Network (1976)
Network (1976)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Faye Dunaway
Diana Christensen
William Holden
Max Schumacher
Peter Finch
Howard Beale
Robert Duvall
Frank Hackett
Beatrice Straight
Louise Schumacher
Wesley Addy
Nelson Chaney
Ned Beatty
Arthur Jensen
Arthur Burghardt
Great Ahmed Kahn
Bill Burrows
TV Director
John Carpenter
George Bosch
Jordan Charney
Harry Hunter
Kathy Cronkite
Mary Ann Gifford
Sidney Lumet
Director
Paddy Chayefsky
Writer
Ed Crowley
Joe Donnelly
Jerome Dempsey
Walter C. Amundsen
Howard Gottfried
Producer
Conchata Ferrell
Barbara Schlesinger
Elliot Lawrence
Composer
Gene Gross
Milton K. Steinman
Owen Roizman
Cinematographer
Stanley Grover
Jack Snowden
Alan Heim
Editor
Juliet Taylor
CastingDirector
Cindy Grover
Caroline Schumacher
Darryl Hickman
Bill Herron
Philip Rosenberg
ProductionDesigner
Mitchell Jason
Arthur Zangwill
Paul Jenkins
TV Stage Manager
Ken Kercheval
Merrill Grant
Kenneth Kimmins
Associate Producer
Lynn Klugman
TV Production Assistant
Carolyn Krigbaum
Max's Secretary
Zane Lasky
Audio Man
Michael Lipton
Tommy Pellegrino
Michael Lombard
Willie Stein
Pirie MacDonald
Herb Thackeray
Russ Petranto
TV Associate Director
Bernard Pollock
Lou
Roy Poole
Sam Haywood
William Prince
Edward George Ruddy
Sasha von Scherler
Helen Miggs
Lane Smith
Robert McDonough
Ted Sorel
Giannini
Fred Stuthman
Mosaic Figure
Cameron Thomas
TV Technical Director
Marlene Warfield
Laureen Hobbs
Lydia Wilen
Hunter's Secretary
Lee Richardson
Narrator (voice)
Lance Henriksen
Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Fred C. Caruso
Producer
Edward Stewart
Set Decoration
Susan Germaine
Hairstylist
George Newman
Costumer
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 14, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Content RatingR
Budget$3,800,000
Box Office$23,700,000
Genres
Wiki.
Network is a 1976 American satirical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, released by United Artists, written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. It is about a fictional television network, the Union Broadcasting System (UBS; sometimes referred to as "UBS-TV"; situated in the film as the "fourth television network" after NBC, CBS, & ABC), 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.
Network received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise for the screenplay and performances. The film was a commercial success, with nine Oscar nominations at the 49th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, resulting in four wins: Best Actor for Finch, the first actor honored posthumously with an Oscar, Best Actress for Dunaway, Best Supporting Actress for Straight, who gave the shortest performance to ever win an Oscar, and a second screenplay award for Chayefsky.
In 2000, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2002, it was inducted into the Producers Guild of America Hall of Fame as a film that has "set an enduring standard for American entertainment". Widely considered one of the greatest screenplays of all time, in 2005 the Writers Guilds of America voted Chayefsky's script one of the 10 greatest screenplays in the history of cinema. In 2007, the film was 64th among the 100 greatest American films as chosen by the American Film Institute, a ranking slightly higher than the one AFI had given it ten years earlier.