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The World of Film in Australia - on the Internet Updated Thursday August 14, 2008 - Edition No 597
urbancinefile.com.au –
2008-08-14
ANNA AND THE KING: DVD SYNOPSIS: Widowed early with a young son (Tom Felton), Anna (Jodie Foster) leaves Victorian England to take up a post as tutor to the 58 children of King Mongkut of Siam (Chow Yun-Fat). ... Full Article
Bai Ling News
actressarchives.com –
2008-03-06
After being charged with petty theft for her February 13 shoplifting arrest, Bai Ling went before a Los Angeles court judge yesterday to face the music. ... Full Article
Remember that incident last month involving actress Bai Ling being busted for shoplifting in Los Angeles Airport? The City Attorney's office has gone ahead and pressed formal petty theft charges against the 37-year-old as a result of the February 13... ... Full Article
Peter Carey's Australian secrets.
slate.com –
2008-02-04
This is what Peter Carey does: He goes to the asshole of the earth and tells what he finds there.In his new novel His Illegal Self , Anna Xenos is a radical on the run in the early '70s. ... Full Article
'Emperor' is worth every single penny Most expensive film in Chinese history tells tale of murder,greed
sfgate.com –
2000-01-21
"THE EMPEROR and the Assassin" finds director Chen Kaige and star Gong Li in full retreat - and what a glorious retreat it is. A dense, complicated, character-driven epic set 2,200 years in the past, it recounts how a visionary/madman ... Full Article
Thais banish Anna and the King
bbc.co.uk –
1999-12-28
Thailand's censorship committee has banned Jodie Foster's latest film Anna and the King on the grounds that it is an insult to the monarchy and a distortion of Thai history. ... Full Article
Anna and the King
nytimes.com –
1999-12-24
t's 1862 on the Bangkok docks, and riffling through her Siamese phrase book Anna Leonowens (Ms. Foster) is annoyed not to find a carriage waiting to carry her and her young son (Tom Felton) to the palace of King Mongkut ... Full Article
Laramie Movie Scope:Anna and the King
lariat.org –
1999-12-20
It was a time when England had a vast colonial empire and the British thought their way was the best way. Anna (played by Jodie Foster of "Contact") went to work in 1862 as an English instructor in the court ... Full Article
Anna And The King - Film Review
totalfilm.com –
1999-12-17
Dont expect any Rodgers and Hammerstein numbers in this fourth screen adaptation of Anna Leonowens true-life adventures. First filmed in 1946 as Anna And The King Of Siam, with Rex Harrison as the most improbable Oriental ever captured on celluloid,... ... Full Article
Hollywood - Hollywood opens its presents early this weekend with the arrival of a few deluxe-wrapped packages full of good holiday cheer. "Anna and the King," a richly decorated version of the classic musical "The King and I" sans the... ... Full Article