Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story "Anne of Green Gables" and its 1987 sequel "Anne of Avonlea", the screenplay was not based upon Montgomery's works, but instead used Montgomery's characters in a largely original World War I story by Sullivan and Laurie Pearson. Montgomery had written an Anne novel set in that same period, "Rilla of Ingleside", a story focusing on Anne's youngest daughter, and in which Anne was a mother whose three sons were fighting in Europe. The chronology of Sullivan's "Anne of Green Gables" films is not in synch with the LM Montgomery novels, largely because of the spin-off series "Road to Avonlea". Over
Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) Sullivan Animation also produced the feature-length animated film Anne: Journey to Green Gables which is an imaginative, whimsical prequel to Sullivan's live action Anne of Green Gables film. A year after the mini-series originally aired, Canadian comedy duo Wayne and Shuster created and starred in a parody entitled "Sam of Green Gables," in which a curmudgeonly old man named Sam is sent to Green Gables instead of Anne. The film swept the 1986 Gemini Awards, winning the following: The film was also nominated for "Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series" and "Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program