A face in the crowd movie

A face in the crowd was a 1957 movie drama based on the short story, your arkansas traveler, written by budd schulberg. In a face in the crowd, we watch lonesome rhodes journey from local drunk tank to populist demagogue. Part ragstoriches cautionary tale, part political thriller, and part doomed romance. A face in the crowd smalltown drunk becomes a national celebrity and selfdestructs before settling down in mayberry with his son opie. A face in the crowd chronicles the rise and fall of larry lonesome rhodes andy griffith, a boisterous entertainer discovered in an arkansas drunk tank by marcia jeffries patricia neal, a local radio producer with ambitions of her own. Andy griffiths plays the role of a dissolute hobo who is discovered by patricia neale, who owns a small radio station. The criterion collections release of a face in the crowd is new to bluraydvd and available at amazon, and while its a mustown for the film alone its also worth it. An arkansas drifter becomes an overnight media sensation. Ambitious young radio producer marcia jeffries patricia neal finds a charming rogue named larry lonesome rhodes andy griffith in an arkansas drunk tank and puts him on the air. A face in the crowd and bulworth, and of course network for that matter, are all now considered to be way ahead of their time. Watch a face in the crowd online stream full movie directv.

Face in the crowd, a 1957 movie clip youre my idol. A face in the crowd full movie drama 1957 hd andy griffith, patricia neal. A face in the crowd dvd, 2005 for sale online ebay. A face in the crowd is a 1957 american drama film starring andy griffith in his film debut, patricia neal and walter matthau, directed by elia kazan. Find video, photos, forums, and much more for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. A face in the crowd 1957 official trailer andy griffith, patricia neal movie hd an arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation.

Watch a face in the crowd 1957 movie trailer instantly, no need to login. I watched it with my husband and as the closing credits rolled, we looked at each other and i said well, thats about as far away from our normal type of movie as we could go. Rent a face in the crowd 1957 on dvd and bluray dvd. A face in the crowd charts the rise of a raucous hayseed named lonesome rhodes from itinerant ozark guitar picker to local media rabblerouser to tv superstar and political kingmaker. Watch a face in the crowd starring andy griffith in this drama on directv. A face in the crowd philosophical countrywestern singer larry lonesome rhodes is discovered in the local lockup by television talent coordinator marcia jeffries. A face in the crowd nyt watching the new york times.

Released 1957, a face in the crowd stars andy griffith, patricia neal, anthony franciosa, walter matthau the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 5 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Find out where a face in the crowd is streaming, if a face in the crowd is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Always loved the tv classics like i love lucy, dick van dyke, andy griffith show, etc. A face in the crowdelia kazan centre with patricia neal and andy griffith during the filming of a face in. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. A face in the crowd shows the horror of a corrupt intertwining of mass media, celebrity, and politics that was incomprehensible in 1957 but terrifyingly commonplace today. All are well worth discovering now as movies that had their finger on. Marcia jeffries is the innocent sarah lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a backcountry jail and is the first to fall under his spell. Princejax i wouldnt know how to adequately express just how brilliant this film is.

The director elia kazan and the screenwriter budd schulberg have a strong point to make in a face in the crowd, showing how the publics affection for a man of the people who. A face in the crowd is a masterful film that is especially worth viewing during election years when as a citizenry we must negotiate the path to picking new leaders a path that is filled with misdirection and. A face in the crowd is a hidden gem this movie is a sleeper, not in the bad sense, but that it was so good for its time and still today, and that it is largely unknown and unappreciated. While filming the movie in arkansas, remick lived with a local family and practiced baton twirling so that she would be believable as the teenager who wins the attention of lonesome rhodes played by andy griffith. The os involves the meteoric rise and fall of folksy lonesome rhodess celebrity. Its also one of the smartest, most underrated films to come out of midcentury hollywood. A face in the crowd is directed by elia kazan and is therefore part of perhaps the tailend of the us new wave which produced brando and dean. But while kazan may have linked rhodes to reagan, a face in the crowd isnt explicitly a political movie. Rent a face in the crowd 1957 starring andy griffith and patricia neal on dvd and bluray.

Financial analysis of a face in the crowd 1957 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The official facebook page for a face in the crowd. Wow, andy griffith is a force of nature in his debut performance as larry lonesome rhodes, in director elia kazans a face in the crowd. Remick made her film debut in elia kazans a face in the crowd 1957. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. This movie was the very first on my movie project list to tackle. The film is also significant as the very last screen appearance of marshall neilan, mary pickfords favorite director. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Many have justly declared kazans film a prophetic masterworkto the point that trumps famous line, i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and wouldnt lose any voters is basically here. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies.

A face in the crowd, american film drama, released in 1957, that was especially noted for the performance by andy griffith in his movie debut. Not even a movie as cynical as a face in the crowd could. Lust in the heart of andy griffith, as now nationally famous media freak lonesome rhodes, back in arkansas to judge a batontwirling contest, won handsdown by betty lou lee remick, in her first movie, in elia kazans a face in the crowd, 1957. His charisma and cunning soon shoot him to the heights of television stardom and political demagoguery, forcing marcia to grapple with the. It was simply too far ahead of its time and its cynical look at the relationship between mass media, politicians and pundits had to wait for modern culture to catch up with it. In the story a radio show producer named marcia jeffries is looking for a unique talent, and comes across rhodes with his.

Like its spiritual successor, network, a face in the crowd is primarily a darkly comic satire about the corrosive influence of celebrity and mass mediaparticularly televisionon public opinion, and the dangers of allowing the people who talk the loudest and excite us most to run. Philosophical countrywestern singer larry lonesome rhodes is discovered in the local lockup by television talent coordinator marcia jeffries. Nprs ron elving, who is only a national treasure, joins us. A face in the crowd and the unfulfilled prediction of a. A face in the crowd andy griffith made an unforgettable screen debut in this film as lonesome rhodes, a crackerbarrel philosopher discovered by marcia jeffries neal, who. A face in the crowd 1957 is director elia kazans satirical and powerful sociopolitical drama that illustrated how a jailed, downhome country boy in the late 1950s could be transformed. A face in the crowd, a 1957 movie written by budd schulberg and directed by elia kazan the same team that had already made the classic on the waterfront stars andy griffith as. A face in the crowd is the political nightmare that took.