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All the King's Men [Blu-ray]

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Studio: Sony
Catalog: DVD
Release date: 2006-12-19
Media: Blu-ray
released in theatres: 2006
Running time in minutes: 128
DVD aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
DVD Region code: 1
released in theatres: 2006
Ean: 0043396173811
Upc: 043396173811

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Written on March 10, 2008
Summary: bad sound...over the top acting...but strangly interesting
I am giving my three stars to this film for one sequence which lasted about 5 minutes max....it was a flashback sequence of Jude Law when he was a teenager courting his best friend's sister, played by Kate Winslet.

The scene was superbly written and acted. It captured the innocence of teenage boys and girls attempting to engage in sex for the first time...but affraid to actually go through with it.

Other than that well written sequence, the rest of the film bothered us tremendously because of the poor sound quality particularly when Sean Penn was speaking with his over the top southern accent. He sounded like he had mush in his mouth and in a film of this level of dialog and dramatic events, it was troublsome to say the least.

Regarless...the film had some compelling parts to it and it kept us interested in the final outcome.

I'd recommend it for the beautifully shot sequences between Jude and Kate...sometimes raw sex is not necessary to make an elegant commentary about love and sex. Even Capt. Freaky realizes that folks!

Written on February 13, 2008
Summary: Love it
I love anything with Sean Penn. If you are a fan, you will enjoy the movie.

Written on February 4, 2008
Summary: Miscast and Misguided
Director Steven Zaillian's clueless adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic novel sat on the shelf for nearly a year - and it should have stayed there. Fatal miscasting abounds, with Sean Penn giving an appallingly bad performance as political demagogue Willie Stark. Avoid at any cost!

Written on January 21, 2008
Summary: Emperor Has No Clothes
What do Sean Penn,Jude Law and James Gandolfini have in common? Answer:they are all decent actors who to a man could not effect a Southern accent to save their lives (or this film).

ATKM is based on the much better, much older film of the same name that told a fictionalized account of a Louisiana politician based on Governor and later U.S Senator Huey Long. Long was an interesting figure, and while many still disagree on whether his poliices were salvation or destruction, his short career was undeniably very interesting. Long's corrruption is not disputed however, and ATKM follows Long ("Willie Stark" here) as he rises to power, abuses power and ultimately falls.

James Carville, who is a decent speaker, co-produced this mess. He would have been so better suited himself for the title role, because to listen to Sean Penn painfully abuse the Southern dialect, or Gandolfini who most of us still relate to as a Soprano lean forward and confide in an Amos and Andy patois, it's absolutely unwatchable. I don't know why it'd be so hard to recruit say Billy Bob Thornton, Tommy Lee Jones or any other player who could have been natural in this role instead of so obviously out of place as the cast of ATKM.The casting here is comparable to putting Jackie Chan in the Don Corleone role of "The Godfather".

Huey Long was, absent his faults, a great orator and a very charismatic personality. Even with the help of a bombastic soundtrack, Sean Penn sounds like- well an actor. Like DeNiro and many other great performers, Penn cannot in deliver a speech effectively in public out of role and brings no inspiration here. Penns speeches lack charm and radiate nothing but anger as if he has projected his own beliefs of what the working class wants into his role.

THis film really deserves 1 star because of how bad it fails, and I'd send anyone looking into the story toward the original. It's a great tale that could use repeating in this time of "promise-the-world" phony populists like Hugo Chavez (curiously a Penn ally) as well as a few presidential candidates stateside I won't name here. Though we are certainly not in the Great Depression, the notion of politician as "man-of-the-people" who is an economic saviour is still a popular theme that consistently leads to more gov't and as always with more gov't- more corruption and LESS FREEDOM.

Find a youtube video of Huey Long or see the original.

Written on November 16, 2007
Summary: Hopkins great, Penn unintelligible and Bobek hot!
This is a good drama and displays fine acting by Anthony Hopkins (of course) and Jude Law. I don't know if it was just my hearing, but I could only understand a small fraction of what Sean Penn said. His accent, if it was meant to be Cajun or just southern Louisiana totally missed the mark. However, Nicole Bobek was hotter than a $2 pistol in her steamy skating scene and makes the movie worth seeing if nothing else.

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Lowest new price	$16.99	$15.14	$15.00	$5.97	$13.95	$10.62
Collectible price	$39.99	-	$34.99	-	-	$29.95
Catalog	DVD	DVD	DVD	DVD	DVD	DVD
Release date	2006-12-19	2008-06-03	2007-02-20	2007-01-09	2008-06-03	2007-06-05
Media	Blu-ray	Blu-ray	Blu-ray	DVD	Blu-ray	Blu-ray
released in theatres	2006	2006	2006	2006-09-01	2006	2006
Running time in minutes	128	143	130	109	132	143
DVD aspect ratio	1.85:1	2.35:1	2.35:1	1.78:1	2.35:1	2.40:1
Audience Rating	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)	R (Restricted)	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)	R (Restricted)	R (Restricted)
Format	AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen	AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen	Color, Widescreen	AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC	AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen	AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
DVD Region code	1	1	1	1	1	-
Ean	0043396173811	0097361222141	0786936726695	0024543402374	0097361235202	0085391117674
Upc	043396173811	097361222141	786936726695	024543402374	097361235202	085391117674
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