Genre: Drama
Starring: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson
Director: Steven Zaillian
Rating: PG (Some Violence)
Year Made: 2006
Link: www.sonypictures.com/

- The Making of ALL THE KING'S MEN
- Shake Hands With The Devil: The cast of "All The King's Men" discusses politics and corruption and why filmgoers find the subject so fascinating
- An American Classic: An Introduction to Robert Penn Warren, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "All The King's Men"
- The Legend And Lore of Huey Long: This documentary investigates the colorful politician who provided the inspiration for Sean Penn's character Willie Stark
- LA Confidential: On Location with ALL THE KING'S MEN
- Deleted Scenes
- Alternate Ending

Languages: English
Subtitles: English/Chinese/Korean
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Running Time: 2 hrs 8 mins
Region Code: 3

SYNOPSIS:

Oscar winning actor Sean Penn, two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law, four-time Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet and Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins 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 Warren's 1946 classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

MOVIE REVIEW:  

All The King’s Men is supposed to be an award-winning film from acclaimed director Steven Zaillian and a high-power cast of Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo and Patricia Clarkson. These dudes have more awards, including Oscars, between them than I can count; but this movie went on to garner a 11% rating on the Tomatometer. What went wrong?

Basically a tale of mismanaged expectations. With the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as the film’s narrative bedrock and a running time of 128 minutes, Steven Zaillian contrived to under-whelm with central characters Willie Stark (Sean Penn) and Jack Burden (Jude Law). I had no idea if there was any moment of reflection for Stark amidst his meteoric rise from backwater traveling salesman to explicitly corrupt demagogue, and Jack’s back-story was unbelievable the moment Kate Winslet was cast as the love of his life. I heart Kate Winslet, but her hair looked phony to me in every single second of her screen time.

Watch this movie, though, to see another stunning larger-than life performance from Sean Penn and a very scene-stealing Patricia Clarkson. At the same time, think of how much better this could have been.


SPECIAL FEATURES:

This DVD lovingly includes a making-of; an interview with the cast; an introduction of the book; a documentary on the real Huey Long; an on-location interview as well as deleted scenes and an alternate ending.

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