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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   6,782 votes
Director:
Walter Lang
Writers:
Margaret Landon (book)
Oscar Hammerstein II (musical play)
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Release Date:
29 June 1956 (USA) more
Tagline:
More Than You've Ever Seen On The Screen! more
Plot:
Musical about a widow who accepts a job as a live-in governess of the King of Siam's children. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Actress Deborah Kerr Dies at 86 (From IMDb News. 18 October 2007)
Kerr Beating Parkinson's (From WENN. 23 December 2002)
User Comments:
A Hollywood fairy tale more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
133 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Thai
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.55 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm re-release)
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Trivia:
Darryl F. Zanuck first cast Maureen O'Hara as Anna because she was not only gorgeous but had a fine soprano voice and would not have to be dubbed. When Zanuck told her the news, she immediately sent sample recordings of her voice. Richard Rodgers agreed that O'Hara had a great voice but reportedly said, "No pirate queen is going to play my Anna!" more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the Shall We Dance Scene, Anna lays her shawl on the bench before the dance and the King sits on it. When the camera is on the king again, the shawl is no longer on the bench or on the floor. more
Quotes:
Kralahome: [to Anna] Why are you so blind; have you no eyes to see? King tries impossible task - wishing to be scientific man who know all modern things... He will only tear himself in two, trying to be something he can never be!
Anna: Of course he can never be, if those who are closest to him are unwilling to help him!
Kralahome: You do not know King as well as you think you do. You believe you have great influence over him. You will end up as his slave-like all the others!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
A Puzzlement more

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Chapter Headings, another unofficial version:
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22 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
A Hollywood fairy tale, 25 June 2001
10/10
Author: jlacerra from Philadelphia, PA

Having read most of the comments on this picture, I was astonished to see how little understood this classic musical is. Yes, it takes place in 19th century Siam, but it is a fairy tale Siam in the same sense as the fairy tale Paris in An American in Paris. It is not supposed to be a true representation of Asian life. Wake up, Folks! Its a Hollywood adaptation of a Broadway musical! Let's leave the realism to Phat and Foster.

This picture, with its infectious score and dynamic performances, is one of the best of its genre. Who can fail to see the sexual tension between the two leads? Who can not marvel at the entrance of the royal children (check out Brynner's different reaction to each child). How can one not applaud the fantastic House of Uncle Thomas performance at the diplomatic dinner. How can your heart not reel to Shall We Dance?

This is old-line Hollywood at its very best, and may be the last truly great musical. Check your historical, racial, and PC hats at the door and don't miss it!

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