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The King and I (1956)
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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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Carlos Rivas | ... |
Lun Tha
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Patrick Adiarte | ... | |
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Alan Mowbray | ... |
Sir John Hay
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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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(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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in Cinemascope 55", and then they go on to say "Darryl F. Zanuck presents
Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I'". See more »
(1951) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Deborah Kerr (dubbed by Marni Nixon) See more »
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Maureen O'Hara was originally meant to play the lead role in the movie version of "The King and I", but Yul Brynner specifically asked for Deborah Kerr. See more »Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Tuptim's play "Small House of Uncle Thomas" is an inaccurate hodgepodge of characters and scenes from the original book, but this can easily be understood as her best interpretation of the story as a new speaker of English who wants to use the story for her own purposes to change the King's heart. However, few of the references to Buddha or Buddhism within the song are depicted accurately and shows a clear Western interpretation of the religion. Some specific examples are that Buddhists do not view Buddha as God but rather as the founder of their teachings and the first to attain Enlightenment, they do not therefore pray to Buddha for help and guidance, they do not believe in angels, and they do not believe that Buddha calls them to his presence when they die; all of these are strictly Christian beliefs, most likely used in the story for the purpose of relating to a Western audience. See more »Quotes
Prince Chulalongkorn: [to his father, the King] You believe! Does that mean that you do not know?See more »
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
"Hello,Young Lovers"(1951) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Deborah Kerr (dubbed by Marni Nixon) See more »
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