A Face in the Crowd – Blu-ray

Directed by Elia Kazan

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.

Key Features

• New 2K digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring film scholars
• Documentary and interview material on the film’s production and historical context
• Original theatrical trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: Essay by a noted film critic

Special Features