Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network against a yellow background
The Big Picture One of cinema's most enduring images is of a rain-saturated news anchor by the name of Howard Beale raising his hands and straining the sleeves of his anorak as clocks behind him tick for various cities across the world. He entreats the viewers to stick their heads out of their windows and scream that they're "mad as hell and not going to take it anymore".
Release Date November 27, 1976 Director Sidney Lumet Cast Faye Dunaway , William Holden , Peter Finch , Robert Duvall , Wesley Addy , Ned Beatty Runtime 121 minutes Main Genre Drama Writers Paddy Chayefsky Studio United Artists Expand What Is 'Network' About? Network tells the story of Howard Beale , an anchor at UBS Evening News, who learns from his friend and president of the division Max Schumacher that, because of poor ratings, he will be taken off the air in a fortnight.
'Network' Has Stood the Test of Time Close Having won three out of the four acting Oscars, and with a screenplay that was voted as one of the ten best ever produced for the cinematic medium, Network has stood the test of time. However, the film has also faced criticism for its self-congratulatory messages, its hatred of television, and for how it depicts its Middle Eastern characters.
Aside from Finch, this big-hitting cast all give some of their career-best turns in Network. The skills that an actor must have to be on-screen for less than ten minutes and still have such an impact upon the film boggle the mind, but Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight do just that. Some of the film's most enduring images are of Straight shrieking emotionally at her cheating husband and Beatty shouting "you will atone!" at a scared-to-silence Beale.
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