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Network (1976 film) Network. (1976 film) Network is a 1976 American satirical black comedy - drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky. It is about a fictional television network and its struggle with poor ratings. The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch (in his final film role), Robert Duvall, Wesley ...
Nov 27, 1976 · Network: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall. A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Oct 29, 2000 · In "Network," which is rarely thought of as a "director's picture," it is his unobtrusive skill that allows all those different notes and energy levels to exist within the same film. In other hands, the film might have whirled to pieces. In his, it became a touchstone. Advertisement. Romance.
Nov 30, 2016 · Diana is a liberated 1970s career woman as well as a classic screwball heroine. Indeed, if several of the characters and concepts in Network have made the journey from ‘outrageous’ to ...
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In this lauded satire, veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he's being put out to pasture, and he's none too happy about it. After ...
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Edward George Ruddy (William Prince) is the CEO of UBS and Schumacher's boss. Beale promises Schumacher to apologize for his outburst, but once on the air, he launches into a rant about life being "bullshit". The network wants to cut Beale off the air, but Schumacher intervenes, and allows Beale to continue, as in some ways Beale is speaking ...
