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Network

Name: Network
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-11-27
Duration: 122 min

Television will never be the same.

19762h 2mcritics 7.8/10

Drama

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.

starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall

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Metacritic11 read

“the character of Beale is continuously developed, and it's character arc is painful to witness from the very beginning to the end”
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“A blistering and prophetically brilliant satire that dissects media sensationalism with unmatched razor-sharp dialogue.2010 (5.0)Directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky, "Network" (1976) is a biting, Oscar-winning satirical drama that scathingly critiques the dark side of television broadcasting and corporate greed. The story begins when veteran news anchor Howard Beale learns he is being fired due to declining ratings. In a moment of live, unscripted desperation, Beale announces”
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“A great movie, but one I didn't particularly like. I would even argue that -- in parts -- it is not particularly well-made. The story of a crazed, aging newsman who is used and abused and discarded by ruthless TV networks is perhaps not as shocking today as it might have been in 1976. But evaluating it based on its terms at the time it was made, it was very prescient in its anticipation that outrage (at what? everything!) sells and that crime & violence, especially "reality" based, can be the b”
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“More than 40 years later, anchorman Howard Beale’s (Peter Finch) tirade about being mad as hell and not taking it anymore feels more relevant than ever. Written by Paddy Chayefsky as if he was looking through a crystal ball, "Network" imagines what would happen if a television channel exploited its newsman’s mental breakdown for ratings. Duvall is the ratings-hungry executive, Faye Dunaway the craven programming executive, and William Holden the world-weary news producer. Director Sidney Lumet h”
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TMDB1 read

“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 where it was ultimately headed in years to come. Written by TV pioneer Paddy Chayefsky, this winner of four Oscars on 10 total nominations provides a comical but cynically disturbing look inside the workings of a fictitious American television network. In telling this story, the film eerily forecast ”
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