 All the King's Men 2006  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Jackie Earle Haley, Kathy Baker, Talia Balsam, Frederic Forrest, Kevin Dunn, Thomas McCarthy
This film is based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, which was a thinly veiled depiction of Louisiana Governor Huey Long's rise and fall in politics. This "governor of the people" is Willie Stark (Sean Penn) who begins his career as an idealist but uses corruption to obtain his goals. Stark's methods lead to his eventual downfall.
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 A Civil Action 1998  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek, James Gandolfini, Bruce Norris, John Lithgow, Kathleen Quinlan, Sydney Pollack
This story details Jan Schlichtmann's (Travolta) legal case against two corporations that leaked toxins into Boston's water supply. The fact that the focus is on the lawyer's efforts to win the case while downplaying the victims and their families seems out of kilter. Robert Duvall received a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
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Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Zaillian
Cast: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Stephens, David Paymer, William H. Macy, Dan Hedaya, Josh Mostel
Josh (Max Pomeranc) is a seven-year-old who loves chess and is very good at it! His father (Joe Mantegna) tries to pressure him about his chess tournaments, but Josh remains true to playing chess for the love it.
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| 1. All the King's Men (2006)
2. A Civil Action (1998)
3. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
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