Anne of Green Gables & Emily of New Moon

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

Original Air Date: March 6, 2000

Synopsis

Anne and Gilbert

It is 1913, and Anne Shirley (Megan Follows) returns to Avonlea for the first time since Marilla Cuthbert's death. Gilbert Blythe (Jonathan Crombie)has been offered a staff position at a hospital in New York, and persuades Anne to join him as he has arranged a position for her at a large publishing house. Unfortunately, Big City life isn’t what they expected and Anne convinces Gilbert to return to Avonlea. The couple is marrried, but they are soon catapulted into the middle of wartime society. Gilbert feels the pressure from the community and enlists as a medical officer. When Gilbert is listed as missing in action, Anne sets off on a cross-Atlantic search for him...


MY REVIEW

Overall, the production is quite good. We (the audience) get to see Anne's old haunts and most of her close aquaintances. In fact, Diana Wright (Anne's childhood friend) and Fred Wright get to play significant roles in the production. The only thing that I truly missed was Anne's youthful zeal. She is still Anne, just a bit older and a lot more responsible. As for the storyline, it tends to meander and Anne really gets around: New York, PEI, several parts of Europe. She's even dressed as a nun :-) for several scenes. I'll let you discover the rest.


Anne of Green Gables

Debut Date: 1985
Length: 197 Minutes

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At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley. Anne's a dreamer with an unusual point of view, far removed from Marilla's pragmatic ways, and it's only on trial that Marilla agrees to keep Anne...if Anne can keep out of trouble, only Anne has a positive genius for it. As Anne falls into a series of scrapes (and off a roof), makes a bosom friend, searches (and finds) several kindred spirits, Matthew and Marilla discover that their lives have become a great deal richer, now that Anne is at Green Gables.

Anne of Green Gables DVDs

[Anne of Green Gables: 20th Anniversary DVD Set]
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[Anne of Avonlea]

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Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

(1999 Family Drama) Starring: Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler Grant, Janet-Laine Green, Cameron Daddo. Experience the enchanting conclusion to the Anne of Green Gables trilogy. Now in their twenties, Anne and Gilbert move to New York to pursue Gilbert's medical career and Anne's writing career. After many unsuccessful months, they move back to Avonlea and into the middle of wartime society. Gilbert feels pressure to join the army as a medical officer, and is soon listed as missing in action. The indomitable Anne sets off to the battlefields of Europe in search of Gilbert, and helps a young French woman and her son who are in the line of danger along the way.

Anne of Green Gables Merchandise

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story CD

Purchase Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story CD

Fans of all ages will cherish this collection of original music from Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story. Composer Peter Breiner's moving soundtrack will take you back to Prince Edward Island and along with Anne as she embarks on her newest adventure in search of her true kindred spirit. This original soundtrack recording features 60 tracks from the long-awaited conclusion to the Anne of Green Gables trilogy. This enhanced CD also contains a special feature - the wedding image of Anne and Gilbert! Music composed and conducted by Peter Breiner.

Anne of Green Gables Storybook

Purchase The Anne of Green Gables Storybook

The original Anne of Green Gables has delighted millions of children since it was first published. Now younger readers (and grown-ups who have a heartfelt affection for the story) can enjoy a briefer, illustrated version based on the Kevin Sullivan production that thrilled millions. The Anne of Green Gables Storybook contains simple language for young readers, the storyline and 76 lovely full-colour photographs from the Emmy Award-winning television production. This edition is a book that every lover of Anne will treasure.

Emily of New Moon

Debut Date: January 4, 1998
Last Aired: June 6, 2000
Episodes: 4 seasons. Forty-six episodes x 45 minutes

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"Emily of New Moon" is family drama series based on the books by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The story is about a free-spirited girl orphaned at the age of 11 whose vivid imagination and passion to write put her in conflict with her new and strict adoptive family. The show is co-produced by Salter Street Films and Cinar Films, and is shot entirely on location against the breathtaking beauty of the sweeping coastline and rolling fields of Prince Edward Island.


Season One Episode Guide

Episode 1 - The Eye of Heaven
Original Air Date: 1/4/1998

Emily is raised by her father who encourages her to always follow her heart and dreams. But when her father dies, leaving Emily all alone, she has to be raised by one of her relatives. Emily is sent to live with her Aunt Elizabeth, Aunt Laura and Cousin Jimmy at New Moon.

Episode 2 - Storms of the Heart
Original Air Date: 1/11/1998

Emily moves to New Moon but Aunt Elizabeth forbids her to read or write fiction. After finding some old 'Letter Bills' in the attic, Emily uses the back of them to write letters to her father. Emily also meets Perry Miller, who becomes the new New Moon chore boy.

Episode 3 - The Book of Yesterday
Original Air Date: 1/18/1998

Emily is horrified when Aunt Elizabeth informs her that she must attend public school. After a miserable first day of being teased by the other students and meeting the stern teacher Miss Brownell, Emily meets Ilse Burnley and they fast become friends.

Episode 4 - The Disappointed House
Original Air Date: 1/25/1998

Emily discovers the half-buried "Disappointed House" on the seashore. A carpenter was building it for his wife-to-be when she called off the wedding days before it was set to take place. Both now dead, Emily must help the ghosts to see the truth so that they can finally be together. In the process, one of Aunt Laura's secrets is revealed.

Episode 5 - Paradise Lost
Original Air Date: 2/1/1998

Emily and Ilse, curious about the mysterious Lofty John, go searching on his property to find out more. After catching Emily, he forces her to eat a poisoned apple and sends her home. Despite trying her best to be brave she prays to her father who is on the road to heaven.

Episode 6 - The Enchanted Doll
Original Air Date: 3/8/1998

While searching through the attic Emily discoveres her mother's doll. Aunt Laura helps her to restore it. In the process, Aunt Laura meets Ian Bowles and falls in love with him...until she finds out the truth about him which sends her back home in tears.

Episode 7 - Falling Angels
Original Air Date: 3/15/1998

Oliver, Emily's cousin, announces that New Moon actually belongs to his father. His girlfriend Maida is pregnant and loses her job and is left penniless. Emily, Ilse, Perry and Teddy, get her settled in the Disappointed House and end up helping to deliver her baby. Maida leaves town, and Oliver takes responsibility for his child.

Episode 8 - The Tale of Duncan McHugh
Original Air Date: 3/22/1998

Young Duncan McHugh blames himself for his mother's poverty and depression. After an embarrassing incident at school, Emily befriends Duncan. His mother Alma and Aunt Elizabeth had both been in love with the same man, but he married Alma. In addition, Emily, Ilse, Perry and Teddy defy an order not to go into town to watch the hanging of a murderer.

Episode 9 - Wild Rover
Original Air Date: 3/29/1998

Miss Brownell leaves her post as teacher and marries the school inspector. Her replacement is Mr. Carpenter, a once university professor, who was demoted due to his drinking problem. He encourages the children to find their own talents.

Episode 10 - The Ghost of Wyther Grange
Original Air Date: 4/5/1998

Ilse Burnley wants to learn about her dead mother because her father never talks about her. Emily, who can relate, feels sympathy for Ilse and wants to help her. While visiting her Great Aunts they tell her the tales about what has happened to Ilse's mother. After running away, Emily snares her foot in a rabbit snare and is rescued by her cousin Dean Priest.

Episode 11 - A Child Shall Lead Them
Original Air Date: 4/12/1998

Emily decides to find out the truth about Ilse's mother. Cousin Jimmy, Perry and Ilse break into a warehouse trying to find out if she sailed away or stayed in Blair Water. During a fever the truth is finally revealed.

Episode 12 - A Winter's Tale
Original Air Date: 4/12/1998

When a racoon savages Emily's cat Pandora, Aunt Laura takes the cat to Dr. Burnley where they share a bittersweet moment. When Ian Bowles asks Laura to marry him, she says yes, but not with her whole heart.

Episode 13 - The Sound of Silence
Original Air Date: 4/19/1998

Aunt Elizabeth discovers Emily's treasured 'Letter Bills' hidden in the attic. Furthermore, Laura announces her engagement to Ian Bowles to the rest of New Moon.

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