Network
Directed by Sidney Lumet8.190%93%7.8
In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network.
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- Sam3d agoyou know lenin predicted all this
- Rowan KrzysiakFebruary 12, 2025It could be my favourite film of all time and still absolutely relevant for our times. Every character, scene, word even is sculpted to perfection to lay out something that with other hands would just feel trite. It can not be recommended highly enough. Watch it tonight or I'll be 'mad as hell'.
- Todd DaleNovember 11, 2025The entire cast (Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty and BeatriceStraight) garnered widespread acclaim, earning them all Oscar nominations the first two for Best Actor, and the last three for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, with Finch, Dunaway and Straight winning. Vincent Canby of The New York Times called Network "outrageous ... brilliantly, cruelly funny, a topical American comedy that confirms Paddy Chayefsky's position as a major new American satirist" and a film whose "wickedly distorted views of the way television looks, sounds, and, indeed, is, are the satirist's cardiogram of the hidden heart, not just of television but also of the society that supports it and is, in turn, supported
- zeropanicaDecember 14, 2025Sydney Lumet at his best, IMHO!
- sean.o38August 19, 2025Timeless.
- GrimeFiVideoMay 5, 2025Brilliant.
- stolteclanFebruary 17, 2025This movie has been relevant since it's release and continues apace without much stopping it.
Network Trivia
Network was released on November 27, 1976.
Network was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Network has a runtime of 2 hr 2 min.
Network was produced by Fred C. Caruso, Howard Gottfried.
The key characters in Network are Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway), Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard Beale (Peter Finch).
Network is rated R.
Network is a Drama film.
Network has an audience rating of 9.3 out of 10.