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1956

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Starring	Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson
Director	Walter Lang
Genres	Music/Musical

The King And I

Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical, adapted from Margaret Landon's fact-based novel and the 1946 film ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, makes a spectacularly successful move to the silver screen in the Yul Brynner tour de force THE KING AND I. Brynner, reprising the role he'd polished to perfection on stage, plays the blustering, headstrong Siamese potentate who meets his match in the form of Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), the prim and proper English widow he's hired to oversee the rearing of his huge, unruly flock of children.
Director Walter Lang (TIN PAN ALLEY) presents THE KING AND I, one of the most popular musicals in cinema history, as a dizzyingly bountiful Technicolor feast. Kerr (aided during songs by the overdubbed voice of Marni Nixon) contributes a dynamic performance that is every bit the equal of Brynner's transcendent, career-defining turn, for which he won an Academy Award. The delightful score, which also garnered an Oscar, includes three perennial favorite show tunes: "I Whistle a Happy Tune," "Getting to Know You," and "Shall We Dance

Starring	Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, Alan Mowbray
Director	Walter Lang
Studio	20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins
Certificate
Genres	Music/Musical
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
Released	Production year: 1956 To Rent: DVD: 08 Feb 2004

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- An animated, cut-down version of the Broadway musical, now aimed at a youthful audience, with only a handful of the original 20 songs surviving; it may suffice for a wet afternoon.
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  one of my all time favourites
  
  I saw this film when I was young and it brings back great memories. I love the music and the drama. The costumes and sets are wonderful.
  
  Yul is ... read more »
  
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  A Yul Brynner Classic
  
  The King And I What a classic film,this is Yul Brynner at his
  
  best lots of flair Yul was known for his flair,i watched this film when i was younger ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Nov 2011 at 19:41
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  The King and I
  
  I loved this film, the songs, the story, everything.
  
  The scene where Yule and Deborah are dancing alone in the huge
  
  empty ballroom to the ... read more »
  
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  - 22 Apr 2011 at 23:42
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  Easy viewing
  
  Enjoyed watching this film. Had a good cry at the end when he dies. Could watch this film again and again !!
  
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  Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical, adapted from Margaret Landon's fact-based novel and the 1946 film ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, makes a spectacularly successful move to the silver screen in the Yul Brynner tour de force THE KING AND I. Brynner, reprising the role he'd polished to perfection ...