All the King's Men (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Director:

Steven Zaillian

Escritores (WGA):

Steven Zaillian (screenplay)
Robert Penn Warren (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 septiembre 2006 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Time brings all things to light.

Plot:

Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.

Plot Keywords:

Governor | Louisiana | Politician | Mistress | Journalist

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Best film of the year....with or without critic support.

Reparto

Sean Penn	...	Willie Stark
Jude Law	...	Jack Burden
Anthony Hopkins	...	Judge Irwin
Kate Winslet	...	Anne Stanton
Mark Ruffalo	...	Adam Stanton
Patricia Clarkson	...	Sadie Burke
James Gandolfini	...	Tiny Duffy
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Sugar Boy
Kathy Baker	...	Mrs. Burden
Talia Balsam	...	Lucy Stark
Travis Champagne	...	Tom Stark (as Travis M. Champagne)
Frederic Forrest	...	Willie's Father (as Frederic F. Forrest)
Paul Desmond	...	Slade
Kevin Dunn	...	Alex
Thomas McCarthy	...	Editor (as Tom McCarthy)

También conocida como:

Das Spiel der Macht (Alemania)
Todos los hombres del rey (Spain) (working title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for an intense sequence of violence, sexual content and partial nudity.

Duración:

128 min

País:

Alemania | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41471) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 | UK:12 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Brazil:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Albania Plantation - 1842 LA 182 E., Jeanerette, Louisiana, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

On Ebert & Roeper, it was ranked as #1 on Worst Movies of 2006.

Errores:

Continuidad: At the end of the movie when Adam and Stark fall on the Great Seal, Stark is clearly in the center of the seal and Adam on the edge with his arm and leg crossing the outside border of the seal. As the last shot pulls away they are both fully on the seal and Adam's arm and leg aren't even touching the outside border.

Citas:

[repeated line]
Willie Stark: Nail 'em up!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Worst of 2006" (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

High and Lonesome

The Best film of the year....with or without critic support.

After seeing the trailer for this film roughly two months ago, I was excited to see the entire movie. The only downside seemed to be that it was one of many that were an obvious attempt to get an Oscar out of it. But that's the norm this time of year.

I was later surprised to see so many begin to trash this film left and right. I actually watched the trailer again to be sure I still wanted to see it. It still looked decent to me. Maybe it was because I'd never seen the original. Maybe it actually was a horrible remake. Plus after seeing and hating the much trashed Black Dahlia, I figured I should consider passing on making the same mistake twice.

But no, there I was on the opening day, hoping this wasn't going to be another Dahlia. And it was nowhere near it. It was incredible. The score is outstanding, the much attacked directing was very strong, and Sean Penn gave one of his three best performances he's ever given.

Jude Law as the press writer/associate is very good. But his narration is weak and not needed as often as it's used. Patricia Clarkston is solid, but not anything of great note. I'm actually glad they didn't focus too much on her feelings of scorn towards state hero/villain Willie Stark (Sean Penn). Much better to keep the movie focused on Penn and Law, who surprisingly work well together.

The accents were only hard to take in the first words of (the miscast) James Gandolfini, who plays Tiny (not so tiny) Duffy, a very crooked crook. But his voice grows on you eventually. I think it was more the familiarity with his voice as Tony Soprano (tv character) that threw me off.

And in a scene where Willie attempts to (very poorly) sing a promotional song for himself. That really should have been left on the cutting room floor.

The only overall complaint I would mention is that for once, I'd like to see a Southern movie actually use predominantly Southern actors. Penn, Law, (the not mentioned by me, but very good) Anthony Hopkins, and Clarkston are all great in their roles. But only one of them (Clarkston from Lou.) is Southern. In fact, when you add love interest Kate Winslet into the equation, three of the main six characters are British. That shouldn't be.

But all that aside, this movie far surpasses any other I've seen this year. And actually puts Hollywoodland, which I enjoyed, to shame. Steven Zaillian has made an outstanding film, that is receiving a very unfair treatment in the press.