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Anna and the King   1999         PG-13, 145 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: Andy Tennant   Cast: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi, Randall Duk Kim, Lim Kay Siu, Melissa Campbell, Keith Chin, Mano Maniam, Shanthini Venugopal, Deanna Yusoff   In this classic story of Empire vs. Colonial cultures, Anna Leonowens (Jodie Foster) is a prim, widowed British schoolteacher who has been hired as a tutor for the King (Chow Yun-Fat) of Siam's oldest child. She travels miles from home and arrives in Siam with her young son Louis (Tom Felton). Now, Anna learns that the King has 26 wives and 53 children. She and the King begin with prejudices against the others' cultures, but both realize the importance of educating the children and begin to recognize the good qualities in each other. Cast Jodie Foster Anna Leonowens Chow Yun-Fat King Mongkut Bai Ling Tuptim Tom Felton Louis Leonowens Syed Alwi The Kralahome, Prime Minister Randall Duk Kim General Alak Lim Kay Siu Prince Chowfa Melissa Campbell Princess Fa-Ying Keith Chin Prince Chulalongkorn Mano Maniam Moonshee Shanthini Venugopal Beebe Deanna Yusoff Lady Thiang