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 Anna meets the King's children for the first time, she is handed a pink rose which she tucks into her belt. When she visibly changes her mind about leaving and walks towards all the children with her hands out, the rose is gone. Next shot, it's tucked back into her belt again.

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Trivia: In post production, the sound reels were destroyed and all the actors had to come into a studio and re-dub their lines.

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