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Anna and the King is a 1999 American biographical period drama film directed by Andy Tennant. Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes loosely based their screenplay on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, which gives a fictionalized account of the diaries of Anna Leonowens. It stars Jodie Foster as Leonowens, an English school teacher in Siam during the late 19th century, who becomes the teacher of King Mongkut's many…
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*(NOTE: Capsule version of the review is available here.)* The author of this review has decades ago noticed that participants in various online debates can, from time to time, cite Hollywood films as valid source of historical facts. This amused me very much, because Hollywood producers, when having to choose between historical accuracy and what is attractive on screen, usually opt for the latter. Same goes for cho…More
