The King and I
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Lun Tha: Death is not worse pain than an empty life.

King: You will say no more.
Anna: I will say no more, because there is no more to say.

Tuptim: Good day, Madam. My name is Tuptim. I already speak English.
Anna: And very nicely, too.

King: When I sit, you sit. When I kneel, you kneel. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Anna: All properly dressed English ladies always wear undergarments.
King: I have opinion that, in this regard, England is very backward nation.

King: Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

King: You will order the finest gold chopsticks.
Anna: Your Majesty, chopsticks? Don't you think knives and forks would be more suitable?
King: I make mistake, the British not scientific enough to know how to use chopsticks.

King: You are very difficult woman.

Continuity mistake: When the King is lying on his death bed, Anna enters with her hair in a plain bun with a frilly hat on her head. When she comes over to kneel by the king as he is dying, her bun is covered with a black snood, which magically appears even though she never left the room.

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Trivia: Because of how the film depicted the King of Siam, Thai authorities banned the film from being shown in Thailand.

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