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The King and I (1956)
7.4
Musical about a widow who accepts a job as a live-in governess of the King of Siam's children. Director:Walter Lang |
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Won 5 Oscars.
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| Deborah Kerr | ... | ||
| Yul Brynner | ... | ||
| Rita Moreno | ... | ||
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Martin Benson | ... | |
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Terry Saunders | ... | |
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Rex Thompson | ... | |
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Carlos Rivas | ... |
Lun Tha
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Patrick Adiarte | ... | |
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Alan Mowbray | ... |
Sir John Hay
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Geoffrey Toone | ... | |
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Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. She threatens to leave when the house she had been promised is not available, but falls in love with the children. A new slave, a gift of a vassal king, translates "Uncle Tom's Cabin" into a Siamese ballet, expressing her unhappiness at being with the King. She attempts to escape with her lover. Anna and the King fall in love, but her British upbringing inhibits her from joining his harem. She is just about to leave Siam when she hears of the King's imminent death, and returns to help his son, her favorite pupil, rule his people. Written by Randy Goldberg <goldberg@nymc.edu>
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Country:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 16, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Gross:
$21,300,000 (USA)Company Credits
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm re-release) | 6-Track Stereo (1956 roadshow version)Color:
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2.55 : 1
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King: Now you understand about women! So, many English books talk about love etc etc etc ha!
Anna: You disapprove?
King: It is a silly complication of a general simplicity. A woman is designed for pleasing man that is all. A man is deigned to be pleased by many women
Anna: Then how do you explain, your majesty, that many men remain faithful to one wife
King: They are sick.
Anna: Oh, but you do expect women to be faithful?
King: Naturally!
Anna: Well why naturally?
King: Because it is natural. It is like old Siamese saying. A girl is like a blossom, with honey for just one man. A man is like a honey bee and gather all he can. To fly from blossom to blossom a honey must be free. But blossom must not ever fly from bee to bee to bee.
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in Cinemascope 55", and then they go on to say "Darryl F. Zanuck presents
Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I'". See more »
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Marni Nixon (dubbing Deborah Kerr) and Yul Brynner
Danced by Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner See more »
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It was Yul Brynner who pushed for Deborah Kerr to be cast as Anna. He had seen some of her stage work, was highly impressed with her and was convinced that she was the one for the role. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When the children are being presented to Anna, one of them turns and walks away instead of backing away as would be expected and the King reacts with surprise. The child recognizes the mistake but then continues to back away; however, in the next shot as the next child approaches Anna the first child is seen to be in front of Anna again, this time backing away properly. See more »Quotes
Anna: In your house she's just another woman. Like a bowl of rice is a bowl of rice no different from any other bowl of rice.King: Now you understand about women! So, many English books talk about love etc etc etc ha!
Anna: You disapprove?
King: It is a silly complication of a general simplicity. A woman is designed for pleasing man that is all. A man is deigned to be pleased by many women
Anna: Then how do you explain, your majesty, that many men remain faithful to one wife
King: They are sick.
Anna: Oh, but you do expect women to be faithful?
King: Naturally!
Anna: Well why naturally?
King: Because it is natural. It is like old Siamese saying. A girl is like a blossom, with honey for just one man. A man is like a honey bee and gather all he can. To fly from blossom to blossom a honey must be free. But blossom must not ever fly from bee to bee to bee.
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Crazy Credits
The credits first say "Twentieth-Century Fox presents a Cinemascope Picturein Cinemascope 55", and then they go on to say "Darryl F. Zanuck presents
Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I'". See more »
Soundtracks
"Shall We Dance"Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Marni Nixon (dubbing Deborah Kerr) and Yul Brynner
Danced by Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner See more »
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