Anne of Green Gables (1985 film) pay damages of $55 million to all parties involved. A Superior Court of Ontario judge dismissed his suit on January 19, 2004. The Montgomery heirs subsequently dropped their claim for Sullivan to pay them any royalties. However, a settlement between Sullivan, the Montgomery heirs and the AGGLA was reached in 2006 to deal with all of their outstanding disagreements. Although Kevin Sullivan's works were initially based upon the works of Montgomery, Sullivan developed most of his successful Anne-related film properties ("Anne of Avonlea", "Anne -the Continuing Story", "Anne – A New Beginning" and "Road to Avonlea") based on original material,
Before Green Gables astonishing character that Lucy Maud Montgomery created… But I would not – in fact, could not – presume to tell my part of Anne's history in Montgomery's voice. I will do this in my own voice, hoping that she would approve of the project if she were alive today." This book describes Anne's difficult pre-Green-Gables childhood, including the deaths of her parents. (Bertha -Mother-) Three editions are available from different publishers: "Before Green Gables" was translated into Japanese as a title of "Kon'nichiwa Anne" (meaning "Hello, Anne") and sold by Shinchosha and Polish as "Droga do Zielonego Wzgórza" (meaning "Road/Way