All the King's Men
All the King's Men is a 2006 American political drama film written, directed and produced by Steven Zaillian based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. All the King's Men had previously been adapted into a Best Picture Oscar–winning film by writer-director Robert Rossen in 1949. The film narrates the rise to power and demise of the Governor Willie Stark (played by Sean Penn), taking his office in the American South. The fictional character is loosely based on the life of Louisiana governor Huey Long, in office between 1928 through 1932. Elected as a U.S. senator, he was assassinated in 1935. The film co-stars Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley and Frederic Forrest in his final film appearance.
Plot
Jack Burden, a Louisianan news reporter, takes a personal interest in Willie Stark, an idealistic small-town lawyer and parish treasurer. Circumstances develop that result in Tiny Duffy, a local political leader Burden knows, urging Stark to run for governor. Burden's upbringing makes him familiar with the undercurrent of politics – he was raised by his loving godfather Judge Irwin, a former state attorney general, while his good friend, Dr. Adam Stanton, and his sister Anne Stanton—also Burden's former lover—are the children of a former governor. Burden therefore decides to take Duffy's advice and travels as a reporter on Stark's campaign for governor.
More details
| author | Steven Zaillian |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Louisiana |
| director | Steven Zaillian |
| editor | Wayne Wahrman |
| genre | drama political |
| keywords | attorney general bribe corruption elite godfather godparent governor graft kill list of parishes in louisiana love news reporter parish patronage political leader provoke upbringing win |
| musicBy | James Horner |
| producer | Mike Medavoy |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Phoenix Pictures Relativity Media |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | New Orleans |