All the King's Men (2006 film)

All the King's Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steven Zaillian
Written by	Steven Zaillian
Based on	All the King's Men 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren
Produced by	Ken Lemberger Todd Phillips Mike Medavoy Arnold Messer Steven Zaillian
Starring	Sean Penn Jude Law Kate Winslet James Gandolfini Mark Ruffalo Patricia Clarkson Anthony Hopkins
Cinematography	Paweł Edelman
Edited by	Wayne Wahrman
Music by	James Horner
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Relativity Media Phoenix Pictures
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing[1]
Release date	September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$55 million
Box office	$9.5 million

All the King's Men is a 2006 American political drama film written, directed and produced by Steven Zaillian based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. All the King's Men had previously been adapted into a Best Picture Oscar–winning film by writer-director Robert Rossen in 1949. The film narrates the rise to power and demise of the Governor Willie Stark (played by Sean Penn), taking his office in the American South. The fictional character is loosely based on the life of Louisiana governor Huey Long, in office between 1928 through 1932. Elected as a U.S. senator, he was assassinated in 1935. The film co-stars Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, Jackie Earle Haley and Frederic Forrest in his final film appearance.

Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Phoenix Pictures and Relativity Media, All the King's Men was released in the United States on September 22, 2006, by Sony Pictures Releasing.