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The Crowd is a 1928 American silent film directed by King Vidor. It is notable for its dramatization of the concerns and dangers of urbanization and modernity.
The picture is an influential and acclaimed feature and was nominated for the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production.
In 1989, this film was one of the first 25 films to be selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
The film centers on ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker John Sims (played by James Murray) who meets and marries Mary (Eleanor Boardman).
They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
The Crowd was conceived and filmed under the artistic vision of famed director King Vidor, who sought the film to be innovative in its story, acting, and cinematography. The film mixes striking visual styles and moving camera cinematography, influenced by 1920s German cinema and F.W. Murnau in particular, with intense, intimate scenes of the family's poignant struggle. Vidor avoided casting big-name stars in the film to attain greater authenticity; Murray was a studio extra, and Boardman was a minor actress and Vidor's second wife.
Actors: Leonardo Nam (actor), Lanre Olabisi (writer), Lanre Olabisi (producer), Lanre Olabisi (director), Stephen Daniels (producer), Mark Rosenberg (actor), Gerard Fleurima (editor), Leslie Duke (actress), Nick Petrie (actor), Gail Olabisi (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Richard Castillo (actor), Kristen Storino (actress), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Paul Pinto (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Leonardo Nam (actor), Lanre Olabisi (writer), Lanre Olabisi (producer), Lanre Olabisi (director), Stephen Daniels (producer), Mark Rosenberg (actor), Gerard Fleurima (editor), Leslie Duke (actress), Nick Petrie (actor), Gail Olabisi (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Richard Castillo (actor), Kristen Storino (actress), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Paul Pinto (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Leonardo Nam (actor), Lanre Olabisi (writer), Lanre Olabisi (producer), Lanre Olabisi (director), Stephen Daniels (producer), Mark Rosenberg (actor), Gerard Fleurima (editor), Leslie Duke (actress), Nick Petrie (actor), Gail Olabisi (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Richard Castillo (actor), Kristen Storino (actress), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Paul Pinto (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Leonardo Nam (actor), Lanre Olabisi (writer), Lanre Olabisi (producer), Lanre Olabisi (director), Stephen Daniels (producer), Mark Rosenberg (actor), Gerard Fleurima (editor), Leslie Duke (actress), Nick Petrie (actor), Gail Olabisi (miscellaneous crew), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Richard Castillo (actor), Kristen Storino (actress), Jamie Penkethman (writer), Paul Pinto (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short,Wrenched into the world, deanaesthetized
Blurry images fiht their way through halfway opened eyes
Awakened by alarm fifteen minutes of hygeine
Twenty minutes of eating thirty seconds to the door
I looked outside I looked into the eyes
Of the impersonal mob I've seen a thousand times before
Feeling under covers like books on a shelf
If we're scared of one another
Must be scared of ourself
More than just another crowd
We need a gathering instead
Drink drink in the badland liquid bread for the poor
Another member of the crowd goes down to drown at the liquor store
Choose your escape in the heartland
Of product and demand when you feel like a wasp in the swarm