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- Released in 1956, this classic musical film is based on the 1949 Broadway musical of the same name, which was in turn inspired by Margaret Landon’s novel, “Anna and the King of Siam.”
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The production was reproduced on Broadway, opening on April 11, 1996, at the Neil Simon Theatre, starring Donna Murphy as Anna, who won a Tony Award for her performance, and Lou Diamond Phillips as the King, with Randall Duk Kim as the Kralahome, Jose Llana as Lun Tha, Joohee Choi as Tuptim and Taewon Yi Kim as Lady Thiang.
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The King and I, American musical film, released in 1956, that was scored by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein and features a signature performance by Yul Brynner, who had earlier starred in the hit Broadway adaptation.
Brynner portrayed the king of Siam, an imperious monarch who is seen as immortal by his people. However, he becomes all too human and prone to self-doubt when he meets Anna (played by Deborah Kerr), a “proper” English widow who has traveled to Siam to serve as his children’s governess, teaching them the ways of the Western world. Despite their vastly different backgrounds, Anna and the king learn to respect and even admire each other.
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•Studio: 20th Century Fox
•Director: Walter Lang
•Writer: Ernest Lehman
•Music: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
•Deborah Kerr (Anna Leonowens)
•Yul Brynner (King Mongkut of Siam)
•Rita Moreno (Tuptim)
•Martin Benson (Kralahome)
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•Lead actress (Deborah Kerr)
•Lead actor (Yul Brynner)*
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•Art direction–set direction (colour)*
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The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951, starring Gertrude Lawrence and featuring newcomer Yul Brynner. The show ran for three years, racking up 1,246 performances and five Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
On February 12, 2021, Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment announced that another live-action film version was in development. Plot. In 1862, a widowed schoolteacher, Anna, arrives in Bangkok with her young son, Louis, after being summoned to tutor the many children of King Mongkut.
May 4, 2020 · On March 29, 1951, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Almost 70 years later, it reigns supreme, its kingdom extending from Broadway and London to Hollywood and beyond, from high school auditoriums and summer stock tents to regional theatres and opera houses.
1951 Original Broadway Production. Anticipation was high for the opening night of The King and I at Broadway’s St. James Theatre on March 29, 1951.
On closing night, June 30, 1985, Yul Brynner gave his final bow in The King and I; it was his 4,625 th performance as the King of Siam. The Associated Press wrote on this historic moment: “During a five-minute curtain call, the audience stood and the orchestra played ‘Auld Lang Syne.’”
