A Face in the Crowd
by Elia Kazan
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Actor: Andy Griffith, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Patricia Neal, Walter MatthauDirector: Elia Kazan
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Gayne Rescher
Cinematographer: Harry Stradling Sr.
Producer: Elia Kazan
Editor: Gene Milford
Writer: Budd Schulberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of A Face in the Crowd
Movie Review: A totally different Andy Griffith
Summary: 5 Stars
Being a life-long Andy Griffth fan, when I heard this movie was showing on TCM I was blown away by the strong performance and different character portrayed by one of my favorite actors. Andy Griffith definitely threw himself into this role (which is what I heard from critics) and delivered a powerful and corruptible personality. From that moment on, I had a new respect for this fine actor that continues to be one of my favorites, whether he plays it for comedy or drama.
Summary of A Face in the Crowd
An arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become? Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/10/2005 Starring: Andy Griffith Walter Matthau Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Eliz KazanMore timely now, perhaps, than when it was first released in 1957, Elia Kazan's overheated political melodrama explores the dangerous manipulative power of pop culture. It exposes the underside of Capra-corn populism, as exemplified in the optimistic fable of grassroots punditry Meet John Doe. In Kazan's account, scripted by Budd Schulberg, the common-man pontificator (Andy Griffith) is no Gary Cooper-style aw-shucks paragon. Promoted to national fame as a folksy TV idol by radio producer Patricia Neal, Griffith's Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes turns out to be a megalomaniacal rat bastard. The film turns apocalyptic as Rhodes exploits his power to sway the masses, helping to elect a reactionary presidential candidate. The parodies of television commercials and opinion polling were cutting edge in their day (Face in the Crowd was the Network of the Eisenhower era), and there are some startling, near-documentary sequences shot on location in Arkansas. An extraordinary supporting cast (led by Walter Matthau and Lee Remick) helps keep the energy level high, even when the satire turns shrill and unpersuasive in the final reel. There's an interesting parallel in Tim Robbins's snide pseudodocumentary Bob Roberts: both these pictures have almost as much contempt for the lemmings in the audience as for the manipulative monsters who herd them over the cliff. --David Chute
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