20100624:
Just like in West Side Story, you have foreigners who don't properly sound foreign. Overlooking this fact, then you get as great a musical as West Side Story. Well, I liked West Side Story a little more.
Numbers in Parentheses are the order in which I liked the songs.
With (01) being my favorite. I don't count the Overture or Entr'acte.
The list comes from Wikipedia.com.
Act I
(XX) Overture - Orchestra
(05) I Whistle a Happy Tune - Anna and Louis
Hello, Young Lovers - Anna
The March of the Siamese Children - Orchestra
Scene Before Curtain (Home Sweet Home) - Priests and Children
(06) A Puzzlement - King
(01) Getting to Know You - Anna, Wives, and Children
(04) We Kiss in a Shadow - Tuptim and Lun Tha
(03) Something Wonderful - Lady Thiang
Finale, Act I - King, entire palace
Act II
(XX) Entr'acte - Orchestra
The Small House of Uncle Thomas (Ballet) - Tuptim and Wives
Song of the King - King
(02) Shall We Dance? - Anna and King
[20100624]
Instant Comments:
Scene Selection:
52 Scenes. In the scene selection, the scenes which are songs have the title name in all capital letters:
Main:
What? What? What?
Well? Well? Well?
Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera.
Teach teach teach.
Come. We do it again.
Put it on... Put it on. Put it on.
DVD Features:
Theatrical Trailer - Deborah Kerr, "Getting to Know You," Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno and a tremendous cast, snippets of scenes
Movietone News Premier - interesting
Movietone News Oscar - highlights the winners of the Oscars in which The King and I received many awards.
Sing Along - Choose to listen to a song, but lyrics don't appear, and no video is played. Choose from I Whistle a Happy Tune; Hello, Young Lovers; Getting to Know You.
Trivia King - three questions
Cast & Crew - I skipped this
Production Notes - pg 1: based on a 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, which was a true story. It became a film in 1946 starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison. pg 2: Lawrence turned the film into a musical with Rodgers and Hammerstein doing the music. 1951 starring Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner. pg 3: Adaptation to screen involved Jerome Robbins and Ernest Lehman. pg 4: $750,000 creating forty different sets. pg 5 (last): six Academy Awards - Best Actor (Yul Brynner), Best Art Direction (Color), Best Set Decoration (Color), Best Costume Design (Color), Best Sound Recording and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
Watched 20100624 (DVD)
The King and I (1956)
Relevant Links:
Check out the The King and I page at IMDb.com.
Check out the The King and I page at Wikipedia.com.
Just like in West Side Story, you have foreigners who don't properly sound foreign. Overlooking this fact, then you get as great a musical as West Side Story. Well, I liked West Side Story a little more.
Numbers in Parentheses are the order in which I liked the songs.
With (01) being my favorite. I don't count the Overture or Entr'acte.
The list comes from Wikipedia.com.
Act I
(XX) Overture - Orchestra
(05) I Whistle a Happy Tune - Anna and Louis
Hello, Young Lovers - Anna
The March of the Siamese Children - Orchestra
Scene Before Curtain (Home Sweet Home) - Priests and Children
(06) A Puzzlement - King
(01) Getting to Know You - Anna, Wives, and Children
(04) We Kiss in a Shadow - Tuptim and Lun Tha
(03) Something Wonderful - Lady Thiang
Finale, Act I - King, entire palace
Act II
(XX) Entr'acte - Orchestra
The Small House of Uncle Thomas (Ballet) - Tuptim and Wives
Song of the King - King
(02) Shall We Dance? - Anna and King
[20100624]
Instant Comments:
Scene Selection:
52 Scenes. In the scene selection, the scenes which are songs have the title name in all capital letters:
1. OVERTURE | 2. Main Title | 4. HAPPY TUNE | 10. SIAMESE CHILDREN | 12. YOUNG LOVERS | 14. A PUZZLEMENT | 16. GETTING TO KNOW YOU | 24. SOMETHING WONDERFUL | 27. INTERMISSION MUSIC | 32. UNCLE THOMAS' HOUSE | 41. SONG OF THE KING | 42. SHALL WE DANCE? | 51. SOMETHING WONDERFUL | 52. EXIT MUSIC
Main:
What? What? What?
Well? Well? Well?
Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera.
Teach teach teach.
Come. We do it again.
Put it on... Put it on. Put it on.
DVD Features:
Theatrical Trailer - Deborah Kerr, "Getting to Know You," Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno and a tremendous cast, snippets of scenes
Movietone News Premier - interesting
Movietone News Oscar - highlights the winners of the Oscars in which The King and I received many awards.
Sing Along - Choose to listen to a song, but lyrics don't appear, and no video is played. Choose from I Whistle a Happy Tune; Hello, Young Lovers; Getting to Know You.
Trivia King - three questions
Cast & Crew - I skipped this
Production Notes - pg 1: based on a 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, which was a true story. It became a film in 1946 starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison. pg 2: Lawrence turned the film into a musical with Rodgers and Hammerstein doing the music. 1951 starring Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner. pg 3: Adaptation to screen involved Jerome Robbins and Ernest Lehman. pg 4: $750,000 creating forty different sets. pg 5 (last): six Academy Awards - Best Actor (Yul Brynner), Best Art Direction (Color), Best Set Decoration (Color), Best Costume Design (Color), Best Sound Recording and Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
Watched 20100624 (DVD)
The King and I (1956)
Relevant Links:
Check out the The King and I page at IMDb.com.
Check out the The King and I page at Wikipedia.com.
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