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.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.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.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations
Travis Champagne
- Tom Stark
- (as Travis M. Champagne)
Frederic Forrest
- Willie's Father
- (as Frederic F. Forrest)
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- TriviaThe movie was a major flop and, despite its strong cast and production team, grossed only $9.4 million worldwide on a budget of $55 million. Forbes Magazine voted it the biggest flop in the years spanning 2005-2009. Few critics endorsed it, despite its having garnered strong Oscar buzz before its premiere. Director Steven Zaillian described the experience as "like getting hit by a truck".
- GoofsAnne has finished braiding her hair while sitting in the kitchen in the flashback scene. When she goes upstairs, her hair is no longer braided.
- Quotes
Jack Burden: [to Anne, explaining what happened to his marriage] A lot of tangled bedclothes and unspoken loathing, then spoken loathing and no tangled bedclothes.
- SoundtracksSmokestack Lightnin'
Written by Howlin' Wolf
Performed by Howlin' Wolf
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Simple story told in complex way
As a foreigner with not much ideas about U.S. history and politics, I have watched this movie with no bias and quite some problems to understand many phrases of Southern accents (which are quite fascinating on their own). However, it appeared to me as an interesting and pretty complex political story of the usual fight between rich and poor, honesty and false promises, racism, corruption... you name it. Even though the movie can catch one's attention for its full running time, some of the desired tension and drama are missing, and much of the final outcome is quite predictable. Overall, it's certainly no Oscar candidate, but also doesn't deserve low ratings as some (politically motivated) users distribute.
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- Nhà Lãnh Tụ
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- Budget
- $55,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,221,458
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,672,366
- Sep 24, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $9,451,623
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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