The King and I

The King and I

DVD - 2016

An English schoolteacher finds herself at odds with the King when she is the teacher at the royal court of Siam in the 1860s.

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Subjects
Leonowens, Anna Harriette, > 1831-1915 > Drama.
Mongkut, > King of Siam, > 1804-1868 > Drama.
Governesses > Thailand > Biography > Drama.
British > Thailand > History > 19th century > Drama.
Musicals.
Musical films.
Thailand > Court and courtiers > History > 19th century > Drama.
Thailand > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [2016]
Language
English
French
Spanish
Other Authors
Walter Lang, 1898-1972 (-), Ernest Lehman, 1915-2005, Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979, Oscar Hammerstein, 1895-1960, Margaret Landon, 1903-1993
Item Description
From Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play based on "Anna and the King of Siam," by Margaret Landon.
Videodisc release of the 1956 motion picture.
Special features: Disc 1: audio commentary by Richard Barrios and Michael Portantiere; exclusive isolated musical score; songs-only option; singalong karaoke subtitles (English) ; Disc 2: "Anna and the King" TV pilot with commentary by Samantha Eggar; featurettes: "Something wonderful: the story of 'The King and I'"; "The Kings of Broadway"; "The King of the big screen"; "'The King and I' stage version"; "'The King and I' the Royal archives"; "Restoring CinemaScope 55"; vintage stage excerpts: songs "Getting to know you" and "A puzzlement" performed by Broadway stars Patricia Morison and Yul Brynner; stills and audio from deleted number: "Shall I tell you what I think of you?" performed by Deborah Kerr and Marni Nixon; Fox Movietone News including charity premiere and Yul Brynner Oscar® clip.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (DVD)(ca. 133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Region 1 ; (disc 1) anamorphic widescreen (2.55:1, letterbox) presentation ; (disc 1) Dolby Digital 5.0 surround, Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC ; (disc 2) Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC.
Audience
MPAA rating: G.
Awards
1956 Academy Award winner, best actor (Yul Brynner), best art direction, set decoration, best sound recording, best scoring of a motion picture, best costume design.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; editor, Robert Simpson ; music, Richard Rodgers ; book and lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II ; choreography, Jerome Robbins.

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