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Sub-Genre
Drama
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Ent.
Certificate
15
Leading Role
Peter Finch
Region Code
Region 2
Edition
Widescreen, 1 disc(s)
EAN
5050070010008
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2003
Actor
Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Robert Duvall, Beatrice Straight, Peter Finch, Wesley Addy, William Holden
Director
Sidney Lumet
Run Time
117 Mins
Genre
Drama, General
Film/TV Title
Network

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Product Information

A behind-the-scenes look at a TV station that will do anything to increase its ratings.

Product Identifiers

EAN
5050070010008
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3955347

Product Key Features

Film/TV Title
Network
Actor
Faye Dunaway, Ned Beatty, Robert Duvall, Beatrice Straight, Peter Finch, Wesley Addy, William Holden
Director
Sidney Lumet
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2003
Run Time
117 Mins
Genre
Drama, General

Additional Product Features

Certificate
15
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Additional Information
With stunning prescience, Sidney Lumet's searing satire of television and the contemporary moment chronicles the media's imminent corruption and the public's wholesale purchase into the myths that it creates. With a verbose and visceral script from Paddy Chayefsky, NETWORK follows the doomed path of aging newsman Howard Beale (Peter Finch), who upon learning that he is to be fired after decades as a news anchor announces to millions of viewers that he will publicly commit suicide during his last broadcast. When the ratings consequently shoot up, razor-sharp executive in training Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) seizes the moment to exploit Beale's messianic nervous breakdown, turning his delusional exclamatory rage into the vehicle for the network's first number one show and a nationwide craze. Middle-aged and fading news department head Max Schumacher (William Holden) is the only thing that stands in Diana's way--and even then not for long after she casually seduces him and easily has him fired with the help of the savage new head of the network, Frank Hackett (Robert Duvall). The moral and spiritual turpitude delivered by the debilitating forces of television are rendered in sharp relief against a backdrop of crumbling humanity in what is regarded as one of the great satires in Hollywood history.
Movie/TV Title
Network
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Awards
Best Actor In A Leading Role 1977 - Peter Finch, Best Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen 1977 - Paddy Chayefsky, Best Actress In A Supporting Role 1977 - Beatrice Straight, Best Actress In A Leading Role 1977 - Faye Dunaway
Screenwriter
Paddy Chayefsky

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  • 7***3 (445)- Feedback left by buyer.
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    Highly recommended seller. Use regularly. Fast dispatch and secure packaging. Great prices. DVD in excellent condition
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    The nervous breakdown of respected TV anchourman, Finch, is a ratings winner, which is ruthlessly exploited by gorgeous, ambitious TV executive, Dunnaway, who also has an affair with aging newsman, Holden. One of the great `America in Crisis' films from the 1970s, in the wake of Vietnam, Nixon, & OPEC oil sanctions. The soul of the film is Holden's dream that the US tradition of great news broadcasting should not be lost, as all institutions in the US undergo radical change. Good, but shrill.
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  • Most favourable review

    A key `America in Crisis' film from the mid 1970s, starring Dunnaway is a prototypical, ruthless and beautiful career woman

    A key `America in Crisis' movie from the mid 1970s, features two superb performances by Dunnaway & Finch, and two fine efforts by Holden & Duvall. As the USA reels in shock from assassinations, Vietnam defeat, presidential corruption, & the Oil Crisis, all institutions come under severe scrutiny and economic pressure. This includes the tv news network, for which Holden, Dunnaway, & Duvall are senior executives. Finch is an aging anchor, while Holden is an aging news executive. Both are from the postwar school of getting the unvarnished, hard truth to the nation. Suddenly, however, Finch has a nervous breakdown live on air. This proves popular with viewers, jaded by endless bad news. So, against Holden's wishes, the ruthless and beautiful young executive, Dunnaway, exploits Finch to boost ...

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: musicmagpie

  • Network (1976) DVD Release (2003) starring Dunaway, Duvall, Finch & Holden, Dir. Sidney Lumet

    Satirical drama about the cut-throat news industry, dependent on and constantly chasing public viewing ratings. In essence, the story revolves around the character Howard Beale (Finch), a UBS newsreader who suffers some kind of break down that leads him to a state of mind akin to a seer or prophet. The news broadcaster decides to leave him on air, peddling his particular brand of truth, as ratings soar but as his condition transforms into a more dark, negative state and public viewing ratings decline, the network must take executive action as a damage limitation exercise - resulting in an extreme, dramatic ending.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: musicmagpie

  • Did not disappoint

    Really good film with some great performances. Peter Finch is outstanding and was posthumously awarded an Oscar for his role. Would recommend.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: theentertainmentstore

  • One of those things that is a category of it's own: everyone should have copy.

    Interesting film without relying on sex, explosions or car-chases. it is about the media circus that is commonplace now but this film was made over 40 years ago and so was visionary. Ultra powerful Corporations with a hidden agenda, mercenary executives who will do anything for viewing ratings and the public sadly too willing to be glued to to their TV screens: it's all there. Great performance by the beautiful and talented Faye Dunnaway. They don't make 'em like this anymore.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

  • Lovely stuff.

    A gripping tale of how the media controls fear, definitely a great piece of viewing.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08