"A Face in the Crowd" creator Budd Schulberg dead at 95

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

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Schulberg was a media visionary who foresaw the rise of faux rebels and phony populists like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly . His character of Lonesome Rhodes (brilliantly played by a then-unknown Andy Griffith) dupes the people through folksy antics into supporting rightwingers.

The film is probably the best piece on corporate control of the media ever filmed. If you've never seen it, do yourself a favor and rent it.
(BTW, A young Mike Wallace appears as his himself in one scene)

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Budd Schulberg, Screenwriter, Dies at 95

Published: August 5, 2009
Budd Schulberg, who wrote the award-winning screenplay for “On the Waterfront” and created a classic American archetype of naked ambition, Sammy Glick, in his novel “What Makes Sammy Run?,” died on Wednesday. He was 95 and lived in the Brookside section of Westhampton Beach, N.Y.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/movies/06schulberg.html?em

[valerief]

1. A Face in the Crowd is a fabulous, fabulous movie. Griffith was amazing.

Lucky Schulberg. Made it to 95. Good for him.

[PretzelWarrior]

2. yeah. i loved that movie in a scary kind of way

it was a bit eye opening for me to see Andy Taylor of the Andy Griffith show acting like this. (I was young when I saw it and that was all I knew of him) lol.

I should go rewatch it now that the many years have passed and I have modern day hillbilly demagogues to compare him to.

[mucifer]

3. That was a great movie. It was mocking corporate tv in the first years of tv.