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Network (1976)
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Media madness reigns supreme in screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky's scathing satire about the uses and abuses of network television. But while Chayefsky's and director Sidney Lumet's take on television may seem quaint in the age of "reality TV" and Jerry Springer's talk-show fisticuffs, it's every bit as potent now as it was when the film was released in 1976. And because Chayefsky was one of the greatest of all dramatists, his Oscar-winning script about the ratings frenzy at the cost of cultural integrity is a showcase for powerhouse acting by Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight (who each won Oscars), and Oscar nominee William Holden...
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| Network Movie Review by Lone Wolf (2/19/2007) |
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Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is news anchor for the Evening News on TV network UBS. He is fired due to low ratings and his termination will be effective in two weeks. The next night, Beale announces on the air that he will commit suicide by "blowing his brains out" with a gun in a future broadcast.
UBS fires Beale...
(complete Network review by Lone Wolf)
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