Come back, John Huston, all is forgiven. When the grizzled Hollywood veteran was attached to direct the 1982 film version of Broadway’s mammoth hit Annie , which had fetched a record sum for screen rights, much collective head-scratching ensued. Nothing in Huston’s output indicated an affinity for family-friendly movie musicals. Pundits were no less mystified once they saw the film, which suggested an agonized disconnect between director and material.
