All the King's Men (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Steven Zaillian |
| Produced by | Ken Lemberger Mike Medavoy Arnold Messer Steven Zaillian |
| Written by | Steven Zaillian |
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All The King's Men by Robert Penn Warren |
| Starring |
Sean Penn Jude Law Kate Winslet James Gandolfini Mark Ruffalo Patricia Clarkson Jackie Earle Haley Anthony Hopkins |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Paweł Edelman |
| Edited by | Wayne Wahrman |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $55 million |
| Box office | $9.5 million |
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| Film score by James Horner | ||||
| Released | September 27, 2007 | |||
| Length | 56:42 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
| Producer | Simon Rhodes and James Horner | |||
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All the King's Men is a 2006 film adaptation of the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren. It was directed by Steven Zaillian, who also produced and scripted.
The story is about the life of Willie Stark (played by Sean Penn), a fictional character resembling Louisiana governor Huey Long, in office 1928 through 1932. He was elected as a US Senator and assassinated in 1935. The film co-stars Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson and Jackie Earle Haley.
All the King's Men had previously been adapted into a Best Picture-winning film by writer-director Robert Rossen in 1949.
Louisiana newspaper reporter Jack Burden takes a personal interest in Willie Stark, an idealistic small-town lawyer. Circumstances develop that result in Stark's being urged to run for governor by a local political leader, Tiny Duffy. Jack has been raised around politics. He is the former lover of Anne Stanton, whose father was once governor. Jack was raised by his godfather Judge Irwin, an honorable man.
In time, Jack and political strategist Sadie Burke reveal to Stark that he is a dupe in the governor's race, expected to split the vote, spout the party line and lose. Stark vows not to be fooled again. He defies Duffy publicly and begins to give speeches with straightforward talk that the public appreciates. He becomes governor in the next election, using any means necessary. Duffy now works for him as lieutenant governor. He also has a silent, menacing driver and bodyguard called Sugar Boy. Finally, he recruits Jack to work for him as an adviser.
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