Thailand rejects new Hollywood version of king's life From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: November 13, 1998| Author: EVELYN IRITANI AND MARLA MATZER | Copyright 1998 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The citizens of this economically battered nation have given up their luxury automobiles, their stock holdings and even their overpriced real estate.

But don't ask them to sacrifice the reputation of their beloved King Rama IV, the 19th-century Thai monarch immortalized in the West in two Hollywood films and the popular Broadway musical "The King and I."

The studio chiefs at 20th Century Fox, who want to remake the popular tale with Hong Kong actor Chow Yun Fat and Jodie Foster, ...

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