All.The.Kings.Men.PAL

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

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