A Face In the Crowd

— Excellent collaboration between Elia Kazan and writer Budd Schulberg. In 1957 it must have been a glimpse as what might become, but from today’s perspective it’s a look at what is—the intermingling of politics and business thanks to the power of television. A young Andy Griffith does a good job as the unknown whose backwoods television persona helps him rise to power, eventually able to sell snake oil or senators with equal ease. (DVD)

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[1957. 126 min. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau, and Lee Remick.]
http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-02-26/film/famous-for-being-famous/full/