Chayefsky

Fishko Files | Aug 17, 2016

This month marks 35 years since the death of screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky. As WNYC’s Sara Fishko tells us, the multiple-Oscar-winning Chayefsky fought to the death for every fierce and furious word he wrote. Here is the next Fishko Files. (Produced in 2006)

From Paddy Chayefsky's film "Network"

 

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