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The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies
Times Books
February 2014
On Sale: February 18, 2014
304 pages ISBN: 0805095691 EAN: 9780805095692 Kindle: B00EGJAZGA Hardcover / e-Book
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The behind-the-scenes story of the making of the iconic
movie Network, which transformed the way we think
about television and the way television thinks about
us “I’m mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this
anymore!” Those words, spoken by an unhinged anchorman
named Howard Beale, “the mad prophet of the airwaves,” took
America by storm in 1976, when Network became a
sensation. With a superb cast (including Faye Dunaway,
William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall) directed by
Sidney Lumet, the film won four Academy Awards and indelibly
shaped how we think about corporate and media
power. In Mad As Hell, Dave Itzkoff of The
New York Times recounts the surprising and dramatic
story of how Network made it to the screen. Such a
movie rarely gets made any more—one man’s vision of the
world, independent of studio testing or market research. And
that man was Paddy Chayefsky, the tough, driven,
Oscar-winning screenwriter whose vision—outlandish for its
time—is all too real today. Itzkoff uses interviews with the
cast and crew, as well as Chayefsky’s notes, letters, and
drafts to re-create the action in front of and behind the
camera at a time of swirling cultural turmoil. The result is
a riveting account that enriches our appreciation of this
prophetic and still-startling film. Itzkoff also
speaks with today’s leading broadcasters and filmmakers to
assess Network’s lasting impact on television and
popular culture. They testify to the enduring genius of
Paddy Chayefsky, who foresaw the future and whose life
offers an unforgettable lesson about the true cost of
self-expression.
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