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Revision as of 14:52, 10 August 2018
The King and I is a 1999 American animated musical film that is loosely adapted from the Anna Leonowens story, and uses songs and some of the character names from the 1951 stage musical The King and I.
Plot
Voice Cast
- Martin Vidnovic as King of Siam
- Miranda Richardson as Anna Leonowens
- Christiane Noll as Anna's singing voice
- Ian Richardson as Kralahome
- Darrell Hammond as Master Little. A running gag is that he somehow loses a tooth.
- Allen D. Hong as Prince Chulalongkorn
- David Burnham as Chulalongkorn's singing voice
- Armi Arabe as Tuptim
- Tracy Venner Warren as Tuptim's singing voice
- Adam Wylie as Louis Leonowens
- Sean Smith as Sir Edward Ramsay
- J.A. Fujili as the First Wife
- Ken Baker as Captain Orton
- Ed Trolla as Sir Edward's Captain
- Anthony Mozdy as Burmese Emissary
- Alexandra Lai as Princess Ying
- Katherine Lai as Princess Naomi
- Mark Hunt as Steward
- B.K. Tochi as Soldier
Musical numbers
- "I Whistle a Happy Tune" - Anna, Louis, Chorus
- "Hello, Young Lovers" - Anna
- "Getting to Know You" - Anna, Children
- "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?" - Anna
- "A Puzzlement" - King
- "I Have Dreamed" - Chulalongkorn, Tuptim
- "Prayer to Buddha" - King, Anna
- "Anna Remembers/Shall We Dance Fantasy" - Anna
- "Shall We Dance? (Finale)" - Anna, King
- "I Have Dreamed/We Kiss in a Shadow/Something Wonderful" (end credits) - Barbra Streisand
Soundtrack
Release
The King and I was released theatrically on March 19, 1999 by Warner Bros. and produced by Morgan Creek Productions, Rankin/Bass Productions, Nest Family Entertainment, and Rich Animation Studios.
Box office
The film was an complete box office failure. It took in $4,007,565 in its opening weekend, taking the #6 spot at the box office, but only managed to gross just under $12 million at the box office, and was overshadowed by the release of Doug's 1st Movie.
Critical reception
The film received mainly negative reviews with a 13% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Historian Thomas Hischak wrote that it was "surprising to think that the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization allowed it to be made ... children have enjoyed The King and I for five decades without relying on dancing dragons". Hischak, in his work The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film, and Television, says the film is "easily the worst treatment of any Rodgers and Hammerstein property". 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". It notes that it is surprising that the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization green-lit the project, and adds that it is shocking how the source material could be made into such an "awful" movie, saying "geared towards children, the story is reduced to a carefree singalong with annoyingly superficial characters, cuddly animals, a forced love story, and a wasteland of scenes without wit or intelligence". It notes that the film seems to be a The King and I for kids, though points out that the original film has been "a kid-favourite for generations already, without the addition of supernatural elements such as dragons." Roger Ebert gave it 2 stars out of 4 and felt that animated adaptations of musicals have potential but found the film rather dull.
Home media
Transcript
Gallery
Trivia
- Due to the performance at the box office and the overwhelmingly negative reviews, the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II have declared that there are to be no more animated features based on their musicals.
- This is the last Warner Bros. Family Entertainment animated film to have musical numbers.
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