The King and I

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Summary: Just a plain good movie
Review: I got the movie when I was little and then my cousin happened to be the one opperating the VCR when the VCR ate it so ever since we havn't been on the best of terms. Ok maybe not but that might bive you an idea how good the movie is.

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Summary: WONDERFUL!!!!!!!
Review: very good when i saw it on t.v. on amc they showed the letterbox and the pan&scan. i like the letter box format better.

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Summary: A Great Classic
Review: I'm only 13, but I know a good flick when I see one. This is one! 'King and I' rules!

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Summary: A loving story of A King and a lady about hate and love.
Review: My review of this escatic classic heartwarming a bout a british lady and a siam King and are put threw many triumphs and is sad in the end the king dies but shows a pasion with the way they performed the movie.

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Summary: One of the ten best musicals
Review: One of the top ten musicals of all time to rank with "The Phantom of the Opera", "1776" and "The Sound of Music." I'd rather watch this than "Titanic" any day. A delightful and enlightening tale with some of the greatest music in the world of Hollywood. Ranks with Broadways finest. A movie that will make you smile, make you cry and make you feel good. BUY IT TODAY! Even if you haven't seen it. You'll love it. And, another perk, Alice Cooper is NOT in it!

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Summary: Outstanding. A visual delight of colors and costumes.
Review: The K&I is one of my all time favorites. Loosely based on the true novel, "Anna and the King of Siam" it is stunning both visually and musically. An interesting aside is that Miss Kerr does not sing. A (at the time) young woman by the name of Marni Nixon sang for Miss Kerr. They stood side by side in the dubbing booth, and while Ms. Kerr spoke her lines, Marni would interject her singing parts. This is especially noticeable on "He's Spoiled." None-the-less an outstanding watch.

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Summary: Superb restoration of a classic film
Review: The good news - not since its original theatrical release has there been a brighter, cleaner, more colorful print available. The THX restoration in both conventional pan and scan and widescreen versions is the definitive one. Gone are the fuzziness and color bleeding of past video prints. The superb warm DeLuxe color is returned to glory and the stereophonic sound is vibrant and rich. In the widescreen version some of the compositions are stunning: Anna, Louis, Captain Orton, the horizontal line of slaves and the Kralahome in the first ship scene; the horizontal processional through the marketplace to the Palace; the first shot of the King high on a distant throne surrounded by gold; dictation of the letter to Lincoln with Anna and the King filling the screen in prostration; the emphasized separation of Lun Tha and Tuptim in the "We Kiss In A Shadow" scene, placed at opposite ends of the screen reaching across to each other; the Act One Finale in the temple with the King and Anna again filling the scene in a prostration test (Who is taming who?); the polka sequence; and most tellingly one of the last shots at the King's deathbed with Anna in close-up at far left of screen, the King in the center and Chulalongkorn and Lady Thiang subordinate in the upper right of screen - emphasizing Anna's final dominance over the court. New to this print, emphasizing the original theatricality of the work, is an overture, intermission entr'acte music and exit music - never in the original print, but derived from masters of Alfred Newman's background scoring: the Overture consists of "Western People Funny" and "I Have Dreamed" from Anna's unpacking scene, segueing into the intro to "Shall We Dance" underscoring and ending with the polka itself; the Entr'acte takes the underscoring of Anna's and Lun Tha's first meeting, using "I Have Dreamed" and "Hello, Young Lovers" from that scene, sequeing into "I Whistle A Happy Tune" and a repeat of the "Shall We Dance? polka; Exit Music is the "March of the Siamese Children" lifted in whole from that scene. The only bad news: there are so many scenes stuffed with people all shot from head to toe or at least head to knee, that the images are often so tiny as to hurt the eyes; also this makes for difficulty reading a lot of facial expressions. Ideally you should buy both the pan and scan AND the widescreen editions of this restoration. If you're a fan of the work, RUN to acquire both and have the definitive editions to study and enjoy. Note: Both "Western People Funny" and "I Have Dreamed" so notably used in the Overture and Entr'Acte, are never heard in the film except as background scoring. Also with these added musical portions the running time of 133 minutes is extended by eight or nine minutes.

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Summary: Great Musical performance, storyline is so romantic
Review: What a wonderful way to open up the American people and the rest of the world to a new culture. The music and the actors portray a delightful mix of romance and humor as well as the disgraces of barbarism. I wish that I was born back in the early hollywood days when this movie was made. All the movie musicals that were made back then were the best time that Hollywood has ever seen. The King and I was my very first musical I had ever watched and it was such a great experience. I need to buy another copy, I have already worn out the one I have.

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Summary: Why does the promo list Alice Cooper as star?
Review: A warm, humane, wise Rogers & Hammerstein classic in both music and lyrics. Fortunately it stars Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr at their best, and not Alice Cooper as the AMAZON ad and link would have you believe. You can't go wrong, unless they DO ship you something with Alice Cooper!

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Summary: This movie rates as a classic, along with Gone with the Wind
Review: I saw Yul Brenner (in Cincinnati, Ohio)perform the King. He was ill at the time but he still performed the role as only he could. Deborah was the perfect governess. I also saw this recently as a stage play which brought back memories of the movie and the consummate stars.