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Network

  • 19761976
  • 14+14+
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
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Network (1976)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
159K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,025
70
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writer
      • Paddy Chayefsky(by)
    • Stars
      • Faye Dunaway
      • William Holden
      • Peter Finch
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writer
      • Paddy Chayefsky(by)
    • Stars
      • Faye Dunaway
      • William Holden
      • Peter Finch
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 428User reviews
    • 184Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
    Top rated movie #219
    • Won 4 Oscars
      • 20 wins & 26 nominations total

    Videos4

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:59
    Official Trailer
    'Network' | Anniversary Mashup
    Clip 1:09
    'Network' | Anniversary Mashup
    How Gallows Humor Helped Charlize Theron Make 'Bombshell' Feel Real
    Clip 2:45
    How Gallows Humor Helped Charlize Theron Make 'Bombshell' Feel Real
    Does 'Joker' Exist in a Scorsese-Verse of Films?
    Clip 2:53
    Does 'Joker' Exist in a Scorsese-Verse of Films?

    Photos117

    Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty, and Peter Finch in Network (1976)
    Faye Dunaway in Network (1976)
    Peter Finch in Network (1976)
    Faye Dunaway and Peter Finch in Network (1976)
    Faye Dunaway in Network (1976)
    Faye Dunaway in Network (1976)
    Peter Finch in Network (1976)
    Faye Dunaway in Network (1976)
    William Holden in Network (1976)
    Faye Dunaway, Bill Burrows, and Jordan Charney in Network (1976)
    Faye Dunaway and Peter Finch in Network (1976)
    Peter Finch in Network (1976)

    Top cast

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    Faye Dunaway
    Faye Dunaway
    • Diana Christensen
    William Holden
    William Holden
    • Max Schumacher
    Peter Finch
    Peter Finch
    • Howard Beale
    Robert Duvall
    Robert Duvall
    • Frank Hackett
    Wesley Addy
    Wesley Addy
    • Nelson Chaney
    Ned Beatty
    Ned Beatty
    • Arthur Jensen
    Arthur Burghardt
    Arthur Burghardt
    • Great Ahmed Kahn
    Bill Burrows
    Bill Burrows
    • TV Director
    John Carpenter
    John Carpenter
    • George Bosch
    Jordan Charney
    Jordan Charney
    • Harry Hunter
    Kathy Cronkite
    Kathy Cronkite
    • Mary Ann Gifford
    Ed Crowley
    Ed Crowley
    • Joe Donnelly
    Jerome Dempsey
    Jerome Dempsey
    • Walter C. Amundsen
    Conchata Ferrell
    Conchata Ferrell
    • Barbara Schlesinger
    Gene Gross
    • Milton K. Steinman
    Stanley Grover
    • Jack Snowden
    Cindy Grover
    Cindy Grover
    • Caroline Schumacher
    Darryl Hickman
    Darryl Hickman
    • Bill Herron
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writer
      • Paddy Chayefsky(by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Faye Dunaway would later say that this was "the only film I ever did that you didn't touch the script because it was almost as if it were written in verse." She was as happy with Sidney Lumet as with the writing, describing him as "one of, if not the, most talented and professional men in the world. In the rehearsals, two weeks before shooting he blocks his scenes with his cameraman. Not a minute is wasted while he's shooting and that shows not only on the studio's budget but on the impetus of performance."
    • Goofs
      Every one of Howard Beale's shows has the same studio audience (note the man in the black vest, with long hair and a beard).
    • Quotes

      Howard Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"

    • Crazy credits
      Paddy Chayefsky's credit in the opening credits says "by Paddy Chayefsky" (rather than "written by Paddy Chayefsky" or a variant thereof).
    • Connections
      Edited into Amérique, notre histoire (2006)

    User reviews428

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    Top review
    8/10
    Piston Rods, One & All...
    Give 'em what they want, and they'll want even more. More relevant today than ever, the media heroin entices and addicts: parasites on your dependency: the pushers own your soul, your mind is not your own - stick your head out of the window and yell.......
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    FAQ3

    • Is "Network" based on a book?
    • How does "Network" end?
    • Any recommendations for a female character as annoying as Diana Christensen?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 16, 1976 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Network - Main basse sur la TV
    • Filming locations
      • CFTO-TV Studios, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,689,877
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,690,757
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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