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

by Dave Itzkoff

  Bellow, Saul

  Bergen, Candice

  Berle, Milton

  Berman, Ingmar

  Bernstein, William

  Birnbaum, Agnes

  Blacks, The (Genet)

  Blossom, Roberts

  Bogdanovich, Peter

  Bolen, Lin

  Bonanza

  Bonnie and Clyde

  Borgnine, Ernest

  Born on the Fourth of July

  Born Yesterday

  Bradbury, Ray

  Brando, Marlon

  Brecht, Bertolt

  Bridge on the River Kwai, The

  Brinkley, David

  Broadcast News

  Broken Trail

  Brooks, James L.

  Brooks, Mel

  Brown, Blair

  Bruce, Lenny

  Brynner, Yul

  Buckley, William F., Jr.

  Buffalo Bill and the Indians

  Burghardt, Arthur

  Burnett, Carol

  Burstyn, Ellen

  cable television

  Canby, Vincent

  Capra, Frank

  Carlin, George

  Carnegie Deli

  Carpenter, John

  Carrie

  Carson, Johnny

  Carter, Jimmy

  Castaneda, Carlos

  “Catch My Boy on Sunday” (Chayefsky teleplay)

  “Catered Affair, The” (Chayefsky teleplay)

  CBS

  Network TV debut on

  CBS News

  Evening News

  firings

  CFTO-TV (Toronto)

  Champ, The

  Chancellor, John

  Chapin, Kay

  Chayefsky, Dan (son)

  Chayefsky, Gussie (mother)

  Chayefsky, Harry (father)

  Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron “Paddy”

  Academy Awards and

  Academy Awards for Network and

  Academy Award won by Redgrave and

  on alienation

  Altered States and

  Americanization of Emily and

  anger and

  appearance of

  control demanded by

  criticisms of Network and

  Cronkite and

  death of

  death of Finch and

  depression and

  drive to make Network and

  Dunaway and

  early life and career of

  early TV satire idea of, and Imposters

  film critics awards and

  on film industry

  film industry of today and

  financial problems of

  Finch’s portrait of

  Finch’s son and

  Fosse and

  Gideon and

  Goddess and

  Golden Globe Awards and

  Gottfried partnership and

  Great American Hoax and

  Habakkuk Conspiracy and

  heart attack of

  Holden on

  Hospital and

  interviews of

  Jewish identity and

  Latent Heterosexual and

  Lieberman lawsuit vs.

  on love

  Lumet and

  “Mad as hell” speech and

  marriage and family life of

  Marty and

  NBC TV pitches and

  Network as magnum opus of

  Network as revenge by

  Network cast and director and

  Network contract and

  Network credits and

  Network dialogue written by

  Network novelization and

  Network outline and treatment by

  Network promotion and

  Network rehearsals and

  Network research and

  Network script embargoed by

  Network shooting and

  Nixon letter and

  office of

  “Paddy” nickname and

  Paint Your Wagon and

  Passion of Josef D. and

  personality of

  Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and

  press and

  price of self-expression and

  projects declined by, post-Network

  prophetic nature of Network and

  Put Them All Together and

  Reds treatment and

  Simcha Productions and

  Susan’s notes to, on Network script

  Tenth Man and

  Tony nominations and

  travels to Israel

  travels to Soviet Union

  TV criticized by

  TV industry response to Network and

  TV news industry researched by

  World War II and

  on writing

  writing style and work habits of

  Your Place or Mine and

  Chayefsky, Susan Sackler (wife)

  Children’s Hour, The (Hellman)

  Chinatown

  Christensen, Diana (character)

  casting of

  women in TV and

  Christian Science Monitor

  Chubbuck, Christine

  Cinque, Field Marshal (Donald DeFreeze)

  Cleopatra

  CNN

  Headline News

  Cobb, Lee J.

  Coco, James

  Coe, Fred

  Cohn, Sam

  Colbert, Claudette

  Colbert, Stephen

  Columbia Pictures

  Comedy Central

  Communications Corporation of America (CCA, fictional company)

  Conway, Curt

  Cooper, Anderson

  Coppola, Francis Ford

  Coughlin, Russ

  Countdown

  Counterfeit Traitor

  Couric, Katie

  Crawford, Christina

  Crawford, Joan

  Crist, Judith

  Cronkite, Kathy

  Cronkite, Walter

  Crosby, Bing

  Crucible, The (Miller)

  Cukor, George

  Daily Show, The

  Dallas Times Herald

  Danger (CBS anthology)

  Dann, Mike

  Davies, Arthur B.

  Davies, Lucy Virginia Meriwether

  Davies, Russell

  Davis, Angela

  Dead Sea Scrolls

  Death of a Salesman (Miller)

  Broadway revival

  CBS special

  De Laurentiis, Dino

  Depression

  Dewhurst, Colleen

  Diamonds Are Forever

  Dickinson, Angie

  Dirty Dozen, The

  Disney, Walt

  Dog Day Afternoon

  Dougherty, Marion

  Dunaway, Faye

  Academy Awards and

  cast as Diana Christensen

  early life and career of

  Golden Globe Awards and

  ITV threat by

  life and career of, post-Network

  Network promotion and

  Network shooting and

  rehearsals and

  reviews and

  salary of

  TV debut of Network and

  wig controversy and

  Duvall, Robert

  Eastwood, Clint

  Easy Rider

  Ecumenical Liberation Army (fictional radicals)

  Ed Sullivan Productions

  Elephant Walk

  Elliott, Stephen

  Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight

  Enforcer, The

  Equus

  ESPN

  SportsCenter

  Evans, Edith

  Executive Suite

  Exorcist, The

  Eyes of Laura Mars

  Eyewitness News

  Fairness Doctrine

  Falk, Peter

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

  Felker, Clay

  feminism

  Ferrell, Conchata

  Finch, Christ
opher

  Finch, Eletha Barrett

  Academy Awards and

  Finch, George Ingle-

  Finch, Peter

  Academy Awards and

  cast as Howard Beale

  death of

  early life and career of

  estate of

  Golden Globe Awards and

  Network promotion and

  Network shooting and

  Raid on Entebbe and

  rehearsals and

  reviews and

  TV debut of Network and

  Finch-Braley, Diana

  Finchy (Turner)

  Fisher, Alicia Gladys

  Fletcher, Louise

  Flynn, Errol

  Foch, Nina

  Fonda, Henry

  Fonda, Jane

  Foote, Horton

  Ford, Gerald

  Fosse, Bob

  Foster, Jodie

  Fox News

  Frankfurt, Stephen

  Franklin, Aretha

  French Connection, The

  Friedkin, William

  Friedman, Paul

  Friendly, Fred W.

  Front, The

  Gabor, Eva

  Gallagher, Barbara

  Gardella, Kay

  Gardner, Herb

  Geffen, David

  Germaine, Susan

  Gersh, Phil

  Gideon (Chayefsky stage play)

  Gifford, Mary Ann (character)

  Goddess, The (Chayefsky screenplay)

  Godfather, The

  Golden Boy (Odets film)

  Golden Globe Awards

  Goldwyn, Samuel

  Gone with the Wind

  Goodson, Mark

  Gordon, Ruth

  Gottfried, Howard

  Academy Awards and

  Altered States and

  Beale named after

  Chayefsky partnership with

  death of Finch and

  Hospital and

  Network budget and

  Network development and

  Network director and cast and

  Network promotion and

  Network sale to UA and MGM and

  Network shooting and

  responses to Network and

  travels with Chayefsky

  Gottfried, Mary Lynn

  Great American Hoax, The (Chayefsky treatment)

  Great White Hope, The

  Group, The

  Grover, Stanley

  Guardian newspaper

  Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

  Habakkuk Conspiracy, The (Chayefsky screenplay)

  Hackett, Frank (character)

  Hackman, Gene

  Hamilton, Joe

  Harman, Lee

  Harris, Richard

  Hatch, Robert

  Hayden, Sterling

  Hearst, Patty

  Heaven Can Wait

  Hecht, Harold

  Hefner, Hugh

  Heim, Alan

  Hellman, Lillian

  Henry, Buck

  Hepburn, Audrey

  Hewitt, Don

  Hickman, Darryl

  Hill, George Roy

  Hiller, Arthur

  Hiss, Alger

  Hobbs, Laureen (character)

  Hoffman, Abbie

  Hoffman, Dustin

  Holden, William

  Academy Awards and

  cast as Max Schumacher

  death of

  death of Finch and

  early life and career of

  life and career of, post-Network

  Network promotion and

  Network shooting and

  rehearsals and

  reviews and

  salary of

  Holliman, Paul

  Hollywood Code Office

  Holocaust

  Hope, Bob

  Hopkins, Alan

  Horne, Lena

  Hospital, The (Chayefsky screenplay)

  Academy Awards and

  Network idea and

  profits of

  reviews of

  TV rights and

  two-film deal and

  written as teleplay

  Howard, Trevor

  Huie, William Bradford

  Huston, John

  Huxley, Aldous

  ICM agency

  Ifill, Gwen

  I Love Lucy

  Imaginary Invalid, The (Molière)

  Imposters, The (Chayefsky TV series proposal)

  Internal Revenue Service

  In the Heat of the Night

  Israel

  ITV (British network)

  Jackson, Michael

  Jensen, Arthur (character)

  Jewish culture

  Jewish Defense League (JDL)

  J. Geils Band

  Johnson, Lyndon B.

  Jordan, Barbara

  Julia

  Just Tell Me What You Want

  Kael, Pauline

  Kahn, Great Ahmed (character)

  Kahn, Richard

  Kanin, Garson

  Kazan, Elia

  Kazin, Alfred

  Kelly, Grace

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kerr, Walter

  Kershner, Irvin

  Kesey, Ken

  KGO-TV (San Francisco) Channel 7 News Scene

  Kidnapped

  Kimmins, Kenneth

  King Kong

  Kiritsis, Anthony

  KPIX-TV

  Kramer vs. Kramer

  Krim, Arthur B.

  Krost, Barry

  Kubrick, Stanley

  Kunstler, William

  Lancaster, Burt

  Landau, Susan

  Lansing, Sherry

  Last Picture Show, The

  Last Tango in Paris

  Latent Heterosexual, The (Chayefsky stage play)

  Laurents, Arthur

  Laurie, Piper

  Lean, David

  Lear, Norman

  Leary, Timothy

  Leigh, Norman

  Leigh, Vivien

  Lerner, Alan Jay

  Lieberman, Jeffrey

  Life magazine

  Lilly, John C.

  Lisztomania

  Little Big Man

  Littlefeather, Sacheen

  Livingston, Jimmy

  Loews Corporation

  Logan, Joshua

  Lonesome Dove

  Long Day’s Journey into Night

  Looking for Gatsby (Dunaway)

  Los Angeles Film Critics Association

  Los Angeles magazine

  Los Angeles Times

  Magazine

  Lost Horizon

  Love Story

  Loy, Myrna

  Lumet, Gail Jones

  Lumet, Sidney

  Academy Awards and

  Altered States and

  Bradbury and

  career of

  Chayefsky and

  on Chayefsky and Fosse

  Cronkite and

  death of Chayefsky and

  death of Finch and

  early life and career of

  Golden Globe Awards and

  hired to direct Network

  LA Film Critics award and

  on Network

  Network casting and

  Network credits and

  Network crew and

  Network editing and

  Network promotion and

  Network shooting and

  rehearsals and

  reviews and

  MacDonald, Richard

  MacLaine, Shirley

  Maddow, Rachel

  Mad magazine

  Mailer, Norman

  Malamud, Bernard

  Mallory, George

  Mamoulian, Rouben

  Man for All Seasons, A (Bolt)

  Mann, Delbert

  Mao Tse Tung Hour, The (fictional TV show)

  Marathon Man

  Marchand, Nancy

  Marshall, Brenda

  Marty (Chayefsky screenplay)

  artis
tic control of

  awards and

  reviews and

  written as teleplay

  Marvin, Lee

  Marx, Groucho

  Maslansky, Michael

  Mastroianni, Marcello

  Matthau, Walter

  McCall’s magazine

  McCarthy, Joseph

  McCarthy, Mary

  McGee, Frank

  McLuhan, Marshall

  McQueen, Steve

  Meara, Anne

  Medavoy, Mike

  Medea (Euripides)

  Melnick, Daniel

  Mengers, Sue

  Mercado, Walter

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

  Middle of the Night (Chayefsky screenplay)

  written as teleplay

  Midnight Cowboy

  Miller, Arthur

  Miracle Worker, The

  Misalliance (Shaw)

  Mitchell, Sean

  Mitchum, Robert

  Mommie Dearest

  Montgomery, Robert

  Mostel, Zero

  MSNBC

  Munich Olympics (1972)

  Murder on the Orient Express

  Murrow, Edward R.

  Nasatir, Marcia

  National Association of Broadcasters

  Nation magazine

  NBC

  NBC News

  Nightly News

  Network. See also Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron “Paddy”; Lumet, Sidney; and specific cast, characters, crew, and producers

  Academy Awards and

  anger and paranoia in

  Bradbury on

  budget of

  cameramen

  casting of

  Chayefsky on

  Chayefsky’s control on

  Colbert on

  crew hired

  critics on

  death of Finch and

  Dunaway wig and

  editing of

  enduring resonance of

  FCC and

  film industry and

  financial success of

  Golden Globe Awards and

  ITV and Dunaway nude scenes and

  Lumet hired to direct

  “Mad as hell” catchphrase and

  Mad parody of

  monologues in

  novelization of

  NY and LA film critics awards and

  opening credits of

  premiere and first run of

  production designer for

  promotion for

  prophetic nature of

  rehearsals for

  screenplay researched and written

  screenplay sold to UA and MGM

  script embargo and

  shooting and locations for

  shooting of, and Beatty-Finch scene

  shooting of, and Dunaway-Holden love scenes

  shooting of, and Holden-Straight “winter romance” scene

  shooting of, and UBS scenes

  Susan’s notes on

  themes of

  title of

  TV debut of

  TV industry responses to

  visual look of

  working women stereotype and

  wrap party for

  Newman, Edwin

  Newman, Howard

  Newman, Paul

  Newsday

  Newsroom, The

  New York Daily News

  New Yorker magazine

  New York Film Critics Circle

  New York Giants

  New York Herald Tribune

  New York magazine

  New York Post

  New York Public Library

  New York Stock Exchange

  New York Sunday News

  New York Times

  Nichols, Mike

  Nicholson, Jack

  Nixon, Richard M.

  Noonan, Peggy

  Not for Women Only