The King and I is a 1999 American animated musical film. Loosely based on the 1956 film of the same name, it portrays a fictionalized account of English school teacher Anna Leonowens historical encounter with the King of Siam Mongkut, and royal court. The voice cast stars Miranda Richardson and Martin Vidnovic as Leonowens and Mongkut, respectively, with Ian Richardson, Darrell Hammond, and Adam Wylie. The score, songs, and some of the character names come from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's 1951 stage musical of the same name. Screenwriters Peter Bakalian, Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler took creative liberties with the history and with the source material from the musical in an attempt to make the film palatable to all audiences.
The King and I was released on March 19, 1999, eight months prior to Anna and the King, a live-action adaptation of the same story. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls it "charmless and shoddily animated". The King and I earned $12 million at the box office and its gross was seen as disappointing compared to that of other animated films released at the time. The film received five nominations including the London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actress of the Year for Richarson and the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Animated Feature.
Aside from foreign films, TV shows, and direct-to-video films, The King and I was the final mainstream theatrical film to officially be released under the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment banner. Warner Bros. has since released theatrical family films under their standard Warner Bros. Pictures banner.
English[]
Title: The King And I
Release date:
- USA - 19 March 1999
- UK - 28 May 1999
- Australia - 17 June 1999
- New Zealand - 24 June 1999
- Ireland - 25 June 1999
Albanian[]
Title: Mbreti dhe unë
Release date: 200?
Brazilian Portuguese[]
Title: O Rei e Eu
Release date: 25 June 1999
Bulgarian[]
Canadian French[]
Title: Le roi et moi
Castilian Spanish[]
Title: El rey y yo
Release date: 16 June 1999
Dutch[]
Title: De koning en ik
Release date: 1 July 1999
European French[]
Title: Le roi et moi
Release date: 21 July 1999
European Portuguese[]
Title: O Rei e Eu
Release date: 17 December 1999
Finnish[]
Title: Kuningas ja Anna
Release date: 14 July 2001
German[]
Title: Der König und ich
Release date: 25 November 1999 (video premiere)
Greek[]
Title: O vasilias ki ego
Hebrew[]
Title: המלך ואני
Release date: 29 July 1999
Hungarian[]
Title: A király és én
Release date: 17 June 2001 (TV premiere)
Italian[]
Title: Il re ed io
Release date: 7 May 1999
Japanese[]
Title: 王様と私 (アニメ)
Release date:
- 5 April 2002
- 20 May 2006
Latin Spanish[]
Title: El rey y yo
Release date:
- Colombia - 2 July 1999
- Argentina - 15 July 1999
Mandarin Chinese[]
Norwegian[]
Polish[]
Title: Król i ja
Romanian[]
Title: Regele si eu
Russian[]
Title: Король и я
Serbian[]
Title: Kralj i ja
Swedish[]
Title: Kungen och jag
Release date: 3 December 2006 (TV premiere)
Taiwanese Mandarin[]
Title: 國王與我