Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/22/2006(USA)
Release Date: 12/19/2006
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DS
Run Time: 128 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
The legacy of a populist Southern politician whose lofty ambitions for the future leave him open to corruption and scandal is detailed as author
Robert Penn Warren's thinly veiled portrait of Depression-era Louisiana governor
Huey Long comes to the screen -- again -- this time courtesy of director and screenwriter
Steven Zaillian.
Willie Stark (
Sean Penn) is a man of the people, and for the people; at least that's what he tells the people. Propelled into a race for governor by opposing forces looking to split the "hick vote,"
Stark is convinced by a handler -- as well as by young journalist
Jack Burden (
Jude Law) -- to not kowtow to the powers that be. His rhetoric grows fiery, and he makes his way into office on a not-so-solid foundation of social-service promises. When idealism gives way to the harsh realities of the time, however, the fast-talking politico is quick to discover just how far one can fall when ambition and power lead to a betrayal of one's original motivations.
Kate Winslet,
Patricia Clarkson,
James Gandolfini,
Mark Ruffalo, and
Anthony Hopkins round out an all-star cast in this second version of
Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 novel; the first won a parade of Oscars after its release in 1949.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
A Clef Political Drama.
Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini and Anthony Hopkins star in this remake of the 1949 political film drama based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a young politician's (Penn) rise to the governorship of Louisiana and the destructive force of corruption and betrayal that would eventually lead to his downfall. Also starring Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, Kathy Baker, Jackie Earle Haley, Frederic Forrest, Talia Balsam, Kevin Dunn and Eileen Ryan.
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