Annabelle's Wish

**Annabelle's Wish** is a UK VHS release by Carlton Home Entertainment on 9th August 1999 and re-released by Carlton on 6th September 1999.

## Description

Wishes Can Come True

Featuring the voice of Randy Travis, Cloris Leachman, Jerry Van Dyke and Jim Varney

Annabelle’s Wish is a magical animated feature based on the legend that on Christmas Eve Santa Claus gives all animals a speaking voice just for one night.

A loveable calf named Annabelle, born on Christmas Eve, has a very special wish…to fly like one of Santa’s reindeers. A special friendship forms between Annabelle and Billy, a young boy who cannot talk. Along with a friendly bunch of barnyard animals they contend with Billy’s mean Aunt and the bullies in the neighbourhood. Annabelle shows everyone the true meaning of Christmas by making one very special wish come true.

Featuring the heart warming new songs - Friends Like Us, If you Believe and The World from Way up Here.

Also included on this video is the Making of Annabelle’s Wish which gives an insight into how the production was made and all the people who came together to make Annabelle’s Wish one of the best children’s Christmas films ever.

## Cast

* Annabelle: Young and adult Annabelle are both voiced by Kath Soucie
* Billy Baker: Young Billy is voiced by Hari Oziol and adult Billy is voiced by Randy Travis
* Grandpa Charles Baker: voiced by Jerry Van Dyke
* Aunt Agnes: Voiced by Cloris Leachman
* Gus Holder: Voiced by Jim Varney
* Bucky and Buster Holder: Gus' two sons. Bucky is voiced by Charlie Cronin and Buster is voiced by James Lafferty.
* Emily, voiced by Aria Curzon as a child and by Beth Nielsen Chapman as an adult
* Santa Claus, voiced by Kay E. Kuter
* Star, voiced by Jennifer Darling
* Scarlett, voiced by Rue McClanahan
* Slim, voiced by Jerry Houser
* Owliver, voiced by Steve Mackall
* Brewster, voiced by Brian Cummings
* Hens, voiced by Mary Kay Bergman and Tress MacNeille
* Ears, Charles’ dog: Voiced by Jay Johnson
* The town sheriff and The lawyer: Both voiced by Clancy Brown
* Doc Taylor, voiced by Stu Rosen
* Tress MacNeille, Alison Krauss, and Frank Welker provided additional voices.

## Opening (Original 1999 early release)

1. Carlton Warning Screen (1994-2004)
2. Carlton Home Entertainment children's trailer from 1997 [announced by Martin Jarvis]
3. Ralph Edwards Films Ident
4. Start of Annabelle's Wish (1995)

## Closing (Original 1999 early release)

1. End of Annabelle's Wish (1995)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. Ralph Edwards Films Ident (silent) (Still Version)
4. Carlton Home Entertainment logo (1997-1999)

## Opening (September 1999 re-release)

1. Carlton Warning Screen (1994-2004)
2. Children's Videos from Carlton trailer from 1999 [announced by Nick Mercer and Jade Chaston]
3. Ralph Edwards Films Ident
4. Start of Annabelle's Wish (1995)

## Closing (September 1999 re-release)

1. End of Annabelle's Wish (1995)
2. Closing Credits Film
3. Ralph Edwards Films Ident (silent) (Still Version)
4. Carlton Ident (1999-2004) (silent)

## Trailers and info

### Original 1999 early release

* Carlton Home Entertainment children's trailer from 1997 with clips of "Tots TV", "Rosie and Jim", "Starla and the Jewel Riders", "Bananas in Pyjamas", "Beatrix Potter", "Old Bear and Friends" and "The Willows in Winter".

### September 1999 re-release

* Children's Videos from Carlton trailer from 1999 with clips of "Jellikins", "The Fairies", "Dream Street", "Kingdom of Rhymes: Incy Wincy Spider", "The Big Garage", "Beatrix Potter", "Tots TV", "The Wind in the Willows", "The Willows in Winter", "Bananas in Pyjamas", "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie" and "Annabelle's Wish".