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Network

7.8

Released November 14, 1976Runtime 2h 2min

Television will never be the same.

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $3,800,000
Revenue: $23,700,000
Profit/Loss: $19,900,000

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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

Conchata FerrellBarbara Schlesinger

Gene GrossMilton K. Steinman

Stanley GroverJack Snowden

Cindy GroverCaroline Schumacher

Darryl HickmanBill Herron

Mitchell JasonArthur Zangwill

Paul JenkinsTV Stage Manager

Ken KerchevalMerrill Grant

Kenneth KimminsAssociate Producer

Lynn KlugmanTV Production Assistant

Carolyn KrigbaumMax's Secretary

Zane LaskyAudio Man

Michael LiptonTommy Pellegrino

Michael LombardWillie Stein

Pirie MacDonaldHerb Thackeray

Russ PetrantoTV Associate Director

Bernard PollockLou

Roy PooleSam Haywood

William PrinceEdward George Ruddy

Sasha von ScherlerHelen Miggs

Lane SmithRobert McDonough

Ted SorelGiannini

Fred StuthmanMosaic Figure

Cameron ThomasTV Technical Director

Marlene WarfieldLaureen Hobbs

Lydia WilenHunter's Secretary

Lee RichardsonNarrator (voice)

Lance HenriksenNetwork Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)

Devi MorganBackground (uncredited)

Crew

Sidney LumetDirector

Alan HopkinsFirst Assistant Director

Ralph S. SingletonSecond Assistant Director

Paddy ChayefskyScreenplay

Fred C. CarusoProducer

Howard GottfriedProducer

Juliet TaylorCasting

Elliot LawrenceOriginal Music Composer

Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography

Alan HeimEditor

Philip RosenbergProduction Design

Edward StewartSet Decoration

Susan GermaineHairstylist

Theoni V. AldredgeCostume Design

Lee HarmanMakeup Artist

Philip LetoHairstylist

Norman LeighGaffer

James SabatSound Mixer

Jack FitzstephensSound Editor

Marc LaubSound Editor

Sanford RackowSound Editor

George NewmanCostumer

Marilyn PutnamCostumer

John AleseMakeup Artist

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Reviews

by tmdb39513728

**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 catchy one-liners capped off with a convincing dump-the-dame speech. While Bogie plays himself, Bergm...

by The Movie Diorama

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 confinement of his studio desk. Exerting his ornate insanity upon the entranced viewers who innocently s...

by Ahmetaslan27

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 this led to the events of a psychological impact on Beale, so he promised that he would commit suic...

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 himself on live telly. Next night - yep, he was allowed back - he declared that it was time the viewin...

by Brent Marchant

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 ...