The King and I (1956 film) autobiographical, although various elements of them have been called into question. The film stars Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. The film was a critical and commercial success, and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning five, including Best Actor for Brynner. Another film adaptation of the same musical, the animated film "The King and I", was released in 1999. Strong-willed, widowed schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in Bangkok from Wales with her young son Louis after being summoned to tutor the many children of King Mongkut. The two are introduced to the intimidating Kralahome, King Mongkut's confidant and Siam's prime minister.
Virgin (film) Virgin (film) Virgin is a 2003 American drama film, directed by Deborah Kampmeier and starring Elisabeth Moss, Robin Wright Penn and Daphne Rubin-Vega. When teenage Jessie, raised very religiously, finds herself pregnant, with no memory of having had sex, she determines that she is carrying the child of God. Virgin won 5 film awards and was nominated for 3 others: Hamptons International Film Festival 2003: Won Best Screenplay: Deborah Kampmeier Nominated Golden Starfish Award Best Fiction Feature Film/Video: Deborah Kampmeier Independent Spirit Awards 2004: Nominated Best Female Lead: Elisabeth Moss Nominated John Cassavetes Award: Deborah Kampmeier (writer/director) and Sarah Schenck