Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat in Anna and the King (1999)

Anna and the King

Movie1999• PG-13• 2h 28m
DramaHistoryRomance
⭐ 6.7 / 10(40,396)

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.

Rated
PG-13
Runtime
2h 28m
Released
1999
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1999

Storyline

The story of the romance between the King of Siam and widowed British schoolteacher, Anna Leonowens, during the 1860s.

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Awards

0 wins & 2 nominations

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Did you know

• On the French audio track on the DVD, Jodie Foster dubs her own character's voice.

• The film was banned in Thailand because of historical inaccuracies about the King of Siam and the time period of the film.

• The movie was filmed in Malaysia because the Thai government refused to give permission to film in Thailand. Despite several script revisions, the Thai authorities maintained that the film had too many historical inaccuracies.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $39,263,420

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $5,223,416 (1999-12-19)

User reviews

⭐ 7/10

This is Thai's comment of this film.

👍 43 · 2/10/2002
⭐ 8/10

Visual beauty, and a very strong film on the whole

👍 16 · 11/27/2016
⭐ 7/10

Might have worked better with a different denouement

👍 5 · 5/30/2014

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Aspect ratio
2.39 : 1
Color
Color

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