Lunch Break - Just Network

I am in a mood. Network was released in 1976. That fact is astounding.The speech in the first clip below should be forced viewing for anyone under thirty. A sort of RE reeducation camp. Howard Beale could be talking about the 2008 election.

Is there anything that Paddy Chayefsky wrote in 1975 in the first 2 minutes of Beale's speech in this clip that is not specifically about 2009? Not generally. Specifically.

Finally, just because Beatrice Straight is perfect in the 4 minute clip below. She won an Oscar for it - an Oscar she more than earns in 4 minutes.