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Synopsis
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn (Best Actor, Mystic River, 2003),
two-time Academy Award? nominee Jude Law (Best Supporting
Actor, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999; Best Actor, Cold Mountain,
2003), four-time Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet (Best
Supporting Actress, Sense and Sensibility, 1995; Iris, 2001, Best
Actress, Titanic, 1997; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004),
and Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor, The Silence of the
Lambs, 1991) star in this riveting story of a humble man?s rise to
political power and the destructive force of corruption and betrayal
that would ultimately unravel his soul, based on Robert Penn Warrens
1946 classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Willie Stark (Penn) is an
ordinary man from a rural town, demanding that crooked politicians
and shady businessmen in Lousiana be held accountable for the
collapse of a poorly built school. Urged to run for Governor by a
dubious political advisor, Tiny Duffy (three-time Emmy? Award
winner James Gandolfini, Lead Actor in a Drama Series, "The
Sopranos", 2000, 2001, 2003) Stark, finds his voice as a
charismatic man of the people. He then befriends a young idealistic
journalist, Jack Burden (Law), who eventually ends up working for
him. But when Stark asks Burden to dig deep for damaging
information on an old family friend, Judge Montague Irwin (Hopkins),
Burden begins to question his own morality and Starks surprising
transformation into an inflexible leader that will stop at nothing to
remain in power..
Other features
Interactive Menus, Scene Access,
Features: An American Classic, L.A. Confidential: On Location
with All the Kings Men, Shake Hands with the Devil, The Legend
and Lore of Huey Long, Making of: All the Kings Men,
Deleted scenes
Technical
Year: 2006
Politics, German Movies, International Cinema, Drama
Director Steven Zaillian
Cast: Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Mark Ruffalo, Kate Winslet, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley, James Gandolfini
Length: 123 min
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Region 2
Video: Pal 1.85:1 , 16:9
Languages: Dolby Digital 5.1: English, Spanish
Subtitles Portuguese, Spanish, English, Swedish, French, Finnish, Dutch
6,0/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405676/
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