Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Day 24: All the King's Men

All the Kings Men: 1949:  Winner of the 22nd Academy Awards

Starring:
Broderick Crawford — Willie Stark
John Ireland — Jack Burden
Joanne Dru — Anne Stanton
John Derek — Tom Stark
Mercedes McCambridge — Sadie Burke
Shepperd Strudwick — Adam Stanton
Ralph Dumke — Tiny Duffy
Anne Seymour — Mrs. Lucy Stark
Katherine Warren — Mrs. Burden (as Katharine Warren)
Raymond Greenleaf — Judge Monte Stanton
Walter Burke — Sugar Boy
Will Wright — Dolph Pillsbury
Grandon Rhodes — Floyd McEvoy


The movie is about Louisana politician Willie Stark, he rose out of the dust and became the pinnacle of success until tragedy struck. Well so goes the movie. I detested Stark in the movie, why I shall tell you. Firstly I hate dirty politicians and I hate movies about them. They make me angry for the rest of the day. Then it remind me of how dirty the foundation of this country us. People who make pretty promises, who ask and receive but never fulfill or deliver a grain of truth or granted promise/wish. Secondly there’s the conniving bitch who had the heart of Joe on her finger and left him for a fat beast named Stark and handed to him the lives of her brother and her uncle to do with how he pleased, all in the name of LOVE. Please bitch, bro's before ho's haven't you heard. I really hated her. The movie was good, but like most movies on this list it was one to watch only once.

It also won awards for:


Best Actor: Broderick Crawford
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge

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