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Release Date:
17 December 1999 (USA)
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Plot:
The story of the romance between the King of Siam and the widowed British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860's. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 10 nominations
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(27 articles)
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Beautiful, yet it makes me wonder . . .
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jodie Foster | ... | Anna Leonowens |
 | Yun-Fat Chow | ... | King Mongkut (as Chow Yun-Fat) |
 | Ling Bai | ... | Tuptim |
 | Tom Felton | ... | Louis Leonowens |
 | Syed Alwi | ... | The Kralahome, Prime Minister |
 | Randall Duk Kim | ... | General Alak |
| Kay Siu Lim | ... | Prince Chowfa, King Mongkut's Brother |
| Melissa Campbell | ... | Princess Fa-Ying |
| Keith Chin | ... | Prince Chulalongkorn |
| Mano Maniam | ... | Moonshee, Leonowens' Indian Servant |
| Shanthini Venugopal | ... | Beebe, Leonowens' Indian Servant |
 | Deanna Yusoff | ... | Lady Thiang, Head Wife |
| Geoffrey Palmer | ... | Lord John Bradley |
| Ann Firbank | ... | Lady Bradley |
| Bill Stewart | ... | Mycroft Kincaid, East India Trading Co. |
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Also Known As:
Anna (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some intense violent sequences.
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Runtime:
148 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:U |
South Korea:12 |
Australia:M |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Germany:6 (w) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Iceland:10 (original rating) |
Iceland:LH (video rating) |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Thailand:(Banned) |
UK:12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #37063) |
Philippines:G
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Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson both reportedly turned down the role of Anna. Shannen Doherty was offered the role of Anna but turned it down due to her commitment in the TV series "Charmed" (1998).
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Anachronisms: In the scene where Anna first meets the King, the French ambassadors are delivering "a present from the King of France" (in French in the dialogue). In the 1860's France did not have a king any longer: its leader Napoleon III had the title of "Emperor".
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King Chulalongkorn: She was the first English woman I had ever met. And it seemed to me she knew more about the world than anyone. But it was a world Siam was afraid would consume them. The monsoon winds had whispered her arrival like a coming storm. Some welcomed the rain...
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King Chulalongkorn: She was the first English woman I had ever met. And it seemed to me she knew more about the world than anyone. But it was a world Siam was afraid would consume them. The monsoon winds had whispered her arrival like a coming storm. Some welcomed the rain...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "HBO First Look: Anna and the King: A Modern Epic (#6.13)" (1999)
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Soundtrack:
How Can I Not Love You
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My overall experience with this film was very good. I felt the detail to costumes and set design was exceptional; we were really transported to Siam in the 1860's. And the acting was excellent, especially Chow Yin Fat, although I felt the relationship between Jodie Foster and Chow Yin Fat was not completely believable. Perhaps, this is because I could not push far from my mind the thought that this is only another movie loosely based on the memoirs by Anna Lenowens. But, this is probably the most realistic of them all. I'd give it 8/10.