TCM airing "A Face in the Crowd" on Trump Inauguration Day

[babylonsister]

TCM airing A Face in the Crowd on Trump Inauguration Day

Oliver Gettell@ogettell

Posted on January 18, 2017 at 6:38pm EST

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This Friday, viewers across the country will have the opportunity to flip on their televisions to watch a power-hungry, media-savvy celebrity rise to megalomaniacal heights. We’re referring of course to Elia Kazan’s 1957 film A Face in the Crowd, which TCM will air in the hours after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

A darkly comic cautionary tale about the dangers of fame and politics intertwining, the film stars Andy Griffith as a plainspoken drifter who becomes a populist hero via radio and TV appearances. As his ambition, ego, and disdain for his audience grow, he begins to spin out of control and is ultimately brought down by a vitriolic rant caught on a hot microphone.

Against the backdrop of Trump’s unprecedented political ascent, A Face in the Crowd has frequently been compared to the trajectory of the former Apprentice star, in outlets including CNN, the Washington Post, the Ringer, Deadline Hollywood, and the AV Club.

According to a TCM spokesperson, however, the film was programmed as part of a tribute to the actress Patricia Neal, whose birthday coincides with Inauguration Day.

A Face in the Crowd will air Jan. 20 at 5:45 p.m. ET on TCM.
Trailer @ link~

http://ew.com/movies/2017/01/18/donald-trump-a-face-in-the-crowd/

[napi21]

1. I watched that movie about 6 months ago. I wonder if the outcome will be similar? nt

[pinboy3niner]

8. Every time I've seen the movie it ended the same way.

But I probably should watch it again tomorrow, just in case...

[Squinch]

2. Excellent! Something relevant to watch!

[renate]

3. wow!

It's kind of amazing that they're making that choice.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. They're a sly bunch, they are.

I noticed that, shortly after the election, one network (I can't remember which) had taken a sudden liking to "The Manchurian Candidate".

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

4. I love TCM! Usually I prefer escapist old B&W flicks.

But this is a great pick for Friday.

[MatthewStLouis]

5. Is any channel showing "Idiocracy".

I feel like I need to see it.

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Haven't seen it listed, but VICE is going to be airing "1984". nt

[MatthewStLouis]

14. Thanks.

[Warpy]

6. They've been showing it a lot over the last couple of years

and it just never seems to get old, it's such a perfect character study of a narcissist who starts to believe his own bullshit. I just wish we had a Patricia Neal out there to get sick of being used and start to sabotage some of them on the air.

Republicans miss the point, of course, they see themselves as Mr Smith (who went to Washington) and outspoken people like Bernie Sanders and Liz Warren as Lonesome Rhodes. Yeah, they're weird.

Andy Griffith is downright scary as Rhodes. If you haven't seen this before, make a point of watching it. It's that good.

[Afromania]

7. I'll be watching, or recording.

I'm eager to find out who's going to "Marcia" this fool into forced retirement.

[SamKnause]

9. Thanks for the heads up.

It is an excellent movie.

I don't think my niece has seen it.

I will let her know.

[Different Drummer]

10. Thanks for the heads up. I want to see this! n/t

[Jimbo101]

13. The Outer Limits 90s remake Decompression S 6 E13 - One of my favorites

with Bruce Boxleitner & CCH Pounder

An emissary from the future struggles to convince the next U.S. President to jump from an airliner, before it crashes, killing him and setting off a disastrous future. The candidate is already torn in several directions, elated from a big primary win, avoiding an interview by an aggressive reporter, excited by having his mistress on-board, with his frigid wife absent. The time traveler assures the candidate he needs no parachute, because the advanced technology his presidency will make possible, allows them to scoop him out of the sky.

[alarimer]

15. As I recall, there was no happy ending for Lonesome Rhodes. n/t