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All The King's Men (other)
'' All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. All the King's Men may also refer to: * All the King's Men, a line in the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty * ''All the King's Men'' (1949 film), a 1949 film of the Warren book * ''All the King's Men'' (1971 film), a 1971 film of the Warren book, produced in the USSR by Belarusian TV * ''All the King's Men'' (1983 film), a 1983 Taiwanese film directed by King Hu * ''All the King's Men'' (1999 film), a BBC feature-length drama on men from Sandringham in the First World War * ''All the King's Men'' (2006 film), a 2006 film adaptation of the Warren novel starring Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Anthony Hopkins * ''All the King's Men'' (album), a 2002 album by The Legendary Pink Dots * "All the King's Men", a song by Wild Beasts, from the album '' Two Dancers'' * ''All the King's Men'', children's opera by Richard Rodney Bennett See also *'' All the President's Men'', a 1974 non-fiction book by Carl Bernstein and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men
''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, who was assassinated in 1935. Its title is drawn from the Charles Perrault nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty." Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for ''All the King's Men'' in 1947. It was later adapted into two films of the same name, in 1949 and 2006; the 1949 version won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The novel has received critical acclaim and remained perennially popular since its first publication. It was rated the 36th greatest novel of the 20th century by Modern Library, and it was chosen as one of ''Time'' magazine's 100 best novels since 1923. ''All the King's Men'' portrays the dramatic and theatrical political rise and governorship of Willie Stark, a cynical populist in the 1930s American South. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's ''National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs''. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. Humpty Dumpty was popularized in the United States on Broadway by actor George L. Fox in the pantomime musical ''Humpty Dumpty''. The show ran from 1868 to 1869, for a total of 483 performances, becoming the longest-running Broadway show until it was surpassed in 1881 by ''Hazel Kirke''. As a character and literary allusion, Humpty Dumpty has appeared or been referred to in many works of literature and popular culture, particularly English author Lewis Carroll's 1871 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men (1949 Film)
''All the King's Men'' is a 1949 American drama written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. It is based on the 1946 Robert Penn Warren novel of the same name. The film stars Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Joanne Dru. The plot focuses on the rise and fall of the ambitious and ruthless politician Willie Stark (Crawford) in the American South. Though a fictional character, Stark strongly resembles Louisiana governor Huey Long. The film won three Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, the award for Best Actor, which went to Broderick Crawford, and the award for Best Supporting Actress, won by Mercedes McCambridge. In 2001, ''All the King's Men'' was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Plot The story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men (1971 Film)
''All The King's Men'' (russian: Vsya korolevskaya rat', Вся королевская рать, italic=yes) is a 1971 Soviet TV mini-series, adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's 1946 novel of the same name. Title The movie's title matches that of the Russian translation of Warren's novel: ''Вся королевская рать'', literally ''Whole King's Host''. Just like in the source material, it's a line from the famous nursery rhyme ''Humpty Dumpty'', translated by Samuil Marshak. History Robert Penn Warren's novel, published in Russian in 1968, immediately attracted the attention of the reading public, and the idea of a film adaptation arose in Soviet cinematographic circles. Stanislav Rostotsky from Mosfilm and Alexander Gutkovich from BSSR Gosteleradio applied almost simultaneously to make the adaptation. The personal involvement of Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, tilted the decision in favor of the Belarusia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men (1983 Film)
''All the King's Men'' is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It was inspired by the real-life story of U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, who was assassinated in 1935. Its title is drawn from the Charles Perrault nursery rhyme " Humpty Dumpty." Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for ''All the King's Men'' in 1947. It was later adapted into two films of the same name, in 1949 and 2006; the 1949 version won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The novel has received critical acclaim and remained perennially popular since its first publication. It was rated the 36th greatest novel of the 20th century by Modern Library, and it was chosen as one of ''Time'' magazine's 100 best novels since 1923. ''All the King's Men'' portrays the dramatic and theatrical political rise and governorship of Willie Stark, a cynical populist in the 1930s American South. The nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Hu
Hu Jinquan (29 April 1932 – 14 January 1997), better known as King Hu, was a Chinese film director and actor based in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is best known for directing various ''wuxia'' films in the 1960s and 1970s, which brought Hong Kong and Taiwanese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. His films ''Come Drink with Me'' (1966), ''Dragon Inn'' (1967), and ''A Touch of Zen'' (1970–1971) inaugurated a new generation of ''wuxia'' films in the late 1960s. Apart from being a film director, Hu was also a screenwriter and set designer. Early life Hu was born in Beijing to a well-established family originating from Handan, Hebei. His grandfather was the governor of Henan in the late Qing Dynasty. His father had studied in Japan and was the owner of the local coal mine. His uncle was a high ranking official in the Republican government. Several of his brothers held high positions in the Communist government. Hu grew up in Beijing as a child. He emigrated to Hong Kong in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men (1999 Film)
''All the King's Men'' is a British World War I television drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999. The film derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and is based on a 1992 book, ''The Vanished Battalion'' by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery. Book The drama was based on co-producer Nigel McCrery's non-fiction book ''The Vanished Battalion''. The book was first published in 1992 and was republished in 1997 and 1999 as ''All the King's Men: one of the greatest mysteries of the First World War finally solved''. Plot The film and book are based on the story of the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment which included men from the King's estate at Sandringham House who had initially been formed in a " Sandringham Company". The battalion suffered heavy losses in action at Gallipoli on 12 August 1915 and a myth grew up later that the unit had advanced into a mist and simply disappeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men (2006 Film)
''All the King's Men'' is a 2006 American political drama film written, directed and produced by Steven Zaillian based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. ''All the King's Men'' had previously been adapted into a Best Picture Oscar–winning film by writer-director Robert Rossen in 1949. The film narrates the rise to power and demise of the Governor Willie Stark (played by Sean Penn), taking his office in the American South. The fictional character is loosely based on the life of Louisiana governor Huey Long, in office between 1928 through 1932. Elected as a U.S. senator, he was assassinated in 1935. The film co-stars Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson and Jackie Earle Haley. Plot Jack Burden, a Louisiana news reporter, takes a personal interest in Willie Stark, an idealistic small-town lawyer and parish treasurer. Circumstances develop that result in Tiny Duffy, a local politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All The King's Men (album)
''All the King's Men'' is a 2002 album by The Legendary Pink Dots. Track listing # Cross Of Fire # The Warden # Touched By The Midnight Sun # Rash # The Day Before It Happened # Brighter Now # Marz Attacks # Sabres At Dawn # All The King's Men # The Brightest Star Credits *Edward Ka-Spel Edward Sharp, better known by his stage name Edward Ka-Spel, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, born in London on 23 January 1954, to a family with East Anglia connections. He is best known for his work with the band The Legendary Pin ... - voice, keyboards *The Silverman (Phil Knight) - keyboards, electronics *Martijn de Kleer - guitars, violin *Niels van Hoorn - horns *Raymond Steeg - sound wizardry References 2002 albums The Legendary Pink Dots albums ROIR albums {{2000s-experimental-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Dancers
2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultures. Evolution Arabic digit The digit used in the modern Western world to represent the number 2 traces its roots back to the Indic Brahmic script, where "2" was written as two horizontal lines. The modern Chinese and Japanese languages (and Korean Hanja) still use this method. The Gupta script rotated the two lines 45 degrees, making them diagonal. The top line was sometimes also shortened and had its bottom end curve towards the center of the bottom line. In the Nagari script, the top line was written more like a curve connecting to the bottom line. In the Arabic Ghubar writing, the bottom line was completely vertical, and the digit looked like a dotless closing question mark. Restoring the bottom line to its original horizonta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rodney Bennett
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.Zachary Woolfe"Richard Rodney Bennett, British Composer, Dies at 76" ''New York Times'', 30 December 2012 Life and career Bennett was born at Broadstairs, Kent, but was raised in Devon during World War II. His mother, Joan Esther, née Spink (1901–1983) was a pianist who had trained with Gustav Holst and sang in the first professional performance of ''The Planets''. His father, Rodney Bennett (1890–1948), was a children's book author, poet and lyricist, who worked with Roger Quilter on his theatre works and provided new words for some of the numbers in the ''Arnold Book of Old Songs''. Bennett was a pupil at Leighton Park School. He later studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Howard Ferguson, Lennox Berkeley and Cornelius Cardew. Ferguson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
