Annie (1982)
1 answered question since 15 Jan '25, 12:00
Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Tim Curry, Albert Finney, Bernadette Peters, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking, Aileen Quinn
Audio problem: When Punjab is making the plant move by magic in front of Annie (just before Grace walks in and tells Annie that she is going to Washington DC to meet the President), he lands it on a table, and she says "Wow", but her lips don't move - she just smiles at him.
Annie: Leaping lizards!
Question: Question regarding the search for Annie's parents: When Mr. Warbucks launches the nationwide search for Annie's parents using the best legal and investigative minds of the day, should they not have discovered that said parents died in a fire? The authorities somehow knew there was an abandoned child and where to send the parents' "junk", and Miss Hannigan was informed of the deaths. Obviously, someone knew Annie was at the orphanage and whose child she was. How did Warbucks' top notch team of private eyes miss that?
Answer: Miss Hannigan's box of Annie's parents' things might have the only record of her birth certificate. This is the 1930s, after all. Paper records went missing all the time.
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Answer: Think of the circumstances. A group of obvious orphans shows up at your house at night, saying they are friends of Annie. Warbucks knows how far the orphanage is from his home since he went there earlier. Annie believed her parents were already dead, as so many people showed up claiming to be them but didn't have the locket. Annie was very hesitant and unreceptive toward the ones who showed up to bring her home. Warbucks also caught a bad vibe from the fake parents when it came to giving them the reward check. It's not hard to believe that he would instantly realise that he was scammed and Annie is in trouble.