Is it 1976 again?

1976

• The movie Rocky is #1 at the domestic box office - about struggling boxer Rocky Balboa who proves he can go the distance against all odds.

• Roman Polanski's movie The Tenant is released in the U.S. - about a life in jeopardy.

• Network is released.  The movie's quote "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" becomes #19 on AFI's "100 Years 100 Movie Quotes" list

2010

• The movie Avatar continues to dominate the domestic box office following its December 2009 release - about crippled marine Jake Sully who takes a stand against greedy corporate interests defending an alien race against all odds.

• Roman Polanski's movie The Ghost Writer is released in the U.S. - about a life in jeopardy.

• Americans are mad as hell:  One commits suicide flying his plane into an I.R.S. building in Austin, Texas while another outside of Cincinnati, Ohio bulldozes his house rather than allow the bank to seize it in foreclosure.