The Movie: This movie is from 1976, and it contains that famous quote -- "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!". That's all I knew about it before I watched it. I only knew that it was one of those movies that I should have seen a long time ago. Well, it's basically about corruption in corporate America (especially in the media), and revolves around the story of a long-time news anchor who goes crazy on the air, and the network takes advantage of it as he boosts their sagging ratings.

It was actually quite interesting to watch, and I found it to still be quite relevant 25 years later -- perhaps it is even more relevant today than it was in its own time. It was quite thought provoking. It was also somewhat frustrating to watch as in almost every shot you can almost see Faye Dunaway's boobs, but you never do quite get to see anything... not just in the obvious "nude but from behind" shots, but in most of the movie she's wearing loose fitting tops and leaning over a lot and stuff. Man the 70's could be so frustrating some times! But anyway -- to appreciate this movie, you don't even need all the quality of the DVD format, it's just not one of those kind of movies... but it's a movie that I think you should see, however it is that you see it.

The DVD: This is another one of those dual-sided discs with 4:3 pan-and-scan on one side, and a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen version on the other. The film transfer was clean (but 70's grainy), and the soundtrack was two channel... but it's not like this movie would have any need for crazy sound effects, so that really was plenty anyway. The content of the DVD is pretty much no-nonsense, you get the movie, and a trailer and that's pretty much it.