Anna and the King
DramaRomanceHistory
6.773/10
|US
|en
|148 min
Release Date: 1999-12-16
Overview - The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.
Production Companies
Fox 2000 PicturesLawrence Bender Productions
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
6/10
This is a great looking film; the beautiful photography (Malaysia not Thailand) is stunning and George Fenton's sympathetic score helps create a stylish setting for this retelling of the story about an English widow - played here by Jodie Foster - who takes up a position as governess to the children (and wives) of King Mongkut of Siam (Chow Yun-Fat). This story departs pretty drastically from the ...
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