Anna and the King (1999)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Andy Tennant

Writers (WGA):

Anna Leonowens (diaries)
Steve Meerson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 December 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | History | Romance

Plot:

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and the widowed British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860's.

Plot Keywords:

1860s | Schoolteacher | Concubine | Children | Forbidden Love

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 nominations

Cast

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.
Sean Ghazi	...	Khun Phra Balat
K.K. Moggie	...	Phim
Dharma Harun Al-Rashid	...	Noi
Harith Iskander	...	Nikorn
Yusof B. Mohd Kassim	...	Pitak
Afdlin Shauki	...	Interpreter
Swee Lin Neo	...	Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung (as Swee-Lin)
Ramli Hassan	...	King Chulalongkorn (voice)
Robert Hands	...	Captain Blake
Yu Beng Lim	...	Scarfaced leader
Kenneth Tsang	...	Justice Phya Phrom
Kee Thuan Chye	...	Second Judge
Teoh Kah Yong	...	Third Judge (as Patrick Teoh)
Aimi Aziz	...	Lady of Court No.1
Ellie Suriaty Omar	...	Lady of Court No.2
Tina Lee Siew Ting	...	Lady of Court No.3
Ruby Wong	...	Lady of Court No.4 (as Cheuk Ling Wong)
Zaridah Abdul Malik	...	Lady of Court No.5
Fariza Azlina	...	La-Ore
Ahmad Mazlan	...	Scout No.1
Mohd Razib Saliman	...	Scout No.2
Zaibo	...	Siamese trader
Pak Ling	...	Shipping dock woman
Mahmud Ali Basah	...	Mercenary
Zulhaila Siregar	...	Distraught villager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean-Luc Russier	...	French Ambassador (uncredited)

Directed by
Andy Tennant

Writing credits (WGA)
Anna Leonowens		(diaries)
Steve Meerson		(screenplay) &
Peter Krikes		(screenplay)

Produced by
Eric Angelson	....	associate producer
Lawrence Bender	....	producer
G. Mac Brown	....	co-producer
Terence Chang	....	executive producer
Ed Elbert	....	producer
Jon Jashni	....	co-producer
Julie Kirkham	....	co-producer
Wink Mordaunt	....	co-producer
Nicole Pennington	....	creative producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
George Fenton
Robert Kraft

Cinematography by
Caleb Deschanel

Film Editing by
Roger Bondelli

Casting by
Priscilla John

Production Design by
Luciana Arrighi

Art Direction by
Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat
Marc Fisichella
Paul Ghirardani
Tom Nursey		(supervising art director)
John Ralph

Set Decoration by
Ian Whittaker

Costume Design by
Jenny Beavan

Makeup Department
Muriel Bell	....	hair stylist
Betty Glasow	....	hair stylist
John Henry Gordon	....	additional hair artist
Jo Ho	....	makeup assistant (as Joanne Ho)
Deborah Jarvis	....	makeup artist
Catherine Leblanc	....	key hair stylist
Marilyn MacDonald	....	makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	key makeup artist
Jean-Luc Russier	....	makeup artist: Ms. Foster (as Jean Luc Russier)
Lisa Tomblin	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Jeffrey Harlacker	....	post-production supervisor
Andrea Isaacs	....	production supervisor
Peter Jaques	....	unit production manager
Leila Kirkpatrick	....	unit production manager
John G. Phelan	....	unit production manager
Amy Segal	....	assistant unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeff Balsmeyer	....	second unit director
David Carrigan	....	second assistant director
Daisy Cummins	....	co-second assistant director
Richard Graysmark	....	co-second assistant director
Tze S. Hoh	....	third assistant director
Danny McGrath	....	assistant director
Scott Printz	....	first assistant director
Mahathir Tahir	....	assistant director
Rich Thorne	....	second unit director
Simon Warnock	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Sean Ahern	....	leading hand
Gunnar Ahmer	....	scenic artist
Fred Arbegast	....	sculptor
Daniel Bacciu	....	props: Italy
Martin Bruveris	....	painter
Jo Carter	....	assistant art coordinator
Peter Collias	....	scenic artist
Matt Connors	....	scenic artist
Jules Cook	....	set designer
Val I. Deikov	....	sculptor
Robert E. Denne	....	gangboss painter
Gill Ducker	....	production buyer
Beverley Dunn	....	set dresser
Brian Edmonds	....	expedition master
Peter Exton	....	steelworker
David Falconer	....	plaster foreman
Charlotte Farrar	....	construction coordinator
Annie Gilhooly	....	art department coordinator
Gary Grimes	....	painter
Greg Hajdu	....	construction coordinator
Darryl Hammer	....	painter
Emma Harrison	....	scenic artist
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor
Frank Howe	....	drapesman
Christian Huband	....	assistant art director
Yee I-Lann	....	assistant buyer
Jacinta Leong	....	assistant art director
Trevor Lithgow	....	scenic artist
Gus Lobb	....	painter
Billy Malcolm	....	scenic artist
Mark A. Mancinelli	....	plaster foreman
Dick Nutley	....	assistant scenic artist
Dan Pemberton	....	construction coordinator
John Rann	....	first construction foreman
Mark Reynolds	....	supervisor dressing props
Denis Rich	....	storyboard artist
Deborah Riley	....	assistant art director
Tony Rimmington	....	marine draughtsman
Andy Robinson	....	painter
Johnny Sella	....	painter
Martin Smeaton	....	head sculptor
Danny Strachan	....	painter
Anthony Szuch	....	drapes master
Gregg Thomas	....	greens supervisor
Dave Trevino	....	lead painter
Michael Turner	....	set designer
Liz van den Berg	....	set painter
James Van Houten	....	sculptor gang boss
Cuitlahuac Morales Velazquez	....	sculptor
Lloyd Vincent	....	props
Justin Walker	....	labor foreman
Arthur Wicks	....	property master
Tony Williams	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig Berkey	....	sound designer
David Betancourt	....	foley mixer (as Dave Betancourt)
James Bolt	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Ted Caplan	....	foley editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Blake R. Cornett	....	first sound assistant
Susan Dawes	....	dialogue editor (as Susan Shackelford)
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
Todd Harris	....	adr assistant (as Todd M. Harris)
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
Douglas Hinton	....	film-to-HDTV sound editor
David John	....	sound effects recordist
R.J. Kizer	....	supervising adr editor
Vanessa Lapato	....	adr editor
John A. Larsen	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve F. Price	....	digital assistant sound editor
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Brian Simmons	....	production sound mixer
Roger Slater	....	sound mixer: second unit
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist (as Alicia Irwin)
Donald Sylvester	....	adr editor
Jay Wilkinson	....	sound effects editor
John Lajvort	....	sound editorial engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Billy Aziz	....	special effects technician
Rodney Burke	....	special effects technician
Steve Courtley	....	special effects supervisor
Ramli Bin Md. Derus	....	special effects technician
Scott Dwyer	....	special effects technician
Paul Gorrie	....	special effects technician
Rob Heggie	....	on set supervisor
Leo Henry	....	pyrotechnician
Matt Kutcher	....	minature mechanical effects supervisor
Graham Riddell	....	animatronics designer
Arthur Spink Jr.	....	special effects technician
Jon Bethke	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Kenneth Au	....	digital compositor
Wayne Baker	....	effects assistant camera
Allen Blaisdell	....	visual effects photography
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	visual effects
Dawn Bowery	....	Inferno artist
Kristen Branan	....	visual effects producer
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Gilbert De La Garza	....	digital film technician
Christina Drahos	....	digital compositor: Visionart
Steve Dubin	....	miniature set supervisor
R. Stirling Duguid	....	technical director: VisionArt
Ted Fay	....	director of technology: VisionArt
Brent Heyning	....	model maker
Phil Holland	....	scanning & recording operator
Josh R. Jaggars	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
Oded Kassirer	....	digital artist
Marta Knudsen	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Marc Kolbe	....	digital effects supervisor: VisionArt
Jon-Marc Kortsch	....	digital artist
Carlyle O. Livingston II	....	miniature effects supervisor
Fumi Mashimo	....	animator: Illusion Arts
Fumi Mashimo	....	matte painter: Illusion Arts
Kelvin McIlwain	....	matte artist
Stuart Mintz	....	digital effects artist
Craig A. Mumma	....	visual effects supervisor: VisionArt
Dan Naulin	....	digital effects artist: VisionArt
Marco S. Paolini	....	digital compositor
Ethan Phillips	....	visual effects CLT: visual effects unit: Rhythm & Hues
Alicia G. Powers	....	visual effects coordinator
Robert Rioux	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Mike Roby	....	digital artist
Jim Rygiel	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Squires	....	effects animator: VisionArt
Jimmy Squires	....	effects animator: VisionArt
Rich Thorne	....	visual effects supervisor
Tom Baker	....	digital effects production assistant (uncredited)
Scot Byrd	....	publicist: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
John Campuzano	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Rafael Colon	....	visual effects compositor (uncredited)
Chris Consani	....	digital matte painter: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Brandon Craig	....	I/O coordinator (uncredited)
Jack Holland	....	art department assistant: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
David Minton	....	digital artist: VisionArt (uncredited)
Kate Neumann	....	executive assistant: VisionArt (uncredited)
Rocco Passionino	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Alette Vernon	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Shannon Wiggins	....	digital artist: Vision Art (uncredited)
Chris 'Willie' Williams	....	roto supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Pat Banta	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Patrick Banta)
Jorge Casares	....	stunt trainer
Ángel Gómez Fernández	....	stunt rider
Ángel Gómez Fernández	....	stunt trainer (as Angel Gomez)
Martin Grace	....	stunt coordinator
Cedric Proust	....	stunt rider
Cedric Proust	....	stunt trainer
Rafael Rodriguez	....	stunt rider
Rafael Rodriguez	....	stunt trainer
Brian Imada	....	stunt double: Chow Yun-Fat (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Muhamad Ahmal	....	unit cinematographer
Steve Arnold	....	director of photography: second unit
Jens Bacher	....	best boy grip
Darren Bailey	....	libra technician
Jamie Barber	....	first assistant camera
Andrew Cooper	....	still photographer
Jason Coop	....	second assistant camera
Trevor Coop	....	camera operator
Andreas Crawford	....	dolly grip
John Deaton	....	first assistant camera
Paul DeMarte	....	second assistant camera
David Draper	....	grip
Gavin Horne	....	key grip
Daniel Mellitz	....	video assist operator
Clyde Miller	....	assistant camera: Wescam camera
Mohd Jeffri Mohd Yusof	....	first assistant camera
Peter Myslowski	....	key grip
Gary Nolan	....	electrician
Jem Rayner	....	third focus puller
P. Scott Sakamoto	....	camera operator
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator
Laurie Shane	....	gaffer
Ron Shane	....	best boy
Gay Hian Teoh	....	camera operator
John Trapman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Ron Veto	....	grip: second unit
Iwan Williams	....	electrician
Steven J. Winslow	....	assistant camera: Wescam
Steven J. Winslow	....	camera technician

Casting Department
Orla Maxwell	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul Colford	....	costume assistant (set costumer)
Jackie Collier	....	costume maker
Jenny Hawkins	....	wardrobe assistant
Andrew Hunt	....	costume assistant
Joe Kowalewski	....	costume design assistant
Jane Law	....	costume maker: Ms. Foster and Mr. Chow
Stephen Miles	....	assistant costume designer
Sophie Norinder	....	key costume dresser
Lucilla Simbari	....	wardrobe assistant
Clare Spragge	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Angela Barton	....	assistant editor
Matt Boatright-Simon	....	editorial assistant
Eric Brown	....	post-production assistant
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Paula Greatbatch	....	assistant film editor
Robert Mendoza	....	post-production assistant
David Orr	....	color timer
Warren Paeff	....	first assistant editor
Jim Suhy	....	assistant editor
Tracey Wadmore-Smith	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	orchestrator
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
George Fenton	....	conductor
Karen Han	....	musician: erhu solo
David Lawson	....	music pre-production
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Graham Sutton	....	supervising music editor
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer

Transportation Department
Clive Miles	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Julian Amesbury	....	assistant marine wrangler
George Bullock	....	assistant horse master (as George Wade Bullock)
Terri L. Burns	....	production coordinator: "The Bridge" shoot
Elaine Burt	....	production coordinator
Jo Cameron Brown	....	dialect coach: pre-production
Jorge Casares	....	horse master
Francis Chew Yew Cho	....	animal wrangler
Lynn-Maree Danzey	....	script supervisor
Lisa Davidson	....	travel coordinator
Tony Doyle	....	horse master
Tonia Epstein	....	shipping coordinator
Anne C. Ford	....	accountant
Donal Fortune	....	horse handler
Donal Geraghty	....	location accountant
John Heath	....	marine consultant
John Heath	....	marine surveyor
Ida Lee Henderson	....	production accountant
Robin Hollister	....	supervising location manager
Richard Howell	....	helicopter pilot
Ivan Kennedy	....	horse handler
Susanne Lariviere	....	first assistant accountant
Emily Lascelles	....	production assistant
Jim Lau	....	adr voice match
Paulynn Leong	....	corporate receptionist
Elton MacPherson	....	financial representative
Andrew Magarian	....	acting coach
Julius Mak	....	marine buyer
Kathy Mattes	....	second assistant accountant
Dan McGrath	....	crowd coordinator
Christian McWilliams	....	location manager
Robin Mulcahy Fisichella	....	production coordinator
Johnny Mulligan	....	location accountant
Erin O'Donnell	....	assistant to actor
Stacy Parker	....	assistant production coordinator
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist (as Claire Raskind Cooper)
Michael Riley	....	title designer
Tony Rimmington	....	marine draughtsman
Rip Russell	....	accounting assistant
Benjamin Sacks	....	assistant production coordinator: "The Bridge" shoot
Howard Samuelsohn	....	speech coach
Misha Skoric	....	assistant: Chow Yun-Fat
Kristina Soderquist	....	production accountant
Gerry Taylor	....	location projectionist
Stephen Taylor	....	accountant: art department
Gary Ticehurst	....	helicopter pilot
Lori Tilkin	....	assistant: Terence Chang
Jane Trower	....	first assistant accountant
Tony Tucker	....	boat wrangler
Tony Tucker	....	marine wrangler
Jenni Wieland	....	assistant accountant
Saharuddvar Bin Yusof	....	animal wrangler
Ian Abercrombie	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Lori A. Lopes	....	second assistant accountant (uncredited)
Ben Smith	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Fox 2000 Pictures
• Lawrence Bender Productions

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Italia
• 20th Century Fox (Far East)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (Argentina)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (Germany)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2003) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
• Fox 2000 Pictures
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (France)

Special Effects

• Digital Filmworks (additional effects)
• Illusion Arts (matte work)
• Rhythm and Hues (visual effects and minatures)
• Spectrum Effects
• VisionArt

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  re-recording services
• 20th Century Fox, Marilyn Monroe ADR Stage  adr stage
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Custom Film Effects  opticals
• Digital Filmworks  digital film scanning
• Digital Filmworks  laser film recording
• Dynasara Sdn. Bhd.  production services: Malaysia
• F.E.G. Enterprises  additional lighting equipment
• Harmonic Film Productions Inc.  production liaison: Thailand
• Hollywood Caterers  catering
• Imaginary Forces  main titles
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• LaFace Records  soundtrack released by
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Loop Troop  adr voice casting
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  music recording facility
• O'Henry Sound Studios  music mixing facility
• Pacific Title/Mirage  opticals
• Panavision Alga  akela crane
• Play-ed Resources  production liaison services
• Pro-Horse Vision  horses and riders
• Remote Camera Systems  gyro-stabilized camera system
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sheraton Hotels of Malaysia  location catering
• Showreel Film Facilities  adr facility
• Weapons Effects, Novatao, CA  period firearms
• Wescam USA  aerial equipment
• Wildlife Sanctuary of Malaysia  elephants provided by
• Zoo Melaka  elephants provided by

Also Known As:

Anna (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some intense violent sequences.

Runtime:

148 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Thai | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

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

Filming Locations:

Coloma, California, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

The real King Rama IV, the King referred to in this movie by his given name of Mongkut, is the great-grandfather of the present King of Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, known formally as King Rama IX.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Anna and King Mongkut first dance, the song being heard has full instrumentation (horns, woodwinds, etc.). But all the views of the musicians entering the ballroom and playing show only string instruments.

Quotes:

[first lines]
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...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: Anna and the King: A Modern Epic (#6.13)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

How Can I Not Love You

Superbly acted and photographed

Going in I had expected a solid performance by Jodie Foster and some nicely photographed scenes; what I got was much more. Chow Yun-Fat commands the viewers' attention whenever he is on the screen, fairly radiating a regal and aloof presence. There is a palpable chemistry between Jodie and Chow, something not seen in the actresses films since she squared off with Anthony Hopkins' Lecter. The script is solid and generally well-paced. Keen attention is paid to the dialog and interplay between the principals and the secondary characters, too. That they didn't actually film in Thailand, but in Malaysia never shows on the screen. The photography and costumes should be automatic nominees for Oscar. For that matter, both Jodie and Chow could comfortably fit in their respective nominee lists for Best Actor and Best Actress. Overall, a wonderful film and I'm really looking forward to the DVD in June!