Anna and the King
1999
***
Director: Andy Tennant
Cast: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi
An old-fashioned, that is, not terribly exciting romantic spectacle about a British schoolteacher who slowly falls in love with the King in 19th century Siam. The locations are beautiful and Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat are charismatic leads. Based on Margaret Landon's novel Anna and the King of Siam which was filmed with that title in 1946 and as the musical The King and I in 1956.
