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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this [[AdaptationDistillation kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively]], and got Parrish an Oscar nomination. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics thought didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue also felt much, much longer than two hours]].
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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this [[AdaptationDistillation kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively]], and won Parrish an Oscar. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics thought didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue also felt much, much longer than two hours]].

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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this [[AdaptationDistillation kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively]], and won got Parrish an Oscar.Oscar nomination. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics thought didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue also felt much, much longer than two hours]].
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* ShallowParody: Defied. Warren always denied Stark was ''based'' on Huey Long because, if viewed solely through the lens of a fictionalized Long, the entire work would be seen as veiled condemnation of (or, even more irritating to Warren, praise for) a real man, rather than as the author's own creation. Long is clearly one of the chief inspirations, and his life and death inform Stark's, but he's not the only influence; Warren often pointed to the character first being named "Willie Talos", after Talus, the ruthless assassin of Edmund Spenser's ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene''.
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* ShallowParody: Defied. Warren always denied Stark was ''based'' on Huey Long because, if viewed solely through the lens of a fictionalized Long, the entire work would be seen as veiled condemnation of (or, even more irritating to Warren, praise for) a real man, rather than as the author's own creation. Long is clearly one of the chief inspirations, and his life and death inform Stark's, but he's not the only influence; Warren often pointed to the character first being named "Willie Talos", after Talus, the ruthless assassin of Edmund Spenser's ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene''.
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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively, and won Parrish an Oscar. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics felt didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue felt much, much longer than two hours]].

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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this [[AdaptationDistillation kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively, effectively]], and won Parrish an Oscar. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics felt thought didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue also felt much, much longer than two hours]].
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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively, and won Parrish an Oscar. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics felt didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue ran far too long]].

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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively, and won Parrish an Oscar. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics felt didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue ran far too long]].felt much, much longer than two hours]].
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* CompressedAdaptation: Ironically, both one of the most praised elements of the 1949 adaptation and one of the most common critiques of the 2006 one. While the former was originally over four hours before editing, director Robert Rossen, in spite of his misgivings over cutting anything out, helped Robert Parrish edit it down by focusing on "the center of each scene"; this kept the film from running long while ensuring that the point was still communicated effectively, and won Parrish an Oscar. The latter, on the other hand, keeps much of the literary exposition and narration intact, with the result being a movie that most critics felt didn't adequately capture the breadth of the novel -- and yet, at the same time, [[EndingFatigue ran far too long]].
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* TheWoobie: Jack, especially in the flashbacks.
** JerkassWoobie: Though he's still kind of a jerk.

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* TheWoobie: Jack, %%Jack, especially in the flashbacks.
** %%** JerkassWoobie: Though he's still kind of a jerk.
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* TearJerker: [[spoiler:The deaths of Adam Stanton and Willie Stark.]]
* ValuesDissonance: It's a story about the deep south during the Great Depression; what do you expect?
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** Jerkass Woobie: Though he's still kind of a jerk.

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** Jerkass Woobie: JerkassWoobie: Though he's still kind of a jerk.
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** Jerkass Woobie: Though he's still kind of a jerk.
** ''Lucy.'' Marries her sweetheart and has to keep up a smiling demeanor as he becomes more corrupted and carries on affairs. She's the only voice of reason as to how her son's turning out and wants him to only work on his studies and stay away from politics and football, but Willie insists on him "having some fun" even though Tom nearly killed a girl and got another one pregnant. She ends up becoming estranged from Willie, and is thus unable to stop Tom from his spiral into being just like his father, except cockier. [[spoiler:Then her son ends up getting an injury that leaves him paralyzed, she ends up having to take care of him as though he's a baby. Willie dies, then her son dies. At least she ends up being able to take care of Tom's possible child, which brings her satisfaction and happiness.]]
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* TheUnintelligible: Possibly unintentional. Sean Penn's accent is really thick and half the things he says are metaphors only people from 1930s Louisiana would understand.
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* TheUnintelligible: Possibly unintentional. Sean Penn's accent is really thick and half the things he says are metaphors only people from 1930s Louisiana would understand.
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* PuppyLove: Anne and Jack, although by the time of most of the book's events (and even some of the flashbacks) they're both of the appropriate age.
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* ToyShip: Anne and Jack, although by the time of most of the book's events (and even some of the flashbacks) they're both of the appropriate age.

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* ToyShip: PuppyLove: Anne and Jack, although by the time of most of the book's events (and even some of the flashbacks) they're both of the appropriate age.

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