All the King's Men

Drama

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

Director	Steven Zaillian
Producer	Scott Budnick; James Carville
Writer	Steven Zaillian; Robert Penn Warren

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.

Sean Penn stars as corrupt Southern politician Willie Stark in this remake of the Oscar-winning 1949 film based on Robert Penn Warren's novel. The charismatic Stark wins the populist vote, but behind closed doors, he's as underhanded as the predecessors he smeared. Ex-reporter Jack Burden (Jude Law) unwittingly helps Stark gain political power, but it's just a matter of time before the governor's crooked dealings are exposed.