This visual and musical masterpiece features Yul Brynner’s Academy Award winning performance, an unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein score, and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbins. It tells the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens who comes to Siam as a school teacher to the royal court in the 1860’s. Winner of five Academy Awards, “The King and I” contains some of the most lavish sets and costumes in Hollywood history, and some of the world’s best loved songs. Also stars Deborah Kerr.
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ACMI Identifier
302269
Language
English
Audience classification
G
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Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)