1976 movie, famous for the line "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore"
Network is a 1976 American satirical film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet, about a fictional television network, UBS, and its struggle with poor ratings. The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall and features Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight. The film won four Academy Awards, in the categories of Best Actor (Finch), Best Actress (Dunaway), Best Supporting Actress (Straight) and Best Original Screenplay (Chayefsky).
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Network, 16 May 2000
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Freedom's Flicks: The 20 best libertarian movies of all time, Libertarian Party News, Nov 1999Reports on The Orange County Register editors' choices for "20 Best Libertarian Movies of All Time"; includes short descriptions for each movie as well as "best libertarian moments" for the top ten
19. Network (1976). It's a send-up of the TV media that still packs a wallop 22 years after its opening. The scream of nutty anchorman Howard Beale, "I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" in real life became the rallying cry of the late Howard Jarvis two years later in his fight to enact the Proposition 13 tax cuts [in California].
Related Topics: Braveheart, Brazil, Casablanca, Duck Soup, Fahrenheit 451, The Fountainhead, Freedom's Flicks, The Godfather, Gone With the Wind, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, A Man for All Seasons, Ninotchka, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Quiet Man, Schindler's List, The Searchers, Sleeper, Star Wars, The Ten Commandments, What About Bob?
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Network (1976) movie trailer, 27 Nov 1976
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