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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:36 PM Original message |
Just saw the movie NETWORK tonight for the first time |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. One of my favorite movies. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. and yet.... n/t |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. sort of shows you how asleep people really are |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I like the MAX HEADROOM pilot for some of the same reasons |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. One of my favorites too. The CEO speech is unbeatable. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and you will atone! The speech: |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Daily Show had Santelli as a faux Howard Bealle |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. More like an anti-Howard Beale |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It's a shame there haven't been more Howard Beales. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. "I don't have to tell you things are bad." |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. And if people aren't mad as hell now, they aren't paying attention. nt |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. 30 years of slumber. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wonderful movie, one of my favorites! nt |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. Prescient |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Simply brilliant. One of my faves. After Chayefsky died the Emmy's had a tribute |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. At the risk of sounding like Yogi Berra |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
17. Now go watch "Face in the Crowd"... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. In my opinion Mr. Kazan was an under appreciated genius. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Oh man. I think it trumps Citizen Kane and is as good as Giant. A Face in the Crowd. Wow. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. and so interesting to see andy griffith playing a creep. he's perfect with |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:13 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. He's amazing. I think it is his and Patricia Neal's first film |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. i didn't, but i enjoyed the book. i'll see it if i have the chance. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. mmm. Glad you've read the book. I haven't. The movie showed everyone |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. i read it as a teenager 40-odd years ago, so honestly, i don't remember so much. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
20. is Network the one where the emcee wants a human sacrifice to get the ratings up? |
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notheyrejustwrong (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
26. Sidney Lumet (the director of Network) |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. A "how to" manual for Faux! |
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