All the King's Men Actors: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Mercedes McCambridge
Directors: Robert Rossen
Language: English
Formats: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Region: Region 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of Discs: 1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: September 05, 2006 Amazon.com: Technical Details - Add To Baby Registry - Add To Wedding Registry - Add To Wishlist - Tell A Friend - All Customer Reviews - All Offers Product Description Crawford is a southern lawyer who battles his way to the governorship with the help of his secretary and, once elected, becomes a dictator.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: UN
Release Date: 5-SEP-2006
Media Type: DVD Amazon.com Writer-director Robert Rossen and character actors Broderick Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge (in her film debut) took home Oscars (for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, respectively) for this excellent adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Crawford stars as Willie Stark, a charismatic populist Southern politician (inspired by the real Louisiana Governor Huey Long) who belies his "man of the people" roots as he ruthlessly maneuvers, lies, and deals his way into the halls of power. John Ireland is his right-hand man, Jack Burden, a newsman turned political flack who hangs on to Stark's early idealism even in the face of Stark's most reprehensible acts of corruption. McCambridge is Stark's cool mistress come calculating assistant. The immediacy of the drama is due in part to a documentary-like style, notably in the scenes on the campaign trail where Stark sways crowds with his folksy rhetoric and estimable charm. Joanne Dru and John Derek also costar. Rossen's savage screenplay and firm direction give the film a powerful punch, but it's Crawford's blustery charm and oversized performance that carry the picture. --Sean Axmaker |
