The King and I

King and I (Motion picture)

50th anniversary edition

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

AFR rating : G

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

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

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

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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