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Network

March 19, 2012 By William Robert Rich Leave a Comment

I wanted everyone, every man, woman or child to realize that they had a choice. I wanted them to know that they have the right to get angry, to get mad. They have the right to say to themselves, to each other, to the world at large, that they had worth, they had value. The speech wrote itself, because that was Beale’s battle cry for the people. 1

~Paddy Chayefsky on Howard Beale’s “Mad as Hell” speech. [Read more…]

  1. Considine, Shaun. Mad as Hell: the Life and Work of Paddy Chayefsky. Lincoln, Neb.: IUniverse.com, 2000. Print. Link. ↩

Network

June 17, 2011 By William Robert Rich 1 Comment

Network Screenplay Howard Beale

I’ve heard every line from that film in real life. 1

~Gore Vidal about Network
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  1. Considine, Shaun. Mad as Hell: the Life and Work of Paddy Chayefsky. Lincoln, Neb.: IUniverse.com, 2000. Print. Link. ↩

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