The film I watched was All the King's Men. The movie's perspective is from that of Jack Burden, a journalist from a rich family who befriends a small town "honest man," Willie Stark, who is running for county treasurer so that he can keep the county commissioners from being so corrupt, while writing an article on him. Willie does not win but later runs for governor. Once again Willie loses the race but he now knows how he can win the next time he runs. Willie appeals to all the country folk by telling them how he too was just a hick who was out to help other hicks. However, once Willie becomes elected, he becomes corrupt. He finds ways to get his programs across and bills passed by any means necessary, whether it is blackmail or other illegal activities. Once Willie has gained this power, he soon starts believing that he is above the law, and that he will be able to fix any problems he may face along the way. Willie realizes that he can't buy anything when his son gets paralyzed in a drunken driving accident in which he kills the girl who was riding with him. Willie's influential ways persuade everyone to believe the things he says, especially that "all good must come from a little bad," except for Dr. Adam Stanton and his uncle Judge Stanton. In the end of the movie, the Judge commits suicide rather than help swing votes to keep Willie from being removed from office, and because of this, Dr. Stanton shoots and kills Willie after he has announced that he had been cleared of all charges.
I really enjoyed this film. I liked the many different subplots that were involved in the movie. For instance, the many ways in which Willie changed once he was elected into office. Firstly, Willie went from a stone cold sober man to alcoholic whom always needed a liquor drink. Also, Willie first wanted to get men like Tiny Duffy and Doph Pillsbury out of office and out of politics, but he then hires the same men to work for him once he is in office.
Three Kings as I have described so far, is no more than a typical Hollywood movie cliché, dealing with stereotypes that we are all too familiar with. ... Clooney and his men see a woman shot dead by Hussein's men, and later meet her husband and children. ... Not at all. ... "Your planes blew up all my cafes." ... Three Kings is an important movie both cinematically and p...
In Three Kings I surprisingly found all three and more. ... Three Kings (TK) is a story adapted from a short plot summary called Spoils of War. ... It came with rave reviews, unusual for a Hollywood film, and was a sleeper hit at the box office. ... On the face of it, this scene doesn't seem that important but thought about, you can see that both men had a lot in common, although they were enemies'. ... But as many reviews and critical analyses will confirm, the film took a more political angle than one of action. ...
At Vanderbilt he would also publish his own magazine, Southern Review, and although very popular with a large circulation, the periodical did not survive World War II. ... The most famous and widely read of these, and the novel that garnered him the first of three Pulitzer Prizes was All the King's Men published in 1946. Eventually, it would be made into a play, opera, movie, and would be reprinted in twenty languages. ... All the King's Men was inspired by the political events unfolding during Warren's tenure at LSU in Baton Rouge circa 1935. ... The film v...
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