A New Beginning: Official Movie Companion

By Kevin Sullivan

The production team that crafted this film was both inspired and passionate about breathing real life into a cast of characters, both old and new, in order to bring Anne's world back to the screen with authenticity. Our hope is that as you peruse and enjoy the wealth of imagery, you will be swept up and in her creation of one of fiction's most extraordinary characters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Davenport Press
• Release date: Jul 10, 2012
• ISBN: 9781927405161

Kevin Sullivan

Captain Kevin 'Sully' Sullivan has made flying his passion and his life for the past 40 years. He graduated in 1977 from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and earned his FAA Private Pilot Licence there before pursuing a career in the United States Navy. Designated a Naval Aviator in 1978, he was transferred to Naval Air Station Miramar (Fightertown) to fly the F-14 Tomcat in 1980. He was deployed to the Indian Ocean onboard USS America and USS Enterprise while assigned to Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114 Fighting Aardvarks), and was chosen to attend the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOP GUN). In 1983 he was selected as the first US Navy Exchange Pilot to the Royal Australian Air Force, in the role of a Fighter Combat Instructor flying the Mirage 3. He joined QANTAS Airways in 1986 and flew the Boeing 747 and 767 before transitioning to the Airbus A330 in 2004. As Captain of Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) between Singapore and Perth, WA, on 7 October 2008, he narrowly averted a horrific air disaster when a fault in the plane's automation caused the plane to suddenly nosedive, not once but twice. He was medically retired in 2016.

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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

A New Beginning - The Official Movie Companion

By: Kevin Sullivan

SMASHWORDS EDITION

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PUBLISHED BY: Davenport Press

Copyright © 2013 Sullivan Entertainment Inc.

Movie Production Stills © 2013 Sullivan Entertainment Inc.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except for reviewers who may quote brief passages.

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Introduction

Anne of Green Gables remains beloved by legions of readers all around the world who fell under the spell of L.M. Montgomery’s magical novel, from the moment they opened the very first page. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the creation of this remarkable character I wanted to add to the trilogy of movies I created, by telling a story that would offer a rare insight into Anne’s personality. Montgomery herself offered only snippets of Anne’s early life. In trying to expand the story around Anne’s early years I also tried to imagine what might have happened if Anne had grown up to become an author, like Montgomery herself. Lucy Maud was a gifted storyteller who was haunted all her life by her own childhood; a girl who had experienced the death of her mother at a young age and a poignant, lifelong estrangement from her father. Anne of Green Gables was born in the imagination of Lucy Maud Montgomery out of the intense loneliness she experienced growing up. Anne became her true alter-ego. Montgomery’s own journey through life as a writer became the inspiration for this original story that has allowed me to bring Anne Shirley back to the screen again; this time with some extraordinary revelations.

In this expansive new movie, which is both a prequel and a sequel to the original films, audiences will learn about the foundations of Anne’s childhood that shaped her life and haunted her in later years: the origins of her carpet bag, the source of her expression, kindred spirits, the development of her intense imagination as a means of survival; and most profoundly, many of the relationships with adults and peers that structured her character so distinctively, prior to her arrival at Green Gables.

To better experience this unique story, the Sullivan Entertainment team has filled this souvenir portfolio with outstanding images and behind-the-scenes commentary chronicling the detail and enthusiasm that went into creating Anne of Green Gables—A New Beginning. The production team that crafted this film was both inspired and passionate about breathing real life into a cast of characters, both old