Anna_and_the_King

Anna and the King The story of Anna Leonowens, the strong minded, widowed British governess who travelled to Siam in the mid-1800's to educate the king's many children, has been told in film many times before. The most famous incarnation of this story is Rogers and Hammerstein's musical The King And I, in which Yul Brynner virtually made the role of the despotic but benevolent king his own, and its subsequent tv spin off. The story was previously filmed in 1946's non-musical Anna And The King Of Siam, and more recently as a bland animated musical. Director Andy Tennant, who magnificently reinvigorated the Cinderella story in the recent Ever After, takes the familiar story and breathes new life into the material in this lavish, epic version. Jodie Foster essays the role of the outspoken Anna, who arrives in Thailand from colonial India to educate the heir to the throne in modern concepts. She eventually charms and king, story, anna, tradition, tennant, siam, role, own, musical, film, epic, educate, colonial, bland, between, yul, yet, widowed, whose, while, whether, virtually, version, jodie, uneven, tv, trying, treatment, treachery, travelled, told, times, time, thus, throne, threatening, themes, thailand, tension, takes, sustain, superficial, subsequent, subplot, strong, spin, spectacular, second, rush, running, romantic, rogers