Tag Archives: Peter Finch

Retro Report: Prop 13- Mad as Hell

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Ederik Schneider

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

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

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

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

. 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’

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

. 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)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

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

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

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’

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Ederik Schneider

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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