Network

Network

1976 | 2h 11m | Comedy, Drama | TV-MA

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Brief Synopsis

A savage look at life in the trenches in the television network wars as a news anchor's on-camera breakdown spells ratings success. Nominated for ten Oscars, it won four, including Best Actress and Best Actor.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Sidney Lumet

CAST

Faye Dunaway

William Holden

Peter Finch

Robert Duvall

Ned Beatty

PRODUCERS

Howard Gottfried

WRITERS

Paddy Chayefsky

Host Intros

06:36
Journalism In The Movies -- Network (1977)
Intro Aired: Mar 2019
Introduction and comments following Network, 1976, with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and guest Anderson Cooper.
02:19
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Network (1976)
Intro Aired: Aug 2018
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Network, 1976.
02:11
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Network (1976)
Intro Aired: Apr 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Network, 1976.
01:49
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Network (1976)
Intro Aired: Feb 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Network, 1976.
02:25
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Network (1976)
Intro Aired: Jul 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Network, 1976.
02:02
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Network (1976)
Intro Aired: Feb 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Network, 1976.

Related Videos

Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) The Popular Rage
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TV entertainment executive Diana (Faye Dunaway in her Academy Award-winning role) first with her assistant (Conchata Ferrell) then with network big shot Hackett (Robert Duvall), raving about the anchorman gone-mad, in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, 1976.
Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Howard Beale
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Howard K. Smith, John Chancellor and Walter Cronkite appear in narrated opening to Sidney Lumet's Network, 1976, which also introduces Howard (Peter Finch) and Max (William Holden), from Paddy Chayefsky's script.
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Journalism in the Movies, Night 3
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How Network Got Made
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Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Going To Blow My Brains Out
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Ending the credits and leading into the precipitating event, Howard Beale (Peter Finch), just-dismissed anchor for the fictional UBS network news, draws no attention in the control room, profanity ensuing, Sidney Lumet directing from Paddy Chayefskys celebrated original screenplay, in Network, 1976.
Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Middle Of Act Two
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Beatrice Straight (as "Louise") in the scene that won her Academy Award as supporting actress, with husband Max (William Holden) who's just confessed his affair with a younger TV executive, in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, 1976.
Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Primal Forces
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Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is summoned for another landmark scene, in which Jensen (Ned Beatty) tells him the corporate way of the world, in Network, 1976, directed by Sidney Lumet from Paddy Chayefsky's script.
Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Mad As Hell!
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Supported by entertainment exec Diana (Faye Dunaway) in the news control room, fired anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) ousts his substitute and delivers his mad-prophet tirade, the most famous scene from Network, 1976, from Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay.
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Network - (Re-issue Trailer)
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Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into "the mad prophet of the airwaves" in Network (1976) starring Peter Finch.

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