“Mad As Hell” Nods To “Grey Gardens”
My favorite tidbit in “Mad as Hell,” Dave Itzkoff‘s new book about the making of the classic 1976 picture “Network,” is that the character of Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch, who won an Oscar for the role posthumously) was named in homage to that darling duo of “Grey Gardens”: Edie Beale (senior and junior).