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The King and I is a 1956 American musical film made by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck.The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, which is itself based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon.
The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein.It is based on Margaret Landon's novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s.
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The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia says "whether or not one agrees about the 1956 film of The King and I being the best R&H movie, most would concede that [the] animated adaption is the worst". Roger Ebert gave it 2 stars out of 4 and felt that animated adaptations of musicals have potential but found the film rather dull.
The King and I (1977 Broadway cast album), with Constance Towers and Yul Brynner, 1977; The King and I (1992 studio cast album), starring Julie Andrews and Ben Kingsley; The King and I (1996 Broadway cast album), with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips; The King and I (1964 studio cast album), with Valerie Masterson and Christopher Lee
The King and I: Nominated [73] 1956: National Board of Review Awards: Best Actor: Anastasia / The King and I / The Ten Commandments: Won [74] 1956: New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor: Nominated [75] 1952: Tony Awards: Distinguished Supporting or Featured Musical Actor: The King and I: Won [76] 1985: Special Tony Award: Won [77]
In July 2014, he replaced the injured Jason Scott Lee in Opera Australia's Melbourne production of The King and I, reprising his role as the King of Siam, playing opposite Lisa McCune as Anna Leonowens. [23] In 2015, he guest-starred in The Wiggles Rock and Roll PreSchool DVD and made guest appearances on their TV program on ABC.
The original cast recording album sleeve. The original cast recording of The King and I was issued in 1951 on Decca Records, with Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, Dorothy Sarnoff and Doretta Morrow. [1] The Broadway cast recording was directed by John Van Druten, with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and musical director Frederick Dvonch ...