Budd Schulberg's A face in the crowd / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; an Elia Kazan production ; story and screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; directed by Elia Kazan ; Newtown.
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Container of (work): Face in the crowd (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96039892
Notes:
Title and credits from screen. Andy Griffith (Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes), Patricia Neal (Marcia Jeffries), Anthony Franciosa (Joey DePalma), Walter Matthau (Mel Miller), Lee Remick (Betty Lou Fleckum), Percy Waram (Gen. Haynesworth), Paul McGrath (Macey), Rod Brasfield (Beanie), Marshall Neilan (Sen. Worthington Fuller), Alexander Kirkland (Jim Collier), Charles Irving (Mr. Luffler), Howard Smith (J.B. Jeffries), Kay Medford (First Mrs. Rhodes), Big Jeff Bess (Sheriff Big Jeff Bess), Henry Sharp (Abe Steiner). Based on The Arkansas Traveler / by Budd Schulberg. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New interviews with Ron Briley and Evan Dalton Smith; Facing the past, a 2005 documentary about A face in the crowd; trailer; in booklet, essays by April Wolfe, Elia Kazan and Gilbert Millstein.
Summary:
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, a boisterous entertainer discovered in an Arkansas drunk tank by Marcia Jeffries, a local radio producer with ambitions of her own. His charisma and cunning soon shoot him to the heights of television stardom and political demagoguery, forcing Marcia to grapple with the manipulative, reactionary monster she has created. Directed by Elia Kazan, this incisive satire features an extraordinary debut screen performance by Andy Griffith.
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