| Country of Origin: |
 United States |
| Production year: |
1976 |
| Director: |
Sidney Lumet |
| Rating: |
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| UPC [Locale]: |
5-050070-010008  
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| Running time: |
1:57 (117 Min.) |
| Casetype: |
Keep Case |
| Format: |
Color, 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen |
| DVD-Format: |
Single-Sided, Single-Layered |
| Released: |
March 17, 2003 |
| Collection type: |
Owned (#772) |
| Status: |
Available |
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| Purchase date: |
September 08, 2010 |
| Purchase price: |
Hidden |
| Review (movie): |
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| Review (video): |
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 Overview |
Even more compelling and relevant today than when it was first released, Network is a wickedly funny, spot-on indictment of the TV news media. Winner of four Academy Awards* it pulses with vitality and a provocative excitement that is rarely found.
Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall star in this searing portrait of television exploitation. When longtime news anchor Howard Beale (Finch) is fired, he suffers a violent, on-air breakdown. But when his sagging ratings are boosted by his angry rantings, he's subsequently rehired and reinvented as the "mad prophet of the airways".
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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Network
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