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Product Information
A behind-the-scenes look at a TV station that will do anything to increase its ratings.
Product Identifiers
EAN5050070010008
eBay Product ID (ePID)3955347
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleNetwork
ActorFaye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Robert Duvall, Beatrice Straight, Peter Finch, Wesley Addy, William Holden
DirectorSidney Lumet
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2003
Run Time117 Mins
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Additional InformationWith stunning prescience, Sidney Lumet's searing satire of television and the contemporary moment chronicles the media's imminent corruption and the public's wholesale purchase into the myths that it creates. With a verbose and visceral script from Paddy Chayefsky, NETWORK follows the doomed path of aging newsman Howard Beale (Peter Finch), who upon learning that he is to be fired after decades as a news anchor announces to millions of viewers that he will publicly commit suicide during his last broadcast. When the ratings consequently shoot up, razor-sharp executive in training Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) seizes the moment to exploit Beale's messianic nervous breakdown, turning his delusional exclamatory rage into the vehicle for the network's first number one show and a nationwide craze. Middle-aged and fading news department head Max Schumacher (William Holden) is the only thing that stands in Diana's way--and even then not for long after she casually seduces him and easily has him fired with the help of the savage new head of the network, Frank Hackett (Robert Duvall). The moral and spiritual turpitude delivered by the debilitating forces of television are rendered in sharp relief against a backdrop of crumbling humanity in what is regarded as one of the great satires in Hollywood history.
Movie/TV TitleNetwork
Sound sourceDolby Digital
AwardsBest Actor In A Leading Role 1977 - Peter Finch, Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1977 - Paddy Chayefsky, Best Actress In A Supporting Role 1977 - Beatrice Straight, Best Actress In A Leading Role 1977 - Faye Dunaway