It's a '50s-era cautionary political tale that is just as relevant today.
- Writer/director Steven Zaillian never saw the original 1949 film. He adapted the screenplay solely from Robert Penn Warren's classic novel.
- The film (with the exception of flashbacks) is set during the early 1950s. The book is set during the Great Depression.
Based on Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, All the King's Men tells the story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics, and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall.
