Tag Archives: Network 1976

Retro Report: Prop 13- Mad as Hell

Source:Retro Report– California was mad as tell about taxes, in 1978. Source:The New Democrat  “When Howard Jarvis declared that he was mad as hell about rising property taxes in California, he started a tax cutting movement that rolled across the … Continue reading

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Oscars: 1977 Oscars- Fay Dunaway: Wins Best Actress For Network

“Faye Dunaway wins the Best Actress Oscar for Network at the 49th Academy Awards. Presented by Louise Fletcher.” Watch Fay Dunaway’s speech here Oscars Faye Dunaway plays perhaps the best ever corporate tough as nails, well bitch in Network. She’s shooting … Continue reading

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Oscars: Network (1976) ‘Win Original Screenplay: 1977 Oscars’

Paddy Chayefsky, accepting an Oscar for Network (1976) in 1977. “Paddy Chavefsky wins the Oscar for Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen–based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) for Network at the 49th … Continue reading

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Woohoo Kitty’s: Video: Howard Beale: It’s The Individual That’s Finished

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger I’m not sure you can understand the movie Network, without understanding the 1970s. Either through living through that decade, which I did the last four years of it, … Continue reading

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Daniel Kobayashi: Network (1976) Ned Beatty: ‘The World is a Business’

. Source:The New Democrat  “The world is a business”, scary thought at least from my perspective that business’s and corporations, as well as government’s, not trying to sound like a Socialist here, but government’s at least to a certain extent … Continue reading

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Flanagan: Network (1976)

Source:The New Democrat  Anyone who’s interested in modern network news should watch the movie Network from 1976.  It’s almost forty years old now and except for the modern technology, the new players and the new stories they’d be hard pressed … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: James Parker: Madder Than Hell: How Network Anticipated Contemporary Media

Source:The New Democrat  This is an interesting topic for a blog that I got from James Parker over at The Atlantic. The 1976 movie Network, which is not only a great movie but one of my all-time favorites, predicted and … Continue reading

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Howard Beale: Network (1976) ‘We’re In a Lot of Trouble’

Source:Sunny Chew– The Great Peter Finch as Howard Beale. Source:Real Life Journal “This clip from Network reminded us of why we become a bunch of couch potatoes! Howard Beale : We are in a lot of trouble!… because the only … Continue reading

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Dan Gillmor: Criticizing CNN: Goodbye to That

Source:FreeState Now Whatever happened to the Cable News Network which if not was the standard at least when it came to cable news if not TV news in general was a standard that had this mentality of “just the facts” … Continue reading

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