NETWORK (WIDESCREEN/FULL SCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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...
• Cast: Todd Everett, Betty Ford, Gerald Ford, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Burrows, John Carpenter, Jordan Charney, Kathy Cronkite, Ed Crowley, Jerome Dempsey, Conchata Ferrell, Gene Gross, Stanley Grover, Cindy Grover, Darryl Hickman, Mitchell Jason, Paul Jenkins, Ken Kercheval, Kenneth Kimmins, Lynn Klugman, Carolyn Krigbaum, Zane Lasky, Michael Lipton, Michael Lombard, Pirie MacDonald, Russ Petranto, Bernard Pollock, Roy Poole, William Prince, Sasha von Scherler, Lane Smith, Ted Sorel, Beatrice Straight, Fred Stuthman, Cameron Thomas, Marlene Warfield, Lydia Wilen, Lee Richardson, John Chancellor, Walter Cronkite, Andrew Duncan, Lance Henriksen, Howard K. Smith, David Susskind, Michael Tucker, Ahmed Yamani, Sidney Lumet
• Director: Sidney Lumet
• Runtime: 2:01
• Company: MGM / UA
• Media Format: Movie