History Trivia / Annie1982

** In the 1980 screenplay draft and the novelization, when the orphans are locked in the closet, they escape through the trapdoor in the roof by forming a HumanLadder, with each girl being lifted out by the others until only Pepper is left and has to climb up the drainpipe. In the finished film, probably to make the scene less dangerous for the child actresses, they use a shelving unit as a ladder.

** The opening scene in the orphans' dormitory was originally longer and differently scripted, one of the main differences being that "Maybe" was sung by all the orphans, not just a solo for Annie. This scene was eventually cut for being too long and replaced with a shortened version. The later scene of Annie's friends reprising "Maybe" in their beds while Annie is at the Warbucks mansion is actually an excerpt from the original opening.

* FakeNationality: Trinidadian actor/choreographer Creator/GeoffreyHolder played Warbucks' Indian bodyguard [[FamousNamedForeigner Punjab]].

* PosthumousCredit: Despite dying of a heart attack on July 20, 1981, production designer Dale Hennesy was still given a credit for his work.

** David Begelman was supposed to produce, as he had brought it to the attention of Creator/ColumbiaPictures in the first place. Unfortunately, however, Begelman later became embroiled in an embezzlement scandal in which he forged Cliff Robertson's signature on a check. As a result, Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse and Thomas Meehan refused to sell the rights to Columbia unless a new producer was hired, so Ray Stark took the job, even though he wasn't a fan of the original Broadway show.

** Creator/JackNicholson was originally cast as Daddy Warbucks, but he dropped out after Ray Stark replaced David Begelman as producer. Huston originally wanted Creator/SeanConnery for the role, but turned it down because he didn't want to appear bald. Creator/CaryGrant was also considered.

** "Easy Street" was originally going to have the three villains dancing into the streets, with a huge ensemble of dancers joining them for the number. While the original scene was [[https://youtu.be/LSkcJCifj2I fully shot]], the crew felt that it was too big of a sequence and distracted from Burnett, Curry and Peters' performances (Burnett herself felt that the entire scene was "overkill"). They eventually reshot the number indoors, simplifying the choreography so that the focus could remain solely on the three actors.

* DisownedAdaptation: The musical's lyricist and director, Martin Charnin, has stated in a 1996 article that he refuses to acknowledge the film. However, unlike other instances of this trope, Charnin admitted his responsibility for why the film turned out as it did, as, in his own words, he and his co-creators, composer Charles Strouse and librettist Thomas Meehan, failed to secure any degree of creative control over the film when they signed away the film rights.

** That certainly explains why her [[EnforcedMethodActing performance]] was ''realistic''.

** Creator/JackNicholson was originally cast as Daddy Warbucks, but he dropped out after Ray Stark replaced David Begelman as producer. Huston originally wanted Creator/SeanConnery for the role.

* BoxOfficeBomb: The film, along with [[Film/{{Tron}} another beloved cult classic]], was caught up in the mammoth success of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', and barely made back its budget. It made $57 million against a $50 million budget.