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  1. 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 Addy, Ned Beatty, and Beatrice Straight.

  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0074958Network (1976) - IMDb

    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.

    • (172K)
    • Drama
    • Sidney Lumet
    • 1976-11-27
  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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 threatening to shoot himself on live ...

    • (78)
    • Sidney Lumet
    • R
    • Faye Dunaway
  6. Screenplay by. Paddy Chayefsky. There's a moment near the beginning of "Network" that has us thinking this will be the definitive indictment of national television we've been promised. A veteran anchorman has been fired because he's over the hill and drinking too much and, even worse, because his ratings have gone down.

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