ALL THE KING'S MEN (2006)

STEVEN ZAILLIAN

Drama Politics 1940s 1950s Media/Journalism Literary Classics

Cast

SEAN PENN JUDE LAW ANTHONY HOPKINS KATE WINSLET MARK RUFFALO PATRICIA CLARKSON JAMES GANDOLFINI JACKIE EARLE HALEY KATHY BAKER TALIA BALSAM TRAVIS CHAMPAGNE FREDERIC FORREST ROBERT PENN WARREN JAMES HORNER

Plot

An intense observation of an idealistic man's descent into temptation and corruption adapted from Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, loosely based round the career of populist Louisiana governor Huey Long, and with a selection of pretty much the best actors Hollywood has to offer. Perhaps on occasion just too worthy, All The Kings Men is a still a powerful dramatic tragedy.