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Anna and the King by Andy Tennant
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DVD detailsActor: Bai Ling, Jodie Foster, Syed Alwi, Tom Felton, Yun-Fat Chow Director: Andy Tennant Brand: Fox Home Entertainment Producer: Ed Elbert Producer: Eric Angelson Producer: G. Mac Brown Producer: Jon Jashni Writer: Anna Leonowens Writer: Peter Krikes Writer: Steve Meerson DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Thai (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 148 minutes DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Anna and the KingDVD Review: superb rendering of old story Summary: 5 Stars
As much as i loved deborah kerr and yul brenner in Anna and the King of Siam, thiis rendition is a whole different and excellent drama. Jodie Foster is fantastic, and the King is elegant, regal, and sexy. The attraction between them is tangible, and their individual reactions well done. The story goes further than the Broadway play or the movie, what happens is both terrifying and heartbreaking. it is more than worth the money and can be watched again and again.
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Description of Anna and the KingAcademy Award winner Jodie Foster and international action star Chow Yun-Fat bring to life the epic true story of a woman who challenged the heart of a king and inspired the destiny of a nation. English school teacher Anna Leonowens has traveled to Siam to educate the fifty-eight children of King Mongkut. If she has preconceived notions about the East, the King has similar notions about the West. But amid the danger of growing political unrest, their respect for each other slowly turns into something more. What's a director to do? Andy Tennant's previous film was the highly enjoyable Cinderella romance Ever After, which vanished from theaters and became a video hit. Then Tennant made this gorgeous, nonmusical version of Anna and the King, and once again felt the sting of box-office failure. Both films deserved better, and this Anna is certain to eventually find the appreciative audience that eluded it in theaters. In many ways, this delightful costume romance transcends the latter-day quaintness of The King and I to offer a more lavish and rewarding version of the story of Anna Leonowens, based on her diaries and first told in Margaret Landon's 1944 novel. In an otherwise admirable performance (although many felt her miscast), Jodie Foster struggles with her Victorian accent as Anna, the grieving widow who arrives in Siam in 1860 with her young son. Having accepted a post as tutor for the many children of the polygamous King Mongkut (Chow Yun-Fat), Anna finds herself drawn to the progressive monarch, whose passions swirl in a turbulent political climate. If the chemistry isn't entirely there, this culture clash still has plenty of regal charm, and Luciana Arrighi's production design is appropriately magnificent. Humor and politics are given equal measure, and Chow Yun-Fat is arguably the most endearing king to date--powerful yet tender, forceful but anguished by the heavier burdens of leadership. Bai Ling's intense performance as the tragic lover Tuptim adds emotional depth to one of the most underrated films of 1999. --Jeff Shannon
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