Anna and the King (1999)
Jodie Foster: Anna
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Quotes
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King Mongkut : I never danced with an Englishwoman before, mem.
Anna Leonowens : Nor I with a king.
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Anna Leonowens : [to King Mongkut] Life is... precious, especially if you're a Christian and only allowed to have one.
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Anna Leonowens : [to King Mongkut] Your Majesty, promise me... Promise me that I will see you again.
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King Mongkut : Why did you come back?
Anna Leonowens : Because I could not imagine a Siam without you.
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Anna Leonowens : Most people do not see the world as it is. They see it as they are.
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Prince Chulalongkorn : Son of teacher is forgetting I am son of King.
Louis Leonowens : Son of teacher couldn't care less.
Prince Chulalongkorn : You will sit somewhere else!
Louis Leonowens : I will not!
Anna Leonowens : Louis, remember what I told you.
Louis Leonowens : I'm sorry Mother, but he started it.
Prince Chulalongkorn : In my country, man never tell a woman he is sorry about anything... ever! If you had father, you would know that.
Louis Leonowens : You don't have a father! You have a map!
[Louis pushes the prince]
Anna Leonowens : Louis!
Prince Chulalongkorn : It is forbidden to touch royalty!
Louis Leonowens : I didn't touch you! I shoved you! Why don't you get one of your servants to shove me back?
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Anna Leonowens : I would like to know why, if science can unravel something as beautiful as music... why it cannot posit a solution for a schoolteacher and a king.
King Mongkut : The manner in which people might understand such new possibilities is also process of evolution.
Anna Leonowens : Everything in Siam has its own time.
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King Mongkut : You are teacher?
Anna Leonowens : Yes, Your Majesty, I am.
King Mongkut : You do not look sufficient of age for scientific teaching. How many years have you?
Anna Leonowens : Enough to know that age and wisdom do not necessarily go hand in hand, Your Majesty.
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Anna Leonowens : My mind has taken me down many roads of late. All of which lead absolutely nowhere. What would Buddha say of that?
King Mongkut : That roads are for journeys, mem, not destinations.
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Tuptim : I remember my first rice festival. People come from everywhere to see king. He bless all crops, and it begin to rain. I think he was a God.
Anna Leonowens : And now?
Tuptim : He is also a man.
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Interpreter : Sir is married?
Anna Leonowens : A widow. Can you please explain to me why you call me "Sir"?
Interpreter : Women do not stand in the presence of His Excellency.
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Anna Leonowens : In my letter confirming my employment, Your Majesty, you claimed you wanted Siam to take its place among the nations of the modern world. You spoke of building something greater than yourself. A country where no man is above the law. Which is why I chose to come here.
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Anna Leonowens : [to King Mongkut] You cannot shut the world out forever. Believe me, I've tried.
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Anna Leonowens : [to Lord Bradley] You raised your glass to him. You commended him for his vision. All the while, you were waiting to take his country from him.
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Tuptim : How did Mem survive?
Anna Leonowens : The same way you will. One awful day at a time.
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King Mongkut : Gazing at the moon?
Anna Leonowens : Yes, it is beautiful.
King Mongkut : As the sun rises, she will surrender the night, but she is always with him, even when he cannot see her.
Anna Leonowens : It must be a great comfort to him.
King Mongkut : Yes.
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Anna Leonowens : [ascending a staircase, arriving late for dinner, a little out of breath] Forgive me, Your Majesty. l believe the sun set a little earlier today.
King Mongkut : [amused] Mem. You arrange all this to influence positive future of Siam. And now you steal attention away from it.
Anna Leonowens : [shyly] Well, that was not my intention, Your Majesty.
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King Mongkut : You! Why did you not go to monastery like king order?
Anna Leonowens : Because l lost one man to the jungle, Your Majesty. l was not about to let that happen again.
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King Mongkut : Presenting original pupil and heir apparent. Prince Chulalongkorn.
[to the Prince]
King Mongkut : This, my son, is your new teacher.
Anna Leonowens : It is a great honor, Your Highness.
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Anna Leonowens : You have the power to lead your people...
King Mongkut : Now is not the time to change the way that things are done!
Anna Leonowens : Well, if not now, then when? How many more people must die so that you might save face?
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The Kralahome, Prime Minister : When presented to His Majesty, you and son will remember to touch forehead to floor.
Anna Leonowens : Your Excellency, although we have become better acquainted with your customs, we have certainly not forgotten our own.
The Kralahome, Prime Minister : Then how will you greet him?
Anna Leonowens : With the utmost respect.
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The Kralahome, Prime Minister : Heir to throne must never be involved in issue of bondservant. It will resolve itself in time.
Anna Leonowens : Like my house?
The Kralahome, Prime Minister : You are learning.
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Anna Leonowens : [to King Mongkut] Why are you doing this?
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Anna Leonowens : Everyone should have legends, I think. They allow us to dream.
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Anna Leonowens : [to King Mongkut] Perhaps you should simply say what it is you're trying so hard not to.
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King Mongkut : l have decided to give self anniversary dinner and invite important English nobles and diplomats.
Anna Leonowens : l don't understand.
King Mongkut : French lndochina grows stronger and more aggressive. But if l improve our foreign intercourse with your queen's special envoy, French will think three times before trying to undermine Siam.
Anna Leonowens : That's very clever, Your Majesty.
King Mongkut : As if to sound English bugles in own defense. You shall take charge of all formalities as Mem is obvious choice to make certain guests feel at home.
Anna Leonowens : But... the anniversary is when?
King Mongkut : Three weeks from yesterday.
Anna Leonowens : Three weeks? That's impossible!
King Mongkut : Mem... The egg is in the bottle.