
All the King's Men
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2006
- 128 min
- 704 Views
Interior:
Jack Burden's Desk, The Chronicle, DayJack Burden is looking over the morning edition of "The
Chronicle." He reads the society page. A man enters and leans
across his desk.
MAN:
Burden! Jack Burden! The boss wants
to see you.
He folds his paper, rises, and walks by the presses into
Madison's office.
Interior:
Madison's Office, DayMadison, the city editor, is correcting copy at his desk.
MADISON:
Hey, Jack, ever hear of a fellow
called Willie Stark?
JACK:
No. Who'd he shoot?
MADISON:
Oh, county... uh... treasurer, or
something like that.
JACK:
MADISON:
They say he's an honest man. What I
want you to do is to hop into your
car...
JACK:
Why, you promised me a vacation.
MADISON:
Well, that can wait.
JACK:
Yeah... but there's a... a girl I
know.
He opens his newspaper to the society page and shows Madison
a photograph of Anne Stanton.
MADISON:
Oh... Well, she can wait too.
Jack takes the paper back and looks at it.
JACK:
The question is... can I?
MADISON:
The answer is... get up there.
JACK:
Right.
(starts to go)
Oh... uh... what did you say his
name was?
MADISON:
Who?
JACK:
The fellow's name.
MADISON:
Oh, the... uh... Stark... Willie
Stark.
Madison goes on with his work.
JACK:
(as he leaves)
Willie Stark...
DISSOLVE TO:
Exterior:
Kanoma City, DayAs Jack Burden's jalopy pulls up before the Kanoma County
Courthouse of this back-country, one-street small town.
JACK:
(voice over)
I found him in Kanoma City. A typical,
hot, dusty, backwoods county seat.
He gets out of the car, and notices a crowd of people gathered
around a platform in the town square. As he walks over the
begins to hear the words that Willie Stark is speaking.
WILLIE:
...to lie to them in order to line
their own dirty pockets with the
taxpayers' money. When have the
citizens of Kanoma County ever
witnessed a campaign like this? Why
is the opposition so anxious to defeat
me? Why have they used every dirty
method known to make sure I'm not
elected county treasurer? Well, I'll
tell you why...
A man in shirt sleeves and suspenders, Tiny Duffy, comes out
of the local poolroom, listens for a moment to Willie's
speech, and signals to two uniformed men to go over and break
up the gathering.
Jack Burden stands close to the platform, next to Willie's
son, Tom, who waits patiently to distribute handbills.
WILLIE:
...Because they're afraid of the
truth... and the truth is this.
They're trying to steal your money.
Yeah, I said steal. The county
commissioners rejected the bid on
the schoolhouse. Why? Well, they'll
tell you their reason is the job
will be done better. The county
commissioners would have you believe
that they're interested in public
welfare. They're interested in
welfare, sure. But it's their own.
Let's look at the reason in the light
of the facts and the figures. That
brick factory is owned by one of the
commissioners. That same brick factory
uses convict labor.
The sheriff and his deputy push through the crowd.
SHERIFF:
Sorry, Willie, you'll have to move
on.
WILLIE:
Why?
SHERIFF:
City Ordinance Number One-Oh-Five:
more than five people congregating
is disturbing the peace.
WILLIE:
(ignores him)
If you folks'll be so kind as to
read these handbills, my boy will
pass them out among you.
SHERIFF:
There's an ordinance against that
too.
WILLIE:
(his face grim)
Pass 'em out, Tom.
The sheriff pushes Tom back, grabbing the handbills out of
his hand. Willie jumps down off the platform.
WILLIE:
Let him alone!
The sheriff collars Willie, then notices Jack on the platform
snapping a picture.
SHERIFF:
(to deputy)
Get that camera! Willie, you're under
arrest.
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