October 13, 2009
i still cannot believe that the king dies at the end! tears!! ;(
Deborah Kerr, Martin Benson, Rex Thompson
A schoolteacher goes to Siam to teach the King's children. During the course of her stay she enlightens the king to changing times and helps him reassess his relationship to one of his several wives.
DVD Release Date: April 27, 1999
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September 25, 2009despite the awards and acclaim, ive always found this to be a musical that is more fun than it is masterful, but because of the fun factor this is one of my favorite musicals of all time. brynners performance, albeit an award winning one, was a bit silly as was much of the film,...( read more)
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February 5, 2009I watch bits of this every year as Valentine's Day approaches, be it on the internet or on TV. And it depresses me every time, yet I keep doing it. Don't ask me why.
The singing is great, and so is the acting, but there is one enormously irritating factor - the obvious racial di...( read more) -
January 7, 2008One of my all-time favorite musicals. Two main reasons, fantastic songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and a delightful performance by Yul Brynner. Highly Recommended.
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November 3, 2009Adapted after the book "Anna and the King of Siam", that was also a Broadway play. Obviously the action is set in Siam, sometime in the second part of the XIX century.
Kerr plays the english teacher hired by the king (Brynner) to enlight his children nous.
The movie is made in t...( read more) -
October 28, 2009"How can it be that everyone knows one thing if many people believe another thing?"
"I believe in snow!"
"He has a thousand dreams that won't come true.."
"You have no heart! You've never loved anyone and you never will! . . . You ARE a barbarian!"
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October 14, 2009The King and I is an absolute delight, magical, and spectacular in every way.
After the death of her husband, Anna Owens (Kerr) moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam (Brynner). She threatens to leave when the h...( read more)
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August 21, 2007i LOVE this movie!! We performed the musical this summer and i had the opportunity to portry Tuptim; LOVING every single moment of it! <3 It was a lot of work: memorizing lines for not only the songs and the lines, but for the ballet as well. I feel that i did an exsquisite job carrying on the story that started so long ago.
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