Louisiana politician Willie Stark starts out as a man of the people, proud to be a hick, wanting to make a difference to the struggling families in his community. But the smell of power leads to back-room corruption, lies, and betrayal. Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a .. Read more
| Starring | Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Patricia Clarkson |
|---|---|
| Director | Steven Zaillian |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
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Louisiana politician Willie Stark starts out as a man of the people, proud to be a hick, wanting to make a difference to the struggling families in his community. But the smell of power leads to back-room corruption, lies, and betrayal. 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.
| Starring | Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins |
|---|---|
| Director | Steven Zaillian |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 45 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Spanish, Hindi, Portuguese |
| Released | DVD: 05 Mar 2007 Blu-ray: 05 Mar 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
The film has so many good actors and the main reason for watching this was for sean penn who is such a good actor and he definitely makes the film better than it could have been. Jude Law is very good too. It is just a shame the film did not have a good editor working on the script and the length of the film too
This is a Politically thought provoking movie, so if you rent it thinking it's 'Action, Action, Action' You are going to be dissapointed.
You have to watch and listen very carefully to the dialogue or you will lose the plot/storyline very quickly.
The acting was suberb.
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