The movie version of Annie is probably the first "musical" that I was ever exposed to. We had it on tape when I was young, and watched it too many times to count. I absolutely loved it - Aileen Quinn had a great spunk and energy as Annie, Albert Finney had the perfect gruffness and awkwardness for Daddy Warbucks, and Ann Reinking was an ideal of elegance as Grace. The villains - Carol Burnett as Miss Hannigan, Tim Curry as Rooster and Bernadette Peters as Lily - were also all top notch. It was many years before I learned that the movie was actually based on a stage show, and that it was in fact quite different from that show. Perhaps my view of the movie would be quite different as well if I'd been familiar with the stage show first. The timing of the movie was changed from Christmas to the 4th of July. Characters from the comic strip that never appeared in the stage show (like Punjab, the Asp and Mrs. Roosevelt) were added, and there were many changes to the music. The songs "We'd like to thank you Herbert Hoover", "NYC", "You Won't Be An Orphan for Long", "Something was Missing", "Annie" and "A New Deal for Christmas" were all cut. The role of "Tomorrow" in the film is quite different. New songs that were added include "Dumb Dog", "Sandy", "Let's Go to the Movies", "We Got Annie", "Sign!", There are also way too many scene changes to discuss, but probably the biggest is the kidnapping and chase at the end of the film. I always thought this went a little too far - having Annie dangling over the edge of the train track and all. Still, the ending always made up for it. I think if you can view the film as a completely different entity from the stage show, there are many things to enjoy about it!