The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
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Andy Griffith | Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes |
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Patricia Neal | Marcia Jeffries |
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Anthony Franciosa | Joey DePalma |
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Walter Matthau | Mel Miller |
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Lee Remick | Betty Lou Fleckum |
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Percy Waram | Gen. Haynesworth |
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Paul McGrath | Macey |
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Rod Brasfield | Beanie |
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Marshall Neilan | Sen. Worthington Fuller |
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Alexander Kirkland | Jim Collier |
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Charles Irving | Mr. Luffler |
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Howard Smith | J.B. Jeffries |
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Kay Medford | First Mrs. Rhodes |
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Big Jeff Bess | Sheriff Big Jeff Bess |
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Henry Sharp | Abe Steiner |
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R.G. Armstrong | Teleprompter Operator |
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Beverly Bentley | Page Girl |
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John Bliss | Barefoot Baritone |
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Mary Boylan | One of Lonesome's Relatives |
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Walter Cartier | Minor Role |
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Larry Casazza | Second Printer |
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Bennett Cerf | Self |
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Lois Chandler | Secretary |
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Carolyn Craig | Redheaded Filly |
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John Stuart Dudley | Minor Role |
| Director | Elia Kazan |
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| Writer | Budd Schulberg | |
| Producer | Elia Kazan | |
| Musician | Tom Glazer | |
| Photography | Gayne Rescher, Harry Stradling Sr. | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | LPCM Stereo [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Apr 23, 2019 |
| Regions | Region A |
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| Index | 2389 |
| Added Date | Feb 24, 2021 21:20:52 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:35:11 |
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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. 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 from a screenplay by Budd Schulberg, this incisive satire features an extraordinary debut screen performance by Griffith, who brandishes his charm in an uncharacteristically sinister role. Though the film was a flop on its initial release, subsequent generations have marveled at its eerily prescient diagnosis of the toxic intimacy between media and politics in American life.
SPECIAL FEATURES
New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
New interview with Ron Briley, author of The Ambivalent Legacy of Elia Kazan
New interview with Andy Griffith biographer Evan Dalton Smith
Facing the Past, a 2005 documentary featuring actors Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Anthony Franciosa; screenwriter Budd Schulberg; and film scholars Leo Braudy and Jeff Young
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic April Wolfe, excerpts from director Elia Kazan’s introduction to the film’s published screenplay, and a 1957 New York Times Magazine profile of Griffith
New cover by Marc Aspinall
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