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No 2005 release for 'All the King's Men'

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The release of Sean Penn's "All the King's Men" has been pushed back from its Dec. 16 release date until sometime next year.

Sony Pictures' Jeff Blake told the Hollywood Reporter the release of the film, directed by Steve Zaillian and starring Penn as fictional Southern politico Willie Stark, would be released in 2006 at a date appropriate for awards consideration.

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"We have every confidence that when this is finished, we'll have that kind of movie," Blake said.

Shooting ended in April but Zaillian is still working on the final cut and the music has yet to be completed, The Reporter said.

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