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Monday Nov 2 | Reno News & Review

Wea re not gonna take it; we aina t gonna take it

More stories by this author... Read 1 reader submitted comment I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this any more." TV infotainment/news anchor Howard Beale - portrayed by Peter Finch in the 1976 film Network - raged against modern times with that "mad as hell" lament.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

This and That and More of the Same

"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore"

Where is the searing insight of Paddy Chayefsky when we need it? If ever a screenwriter could put troubled times in perspective it was Chayefsky.

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Related Topix: The Hospital, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Atwater Signal

Movie Review: Bronson would be proud of 'Citizen'

When Peter Finch got fed up with the system in "Network," he took his anger to the TV airwaves and yelled, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!" When Gerard Butler gets fed up with the system in "Law Abiding Citizen," he growls, "I'm gonna pull the whole corrupt, diseased temple down on your head," and then exacts the sort of ...

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Related Topix: Law Abiding Citizen, Charles Bronson, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

An Education

In 1961, Jenny, CAREY MULLIGAN, a sheltered 16-year-old, meets David, PETER SARSGAARD, a rather seedy older man, and falls in love with him.

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Related Topix: An Education, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

Miami.com

Review | Law Abiding Citizen (R) **

When Peter Finch got fed up with the system in Network, he took his anger to the TV airwaves and yelled, ``I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!'' When Gerard Butler gets fed up with the system in Law Abiding Citizen, he growls, ``I'm gonna bring the whole diseased, corrupt temple down on your head,'' then exacts the sort of ...

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Related Topix: Law Abiding Citizen, Opinion, Entertainment

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Inner Toob

as Seen on TV: Yitzhak Rabin

AS SEEN IN: "The Raid On Entebbe" AS PLAYED BY: Peter Finch Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician and general.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Shimon Peres

Wed Oct 07, 2009

New York Times

Surrounded by Outrages and Taking Inventory

Has there ever been a day when the comedian Lewis Black didn't get up on the wrong side of bed? Acting like a grumpy grizzly prematurely roused from slumber, he vents his frustration at the absurdities of the world in roars of profanity, waving his arms as though conjuring divine intervention.

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Related Topix: Movies, Arts, Entertainment

Sun Oct 04, 2009

2theadvocate.com

Political Horizons for Oct. 4, 2009

State employees complained loudly about plans to cut their jobs in Alexandria last week.

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Related Topix: Alexandria Metro, Alexandria, LA, Mandeville, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, Opinion

Fri Sep 25, 2009

The Inter-Mountain

Outraged tea partiers

"I am mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore," stated the disgruntled anchorman in the 1976 film "Network." The character so admirably played by Peter Finch coined a slogan which has resonated in American politics to the present day.

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Related Topix: Perot Sys, Computers, IT Services, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, W., George Bush

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Times Online

Japan votes to swim with the current of history

The country has been ripe for change for years. Now after 54 years the party of the Cold War era has been slung out Jonathan Allum T he Economist spoke for most of the serious foreign press in welcoming the beginning of the election campaign.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan, Asia, Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Opinion

Tue Sep 01, 2009

Spokesman Review

Rehab' raucous in Vegas September 1, 2009

"We're in the boredom-killing business." - Howard Beale, "Network" There's some truth to what Peter Finch's character spoke in that over-the-top 1976 television satire.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Action Movies, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Angelina Jolie, Hot Chicks, Brad Pitt

Sun Aug 30, 2009

Pasadena Star-News

Robert Rector: Put a muzzle on the cable TV talking heads

In 1976, a film called "Network" won four Academy Awards for its satirical portrayal of a television network.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Tue Aug 18, 2009

Creative Loafing Tampa

Fresh: New Thinking About What We're Eating screening - What's wrong...

Fresh: New Thinking About What We're Eating screening - What's wrong with the mega-industrial food industry August 18, 2009 at 12:13 pm by Gail Eggerman "I'm mad as hell, and I won't take it anymore." - Howard Beale Mad doesn't get me anywhere by myself, so I need your help, too.

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Related Topix: St. Petersburg, FL, Tampa Metro, Life, Food, Vegetables, Agriculture, Science, Food Science

Fri Aug 14, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Focus on the Real Culprits

'I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!' - Peter Finch in Paddy Chayefsky's 1976 movie, Network .Things got back close to a near-normal business trend in July; car sales in many parts of the Metroplex returned to pre-crisis levels, while the media touted the runaway success of the government's 'cash for clunkers' program.

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Related Topix: Auto Dealers, Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Syracuse New Times

Wilde Queendom

Venezuelan-born Moiss Kaufman has given us two big works for the stage. Both employ other peoples' words to depict the victimization of gay, real-life figures.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Oscar Wilde, Robert Morley, Theater, Arts

Tonawanda News

HOPKINS: Why we should be a mad as hella

We've seen a lot of shouting at town hall-style meetings hosted by senators and members of congress across the country recently.

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Related Topix: Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), Washington, DC, US News, John Conyers, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Politics, Arlen Specter, US Senate, Republican, Opinion

Wed Aug 12, 2009

Union-Sun & Journal

EDITORIAL: Remember the summer of 2009

What if there really was a TV anchor named Howard Beale? Like the one Peter Finch played in the 1976 satirical film, "Network." He would take one look at the New York Legislature, more recently the Senate, and launch into the crazed diatribe that remains a memorable line from the movie: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." In ...

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Opinion

Sat Aug 08, 2009

Union-Sun & Journal

EDITORIAL: Remember the summer of 2009

What if there really was a TV anchor named Howard Beale? Like the one Peter Finch played in the 1976 satirical film, "Network." He would take one look at the New York Legislature, more recently the Senate, and launch into the crazed diatribe that remains a memorable line from the movie: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." In ...

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Opinion

Thu Aug 06, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

Mail male point of view

In the 1976 movie, Network , actor Peter Finch , screams an impassioned "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Ironically that's the same theme of many e-mails recently filling the Larkin letterbox.

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Mon Aug 03, 2009

Press & Sun-Bulletin

Post a Comment

What if there really was a TV anchor named Howard Beale? Like the one Peter Finch played in the 1976 satirical film, "Network." He would take one look at the New York Legislature, more recently the Senate, and launch into the crazed diatribe that remains a memorable line from the movie: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." In ...

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Related Topix: Albany Metro

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