King and the Clown

About me:

A MySpace account for the Korean movie King and the Clown, selected as Korea's entry for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 79th Academy Awards®, 2007 (i.e., the Oscars®).

The movie King and the Clown (?? ?? / Wang-ui namja) is adapted from the highly acclaimed Korean play of 2000 titled Yi (You) about Yeonsan-gun, a Joseon dynasty king who falls in love with a court clown who mocks him. The play is based on a small passage from the historical Annals of the Joseon Dynasty that briefly mentions the king's favorite clown. Instead of solely focusing on the love between the clown and the king, the movie craftfully blends in many other subtexts (life, love, politics, fate, etc) making it a much subtle and deeper, yet highly entertaining, film.

It was the highest grossing Korean film in history (with US$85,000,000 in domestic receipts from 12.3 million viewers), surpassing total admissions of all-time blockbusters Silmido and The Brotherhood of War (Taegukgi), until the horror film The Host (Gwoemul) surpassed it in September 2006. Despite its gross, it had a relatively modest production cost of only approximately US$4.5 million dollars.

The King and the Clown unofficial fansite (http://www.wang-ui-namja.com) is a volunteer effort encompassing documents contributed and maintained by many fans and addicts, as well as a lot of original material not found elsewhere.

We are looking for people interested in discussing different aspects of the movie with others, as well as those interested in translating articles from Korean, Chinese, and Japanese websites to share. We've implemented an RSS feed to distribute news and information about the movie, with more functionality to come. And we're working on some surprises for the future.

We invite you to visit and contribute!

Website: http://www.king-and-the-clown.com