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The King - Gael García Bernal, William Hurt, Pell James, James Marsh

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Movie propaganda

The devil made me do it.

Elvis (Gael García Bernal) is a handsome and charismatic 21-year-old just out of the US Navy. He returns to his father's sleepy Texan hometown dreaming of some kind of reconciliation, having been abandoned by the man as a child. But Pastor David (William Hurt) has a new family - wife Twyla (Laura Harring) and teenage children Malerie (Pell James) and Paul (Paul Dano) - and is in no mood to confront his past mistakes, so he callously rejects Elvis again. This flippant act of cruelty unleashes a tragedy of truly biblical proportions, as Elvis begins to make his way into the family, seducing Malerie.

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

  • Film Texas family drama step-brother step-sister incest sex religion reconciliation father son

Persons of interest

  • Gael García Bernal .... Elvis
  • William Hurt .... David
  • Pell James .... Malerie Sandow
  • Paul Dano .... Paul Sandow
  • Laura Harring .... Twyla Sandow
  • Milo Addica .... Bruno
  • Mohammad Ahmed .... Mr Chopra
  • Derek Alvarado .... Scoot
  • Laura Clifton .... Murray
  • Brady Coleman .... Clown
  • Jessica Schwartz .... Diane
  • Milo Addica .... Screenwriter
  • James Marsh .... Screenwriter
  • James Marsh .... Director

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Special Agent Matti

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Media intelligence (DVD)

  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
  • Languages: English
  • Picture: Widescreen
  • Special features:
    • Trailers: Theatrical

Security censorship classification

MA 15+ (Strong sex scenes, strong incest themes, violence)

Surveillance time

105 minutes (1:45 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

Film: 16 March 2006
DVD retail: 12 July 2006
DVD retail: 8 November 2006

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