| Uniform Title |
King and I (Motion picture : 1956) |
| Title |
The King and I. |
| Published |
Moore Park, NSW : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2001. |
| ©1956 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (139 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment : 1004SDG. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1956. |
| Based on the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. |
| Special features: US theatrical trailer ; Movietone News Premiere ; Movietone News Oscars ; Songs (audio only): 1. I whistle a happy tune, 2. Getting to know you, 3. Hello young lovers ; Cast & crew pages ; Production notes. |
| Credits |
Director, Walter Lang. |
| Performers |
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner. |
| Summary |
This visual and musical masterpiece features Yul Brynner's Academy Award winning performance, an unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein score, and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbin. It tells the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860s. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner), over time, Anna and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another. Winner of six Academy Awards, The King and I contains some of the most lavish sets in Hollywood history and some of the world's best-loved songs. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : G. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Aspect ratio 2.55, 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles in Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Hammerstein, Oscar, -- II, -- 1895-1960 -- Film adaptations |
| Women teachers -- Drama |
| Kings and rulers -- Drama |
| Kings and rulers -- Children -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Thailand -- Kings and rulers -- Drama |
| Genre |
Musical films |
| Historical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Lang, Walter, 1898-1972 director. |
| Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007 actor. |
| Brynner, Yul actor. |
| Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. King and I. Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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