The King And I (DVD 2004)

this has always been a favourite of ours but we had yet to buy it on dvd. this is probably rogers and hamersteins best musical. yul brynner is everything that the king of siam should be. originally the role was meant for rex harrison, cant imagine him as the king though he did do an earlier film about anna and the king but not a musical.anna is played by deborrah kerr though the original role was written for gertrude lawrence who unfortunatly died before screening. kerr however does not do the singing that is down to the great marnie nixon who also did the singing voice for audrey hepburn in my fair lady.
this is a great film with songs that we all know and love. the characters are as familiar to us as our own families. sit the kids down, some popcorn and be enthralled for over 2 hours.