Derek Winnert

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Anna and the King ** (1999, Jodie Foster, Yun-Fat Chow, Bai Ling) – Classic Movie Review 10,678

Director Andy Tennant’s 1999 historical biopic Anna and the King stars Jodie Foster as widowed British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens, who goes to Bangkok in 1862 to rule the enormous brood of the stern King Mongkut […]

Dec, 17

Anna and the King of Siam *** (1946, Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell) – Classic Movie Review 10,677

Director John Cromwell’s 1946 double Oscar-winning drama Anna and the King of Siam is the original non-musical version of the real-life tale of young English Victorian governess Anna Owens [Leonowens], who goes to Bangkok in […]

Dec, 17

The King and I * (1999, voices of Miranda Richardson, Martin Vidnovic, Christiane Noll, Ian Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 2194

Director Richard Rich’s misfiring 1999 animated feature is a disappointing, flatly cartoon version of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II all-time great 1951 stage and 1956 movie musical triumphs, based on Margaret Landon’s book […]

Feb, 21

The King and I **** (1956, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno) – Classic Movie Review 2193

Director Walter Lang’s much loved five-Oscar-winning 1956 film of the Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) all-time great stage triumph, based on Margaret Landon’s book Anna and the King of Siam, is hugely […]

Feb, 20

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