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Network (1976)

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Director:

Sidney Lumet

Starring:

Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall

Genres:

Drama, US Classics, Media

Origin:

USA

Certificate:

M

Running Time:

117 min

Network

synopsis


Even more compelling today than when it was first released, Sidney Lumet's Network is a wickedly funny, spot–on indictment of the TV news media. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky), this searing satire stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall. When longtime news anchor Howard Beale (Finch) is fired, he suffers a violent, on–air breakdown. Ironically, his angry rantings boost his sagging ratings – much to the surprise and delight of the UBS brass. Subsequently rehired and reinvented as the "mad prophet of the airwaves", he soon becomes a pawn of ruthless programming executives who milk his madness for every share point it's worth. Of course, when the "prophet" ceases to be profitable, something has to be done about Beale, preferably on camera, before a live studio audience...

 
 

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