Network
(1976)
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Synopsis
Best Picture nominee about a mentally unstable news anchor who, after being told he's to be fired, becomes a media superstar when he begins delivering nightly rants and threatens an on-air suicide for his final broadcast. Paddy Chayevsky's script won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay; Peter Firth received a posthumous Best Actor award as the unhinged newsman; and Faye Dunaway won Best Actress as a scheming network exec.
Directors
Sidney Lumet, Lee Richardson, Paddy Chayefsky, Alan Heim, Owen Roizman, Lee Harman, Theoni V. Aldredge, Juliet Taylor
Production year
1976
Rating
R
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Runtime
121 minutes
Cast
Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy