All the King's Men

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$9.5M

In the 1950s, in Louisiana, the smart populist, manipulative and wolf hick Willie Stark (Sean Penn) is elected Governor with the support of the lower social classes. He joins a team composed of his bodyguard and friend Sugar Boy (Jackie Earle Haley); the journalist from an aristocratic family Jack Burden (Jude Law); the lobbyist Tiny Duffy (James Gandolfini); and his mistress Sadie Burke (Patricia Clarkson), to face the opposition of the upper classes. When the influent Judge Irwin (Sir Anthony Hopkins) supports a group of politicians in their request of impeachment, Stark assigns Jack to find some dirtiness along the life of Irwin, leading to a tragedy in the end.

🏆 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Genres

Drama, Thriller

Director

Steven Zaillian

Cast

Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet

Released

22 September 2006

Runtime

2h 8m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

6.1 / 10

Votes

26,507

Metascore

37

Box office

$7,221,458

Budget

$55,000,000

Edition

Base