In Pickett, Arkansas, Marcia Jeffries (Patricia Neal) goes to the local jail to interview the prisoners for her radio program called "A Face in the Crowd". She finds the boisterous drunken drifter Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes (Andy Griffith) that plays guitar and tells jokes becoming the show a great success. Soon Lonesome becomes popular in the small northeast town and is invited to move to Memphis to have his own television show and receiving a high salary. Lonesome brings his mentor and lover Marcia with him and together with the writer Mel Miller (Walter Matthau), the show is also successful. When he is invited to move to New York, Lonesome realizes how powerful and manipulative he is attracting the attention of politicians. But he changes his personality with arrogant attitude toward his collaborators and disrespecting his audience in the beginning of his fall.
"A Face in the Crowd" is a masterpiece directed by Elia Kazan with a great story about the power of the television. It is impressive the rise and fall of Lonesome and how he manipulates his audience. Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes is inspired in Arthur Godfrey, who worked in CBS radio and television, and in the blacklisted comedian John Henry Faulk. This movie is also the debut of the lovely and gorgeous Lee Remick in the role of Betty Lou Fleckum. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): "Um Rosto na Multidão" ("A Face in the Crowd")
"A Face in the Crowd" is a masterpiece directed by Elia Kazan with a great story about the power of the television. It is impressive the rise and fall of Lonesome and how he manipulates his audience. Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes is inspired in Arthur Godfrey, who worked in CBS radio and television, and in the blacklisted comedian John Henry Faulk. This movie is also the debut of the lovely and gorgeous Lee Remick in the role of Betty Lou Fleckum. My vote is ten.
Title (Brazil): "Um Rosto na Multidão" ("A Face in the Crowd")