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September 22, 2006

At the Movies: Politico's rise and fall not too convincing

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic

Everyone involved with “All the King's Men” must have felt justified by the compulsion to create an important film, one that's pulsating with relevance, a film that has Something To Say.

ALL THE KING'S MEN

Director: Steven Zaillian

Cast: Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Kathy Baker, Mark Ruffalo

Rating: PG-13 for an intense sequence of violence, sexual content and partial nudity

Running time: 127 minutes

Writer-director Steven Zaillian has amassed an esteemed cast (Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Kate Winslet) to remake this best-picture Oscar winner, based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. James Carville helped shepherd it to the screen and serves as an executive producer, which theoretically should add to the authenticity.


 
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