Andy Griffith does a great donald trump impersonation.

His character knows how to play the media. The big difference is the rags to riches character. We think he's a sweet hobo in the beginning of the movie and find out he was always an awful person later on.

I heartily recommend it to anyone who is only seeing Andy Griffith as the sheriff of Mayberry. It’s quite a dramatic tour de force

Griffith was tabbed to be the next Brando. His next film was "No Time for Sergeants" where he met his life long friend Don Knotts.
He was offered the role of Sheriff of Mayberry, and only agreed to sign if he owned half the show. The rest is history.

the reason why I got it, but just hadn't gotten around to watching the whole thing. In the end, Lonesome's followers may not have looked like it, but were much sharper than the former guy's fans.

Glad to see others enjoying it...

That media is influential! Especially nowadays when people fall "in love" with the person, and not the news. I attribute this to television (as opposed to radio), and then social media, people liking an attribute, etc., and maybe not holding the media's feet to the fire.

Also like: The Best Man, 1964. Stars Henry Fonda it’s about the dirty business of the nominating convention for president. Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator, and A King in New York. Also like the Battle of Algiers. Saw it years ago but still remember it well

Great Movie.

Written by Gore Vidal, starring Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson,
Intellectual William Russell and down-to-earth Joe Cantwell are front runners for a party nomination that will almost certainly mean the Presidency. Cantwell is prepared to use anything to achieve his goal while Russell sees himself as a man of principle - though his philandering means he is relieved his wife is prepared to appear alongside him. Both men crucially need the support of the ailing President, and as the stakes become higher each team has to decide how dirty they are prepared to get.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057883/

About the Scopes Monkey Trial. We are STILL fighting this fight.
Spencer Tracy, Fredrick March...wow.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

All The President's Men

had some great political movies, including "Mr. Smith", but I loved "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town", "You Can't Take It With You!" (great message in the title, demonstrated on film), as well as "Meet John Doe"... They're not as political as Mr. Smith, but I'd recommend them to you (and anyone else reading this)

every movie loosely based on Huey Long is bunk.

were like gods to us.

Gian Maria Volonte is in many really good ones.. I like "The Working-Class Goes To Heaven" (Lulu The Tool)

Then I saw the movie "Ochu" (The Ear) that was released in 1990 after being banned for 20 years.

OH. MY. GOD.



If you liked "The Lives of Others", I think you'd LOVE "Ochu"

How did you watch it?