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Anna and the King

Movie · 1999 · 148 min

A lush, earnest historical drama that balances cultural clash, royal pageantry, and tender emotion with a measured, sometimes slow, pace.

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1999 American film directed by Andy Tennant
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Year
1999
Runtime
148 min
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • identity
  • family
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, romance, historical
Directed by
Andy Tennant
Written by
Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes
Starring
Jodie Foster, Tom Felton, Chow Yun-fat, Bai Ling, Randall Duk Kim, Kenneth Tsang, Geoffrey Palmer, Ann Firbank
Music
George Fenton
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Runtime
148 min
Country
United States
Languages
French, English, Thai

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