Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies by Itzkoff, Dave

Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250062246)

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Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies by Itzkoff, Dave

Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies

$22.00
Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies by Itzkoff, Dave

Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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"Dave Itzkoff takes us on an extraordinary journey, and in the process reveals Chayefsky's prognosis for TV, a prognosis we've chosen to ignore even as it's come true before our eyes."--Forbes

"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 Oscars 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, and of Paddy Chayefsky, the tough, driven, Oscar-winning screenwriter who envisioned a world--outlandish for its time--that is all too real today. Itzkoff vividly re-creates the action 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.

Author: Dave Itzkoff
ISBN-10: 1250062241
ISBN-13: 9781250062246
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 03/03/2015
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/19/2015 pg. 28
By Dave Itzkoff
By Dave Itzkoff
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Dave Itzkoff is a culture reporter at The New York Times, where he writes regularly about film, television, theater, music, and popular culture. He has previously worked at Spin, Maxim, and Details, and his work has appeared in GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, and other publications. He is the author of two previous books, Cocaine's Son and Lads. He lives in New York City.

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