A Face in the Crowd (1957)
2h 5min
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POWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood!
Themes:Media ManipulationPower Of The MediaFame And IdentityPublic OpinionRise To PowerEthical JournalismDiscover Similar ThemesMood:Darkly ComedicCriticalThought-ProvokingBittersweetWittyCynicalDiscover Similar Mood
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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Ethical DilemmasMedia ExploitationMedia Influence On PoliticsRise From ObscurityPublic AdulationCharismatic Personality




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Directed by: Elia Kazan, Gayne Rescher, Harry Stradling Sr.
Produced by: Elia Kazan
Composed by: Tom Glazer
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