Network (1976)

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Plot

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

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Trailer Network - Trailer Trailer Original Theatrical Trailer Featurette Beatrice Straight Wins Best Supporting Actress for 'Network' | 49th Oscars (1977) Featurette Faye Dunaway Wins Best Actress: 1977 Oscars Featurette Peter Finch Wins Best Actor: 1977 Oscars Featurette Network Wins Original Screenplay: 1977 Oscars Featurette Anderson Cooper talks "Network" Featurette Sidney Lumet on How He Created the Style in NETWORK Featurette Re-release | New Poster Clip Beale is Dragged Off Air Clip Peter Finch Is Mad as Hell Clip I'm Mad as Hell | Full Scene Featurette “I Love Duvall”: Sidney Lumet Watches NETWORK

Cast

Faye DunawayDiana Christensen

William HoldenMax Schumacher

Peter FinchHoward Beale

Robert DuvallFrank Hackett

Ned BeattyArthur Jensen

Beatrice StraightLouise Schumacher

Wesley AddyNelson Chaney

Arthur BurghardtGreat Ahmed Kahn

Bill BurrowsTV Director

John CarpenterGeorge Bosch

Jordan CharneyHarry Hunter

Kathy CronkiteMary Ann Gifford

Ed CrowleyJoe Donnelly

Jerome DempseyWalter C. Amundsen

Michael ShannonBarbara Schlesinger

Gene GrossMilton K. Steinman

Darryl HickmanBill Herron

Michael LiptonTommy Pellegrino

Michael LombardWillie Stein

Pirie MacDonaldHerb Thackeray

Writers and directors

Stellan SkarsgårdDirectorf. 1924

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Paddy ChayefskyWriterf. 1923

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tmdb39513728 ★ 10.0/10

**The Primal Forces of Network** According to the Writers Guild of America the greatest screenplay of all time belongs to _Casablanca_. A sentimental favourite, no doubt, worthy for a handful of ca…9. Jan 2015

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The Movie Diorama ★ 9.0/10

Network broadcasts its televisional corruption through satirical poetry that beckons democratic madness. “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore”, screams Howard Beale from the confi…16. Jan 2020

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Andre Wilfred Sanders ★ 8.0/10

The UPS network is a television network that suffers from a lack of viewership. This led to the layoff of a group of their employees, including the great media night news presenter, Howard Beale, and …15. Jun 2023

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Peter Finch is superb here as the increasingly puritanical television news anchor ("Beale") who, having been told he was about to be fired decided on air to tell the audience he was going to shoot him…22. Dec 2023

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Brent Marchant ★ 10.0/10

Few Hollywood productions have been as utterly prescient as director Sidney Lumet’s cinematic masterpiece “Network” (1976), a chillingly serious satire about the television business in the 1970s and w…14. Jul 2024

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