Finney). Agatha Hannigan: Carol Burnett. Daniel Hannigan: Tim Curry. Lily St. Regis: Bernadette Peters. Renade in 1999 for ABC-TV. The most recent remake of this film, a more contemporary version headlined by Quvenzhané Wallis, was one of several Sony Pictures films from late 2014 that were leaked by the "Guardians of Peace", a group that the FBI believes has ties to North Korea, and which at the time demanded that the company pull the then-upcoming comedy THE INTERVIEW (which ended up being released digitally, since the hacker group also threatened terrorist attacks at theatres showing the Seth Rogen vehicle) due to its plot revolving around the assassination of Kim Jong-Un.

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment #09532

NOTE: The ORIGINAL DVD of this (#05286) from 2000 had both full-screen and widescreen versions; the widescreen on that format's side of the DVD was initially misframed. Columbia TriStar corrected this error sometime later. However, the corrected version was pulled and it was replaced with this DVD, which had only the full-screen version of the movie in Region 1. This fact, and the extras (including a music video for the number "It's The Hard-Knock Life" by the short-lived Swedish pop group Play), were panned in a review by DVD Talk (https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/9221/annie-1982/) But eventually, justice was to come to the corrected widescreen print of this film. The film was presented in full 2:35:1 aspect ratio when it came to Blu-ray (#39272) on October 2, 2012, and region 1's first standalone widescreen DVD of this film since 2000 (#51376) came out on July 4, 2017. No word yet on whether or not the 2017 DVD is a reprint of the corrected 2000 DVD.

Contents: DVD-ROM menu (shown as this is another 2004 CTHE DVD that came with a menu of this type when booted up) Logo: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment DVD menu MPAA Rating: PG FBI Warning: "Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, video tapes and video discs. (Title 17, U.S. Code, Section 501 and 506.) The FBI investigates allegations of criminal copyright infringement (Title 17, U.S.C., Section 506)." Warning: "International agreements and national laws protect copyrighted motion pictures, videotapes and sound recordings. Unauthorized reproduction, exhibition or distribution of copyrighted motion pictures can result in severe criminal and civil penalties under the laws of your country. The International Criminal Police Organization—INTERPOL, has expressed its concern about motion picture and sound recording piracy to all of its member national police forces. (Resolution adopted at INTERPOL General Assembly, Stockholm, Sweden, September 8, 1977.)" Attention: "Les droits des auteurs d'oevres cinematographiques, musicales ou sonores enregistrees soit sur film, soit sur DVD, soit sur disque ou tout autre procede, sont proteges par les lois et les conventions internationales. Toute reproduction, sauf pour l'usage strictement prive du copiste, et tout usage a des fins lucratives ou en public, sont interdites sans l'authorisation prealable et ecrite du titulaire des droits d'auteurs. Le contrevenant s'expose a des sanctions civiles et penales. Le 8 septembre 1977 a Stockholm, les representants de tous les pays membres l'organisation internationale de police criminelle—INTERPOL—ont vote l'unanimite une resolution exprimant leur volonte d'intensifier la lutte contre ces infractions." Text: "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen." Computer-generated text: "The following Interviews and Commentaries are for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions exxpressed therein are those of the individual speakers and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment or any of their respective affiliates or employees." Computer-generated text: "Les entretiens et commentaires contenus dans ces programmes constituent des elements de divertissement. Les points de vue et opinions expremes sont ceux des intrevenants et ne representant pas necessairement ceux de Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, de l'une ou l'autre de leurs filiales ou employes." Logo: Columbia Pictures Opening credits (Aileen Quinn sings "Tomorrow") (this, the logo and the end credits are the only parts of the film on this disc that are actually in their original aspect ratio)