Uniform Title: King and I (Motion picture)

Edition: 50th anniversary edition.

Description:

• 2 videodiscs (approximately 133 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
• polychrome
• digital
• optical
• mixed
• Dolby
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Target Audience Note: AFR rating : G.

Other Title:

• Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I
• Rodgers & Hammerstein collection.

Notes:

• From the Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical play, based on "Anna and the King of Siam," by Margaret Landon.
• Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included.
• Issued also as part of the Rodgers & Hammerstein collection.
• Originally produced as a motion picture in 1956.
• Music by Richard Rodgers ; book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; dances and musical numbers staged by Jerome Robbins ; music supervised and conducted by Alfred Newman ; costumes designed by Irene Sharaff ; art direction, Lyle R. Wheeler, John De Cuir ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox ; film editor, Robert Simpson ; ballet arrangements by Trude Rittman.
• Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, Terry Saunders, Rex Thompson, Carlos Rivas, Patrick Adiarte, Alan Mowbray, Geoffrey Toone.
• DVD; NTSC, region 1; (disc 1) anamorphic widescreen (2.55:1, letterbox) presentation ; (disc 1) Dolby Digital 5.0 surround, Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., dual layer; (disc 2) Dolby Digital mono., dual layer.
• Disc 1: In English (surround or stereo.), dubbed Spanish (mono.), or dubbed French (mono.) ; optional English or Spanish subtitles.
• Disc 2: TV pilot only: In English (mono.) or dubbed Spanish (mono.) ; optional English or Spanish subtitles ; closed captioned ; other features in English only, not subtitled.
• 1956 Academy Award winner, best actor, best art direction, set direction, best sound recording, best scoring of a motion picture, best costume design.

Contents:

• Disc 1: Optional audio feature commentary by Richard Barrios and Michael Portantiere ; Optional isolated musical score; Optional songs-only subtitle option; songs-only chapter list.

• Disc 2: Featurettes: Something wonderful: the story of 'The King and I' (ca. 22 min.)
• The Kings of Broadway (ca. 11 min.)
• The King of the big screen (ca. 5 min.)
• 'The King and I' stage version (ca. 17 min.)
• 'The King and I:' the Royal archives (ca. 2 min.)
• 'Anna and the King' TV pilot (ca. 26 min. ; In English or Spanish with optional English or Spanish subtitles; optional commentary by Samantha Eggar)
• vintage stage excerpts: 'Getting to know you' and 'A puzzlement' performed by Patricia Morison and Yul Brynner (b&w) ; Deleted musical number: 'Shall I tell you what I think of you?' performed by Anna (Deborah Kerr)
• Restoring CinemaScope® 55
• Movietown newsreels [all in b&w]: Charity premieres of the film
• Oscar acceptance by Yul Brynner
• Australians form Yul Brynner Club
• Beauty and the fair sex
• City center sponsor of The King and I in Grandeur 70
• Grandeur 70
• U.N. envoys sanction Grandeur 70 version of The King and I ; theatrical teasers and trailers ; trailer for Anna and the King of Siam ; still galleries.

Publisher or Distributor Number: 2239102

Control Number: 3146632

UPC:

• 000245433910
• 024543391029

Subjects:

• British -- Thailand -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
• Governesses -- Thailand -- Biography -- Drama.
• Landon, Margaret, 1903-1993 -- Film adaptations.
• Leonowens, Anna Harriette, 1831-1915 -- Drama.
• Leonowens, Anna Harriette, 1831-1915.
• Mongkut, King of Siam, 1804-1868 -- Drama.
• Mongkut, King of Siam, 1804-1868.
• Thailand -- Court and courtiers -- History -- 19th century -- Drama.
• Thailand -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

Genre:

• Biographical films.
• Biographies.
• Drama.
• Feature films.
• Film adaptations.
• Historical films.
• Musical films.
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

• Adiarte, Patrick.
• Benson, Martin, 1918-2010.
• Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969.
• Brynner, Yul.
• Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
• Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007.
• Landon, Margaret, 1903-1993. Anna and the King of Siam.
• Lang, Walter, 1898-1972.
• Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
• Moreno, Rita.
• Mowbray, Alan, 1896-1969.
• Rivas, Carlos, 1925-2003.
• Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
• Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
• Saunders, Terry.
• Shamroy, Leon, 1901-1974.
• Thompson, Rex, 1942-
• Toone, Geoffrey, 1910-2005.
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
• Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.