Faye Dunaway
Diana Christensen
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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.
- Howard Beale
- Diana Christiansen
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I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work, or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going...Edward George Ruddy died today! Edward George Ruddy was the Chairman of the Board of the Union Broadcasting Systems and he died at eleven o'clock this morning of a heart condition, and woe is us, w...Last night I got up here and asked you people to stand up and fight for your heritage, and you did, and it was beautiful. Six million telegrams were received at the White House. The Arab takeover o...The American people are good people: Democrats, Independents, Republicans and others. Under no circumstances will I, and I hope no others, capitulate to those that want to undercut what's all good...I was married for four years, and pretended to be happy; and I had six years of analysis, and pretended to be sane. My husband ran off with his boyfriend, and I had an affair with my analyst, who t...
By mid-October, "The Howard Beale Show" had settled in at a 42% share, more than equaling all the other network news shows combined. In the Nielsen ratings, "The Howard Beale Show" was listed as th...It was a perfectly admissible argument that Howard Beale advanced in the days that followed. It was, however, also a very depressing one. Nobody particularly cared to hear his life was utterly valu...The initial response to the new Howard Beale show was not auspicatory. The press was, without exception, hostile and industry reaction, negative. The ratings for the Thursday and Friday shows were...[Final line in the film]This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.Howard Beale: I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air, right in the middle of the seven o'clock news. Max Schumacher: Well, you'll get a hell of a rating, I'll tell you that. A 50 share, at least. We could make a series of it. "Suicide of the Week." Aw, hell, why limit ourselves? "Execution of the Week." Howard Beale: "Terrorist of the Week."...
Television will never be the same!Prepare yourself for a perfectly outrageous motion picture!Network quotes at the Internet Movie DatabaseNetwork at Rotten TomatoesAug 20, 2019 · And when the 12th largest company in the world controls the most awesome goddamn propaganda force in the whole godless world, who knows what shit will be peddled for truth on this network?” — Howard Beale , Network
Find memorable lines from the Oscar-winning drama about a network anchorman's descent into madness and the ratings-obsessed producer who exploits him. See how the film's themes of media madness, political terrorism, and human decency resonate today.
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The iconic monologue from the 1976 satirical movie Network, written by Paddy Chayefsky and performed by Peter Finch as news anchor Howard Beale.
Nov 27, 1976 · 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.
