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The King and I (1956)

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User Rating: 7.4/10 (6,534 votes)
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Overview

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:
Best musical EVER 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
Color:
Color
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:
The subplot involving Tuptim, although heavily altered by Hammerstein in the play to make it more of a definite romance between Tuptim and Lun Tha, was once thought to have a basis in reality, but it has turned out to be completely fictional, part of the embellishments that the real Anna Leonowens added to her autobiography during her years as governess and schoolteacher to the King's children. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the market place scene which is supposed to take place in Southeast Asia, one of the elephants is an African elephant. more
Quotes:
King: You will say no more!
Anna: I will say no more, because there is no more to say!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Twin Peaks: (#2.7)" (1990) more
Soundtrack:
Song of the King more

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Chapter Headings, an unofficial version:
Chapter Headings, another unofficial version:
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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Best musical EVER, 2 July 2005
10/10
Author: Cara from USA

Though I don't remember the first time I saw the movie it was a movie I grew up on. I grew up on Rodgers and Hammerstein and have loved all (but State Fair) of their movies that I've seen. And I have to say that this movie is their very best and the very best musical ever made. Yul Brynner was great and was very deserving of the best actor Oscar. I love every thing about this movie and it tugs on my heartstrings every time I watch it. Even know I know how it will end a huge lump comes to my throat as my heart sings when he dances with her across the room just wishing that they can be together some how.If a movie can move you like that every time, than it's top notch and The King and I does it best.

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