All The King's Men Movie, Poster, Trailer, Sean Penn, Jude Law

Return to the Wild About Movies homepage.

Movie Showtimes

Discount Movie Tickets

WAM Homepage

Free Movie Screenings
PRINCESS & THE FROG

Free Movie Screenings

Movie Box Office

Search this Site

"All The King's Men"
First Look
In Theaters September 22, 2006

Columbia Pictures’ "All the King’s Men" will finally be released nationally on September 22, 2006, (SEE UPDATE BELOW) after it makes an appearance at the Toronto Film Festival. Based on Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "All the King’s Men" is a classic of American literature that tells the story of an idealistic man of the people who soon becomes corrupted by success and caught between dreams of service and an insatiable lust for power. While a uniquely American story, the message of "All the King’s Men" is universal and very relevant today. It uses politics as a framework to delve into the more profound conflicts of human nature - sin, guilt and redemption. Warren’s novel was inspired by the career of Louisiana governor Huey P. Long and had a profound effect on contemporary literature, serving as a model for some of the best-selling political novels of the past half-century. But - will the movie work?

All The King's Men Photo 1 “Steve Zaillian has delivered a wonderful and provocative motion picture with a timeless story and fantastic performances. We couldn’t be more proud of the way 'All the King’s Men' turned out. Early fall will be a great time to release this film," said an optimistic Jeff Blake, Vice Chairman of Sony Pictures. What he failed to mention was that "All The King's Men" was originally scheduled for release in December of 2005.

All The King's Men Photo 2 Our sources tell us that the film tested so poorly in 2005 that Sony yanked the film out of the coveted Oscar season slot, giving a push to its starless cast of "Memoirs Of A Geisha," instead. Smart move there, huh?

With a screenplay written and directed by Zaillian, who received an Academy Award for his adaptation of "Schindler’s List," "All The King’s Men" features an all-star cast including Oscar winners Sean Penn and Anthony Hopkins, and Academy Award nominees Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Patricia Clarkson, along with Emmy winners James Gandolfini and Mark Ruffalo.

All The King's Men Photo 3

But will the re-edits we hear "All The King's Men" has undergone help in the long run? "All The King's Men" competition on its opening weekend in September will most likely be "Jackass 2," "Running With Scissors" and Christopher Guest's comedy, "For Your Consideration." We're making an early prediction: "All The King's Men" will suffer the same fate as Humpty Dumpty.

Discount AMC/Loews Theaters Movie Tickets - A Special Offer from Wild About Movies!

STARRING: Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Kate Winslett, Jude Law, Patricia Clarkson, Mark Ruffalo
DIRECTOR:Steven Zaillian
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures

RATING: PG-13

WATCH TRAILER

Wild About Movies Grade: D-

See the Complete 2006 Movie Release Schedule

Update: "All The King's Men" has received POSITIVE reviews from only 14% of all critics, nationwide, according to Rotten Tomatoes! That means this film, which we predicted months ago would be a bomb and that Sony honcho Jeff Blake (a dreadful man, we might add), practically claimed would be the best movie made since the one he filmed during the delivery of his last child was, well, a bunch of bullshit - something only the head of publicity could make up!

2008 Movies_2009 Movies

In The Spotlight!

"2008 Movies" & "2009 Movies" & "2010 Movies"
TODAY: Movie Poster & Website Premieres
Step Up 3 in 3D
By Tim Nasson
Publisher, Wild About Movies

Wild About Movies provides you with the most comprehensive movie posters, movie trailers, movie synopses, Behind The Scenes of movies, and celebrity interviews, and current, updated movie release date information - than any other movie website. At WAM you are able to peruse the movie trailers, movie posters and movie synopses of more than 500 movies not yet in theaters (and thousands of movies formerly in movie theaters and currently on DVD, including all "2009 DVDS" and "2009 BluRays"). The latest additions to the Wild About Movies database: The (delayed) Rob Marshall movie "Nine," The movie "Kick Ass" and two Paul Bettany movies "Creation" and "Legion." The - now - non Avatar entitled movie "The Last Airbender" and Dwayne Johnson in and as "The Tooth Fairy." Aging actors Mel Gibson in "Edge Of Darkness" and Sylvester Stallone in front of and behind the camera in "The Expendables" and "Rambo 5." Also "Lovely Still" - featuring Martin Landau & Ellen Burstyn. Matt Damon in the Paul Greengrass movie "Green Zone." Jake Gyllenhaal as "Prince of Persia" and Rose McGowan as "Red Sonja 2010." And Seth Rogen is "The Green Hornet." "Witchblade 2010," as well as sequels: "Nanny McPhee 2" and "Narnia 3" and everything from Daniel Radcliffe (naked at WAM and fully clothed) in "Harry Potter 7: Part 1," to the Disney 3D films "Cars 2" and "Toy Story 3." Michael Douglas in "Wall Street 2." And the requisites, "Cloverfield 2" and "Iron Man 2." Need more movies? The big screen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" - finally - with a release date in November 2009. Also, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's two year delayed next collaboration, "Shutter Island." In addition, the big screen comedy "Leap Year" and the non comedy "The Escapist," and Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones" and "The Hobbit Movies." And Kenneth Branagh's "Thor." Also "The Smurfs Movie" and the big screen version of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" and Ben Stiller's "Chicago 7." And a slew of animated and non animated Walt Disney and non Disney movies, many in 3D: including "The Smurfs" and "Fraggle Rock: The Movie" and "The King of the Elves" and "Rapunzel," "The Bear and the Bow;" "Newt," "The Princess And The Frog." And also "How To Train Your Dragon." How about Heath Ledger's final movie, "Dr. Parnassus." The four Jonas Brothers in the big screen adaptation of "Walter The Farting Dog" and Also: Zac Efron naked but not in "Me And Orson Welles." Also, Chace Crawford in "Footloose 2010." Benicio Del Toro as "The Wolfman." And James ("Titanic") Cameron's "Avatar;" and Robert Downey Jr. as "Sherlock Holmes." In addition, the sequel to "Twilight," and "New Moon," "Eclipse" and all starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. And, "Captain America." Also, check out all of the "2008 Movies" that were released in movie theaters. We also bring you "2010 Oscars" pre-coverage - and the movie trailers and movie posters of all "2009 Movies" & "2010 Movies" in theaters, including today's IN THE SPOTLIGHT - "Step Up 3"... (continue)