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Revenue: $21,300,000
Budget: $4,550,000
Profit: + $16,750,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: More than your eyes have ever seen… More than your heart has ever known!
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Jun 29, 1956
Rating: 1961-03-23
Run Time: 2h 13m
Original Language: English
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Production Countries: United States of America
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
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Synopsis
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Directing | Director |
Walter Lang
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Assistant Director |
Eli Dunn
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Writing | Screenplay |
Ernest Lehman
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Musical |
Oscar Hammerstein II
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Novel |
Margaret Landon
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Lyricist |
Oscar Hammerstein II
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Leon Shamroy
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Production | Producer |
Charles Brackett
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Executive Producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck
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Editing | Editor |
Robert L. Simpson
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Art | Art Direction |
John DeCuir
Lyle R. Wheeler
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Set Decoration |
Paul S. Fox
Walter M. Scott
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Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
Irene Sharaff
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Makeup Artist |
Ben Nye
Eric Allwright
Hal Lierley
Lynn F. Reynolds
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Hairstylist |
Helen Turpin
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
Alfred Newman
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Sound |
Warren B. Delaplain
E. Clayton Ward
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Sound Editor |
Carlton W. Faulkner
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Songs |
Richard Rodgers
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Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
Ray Kellogg
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