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Network (1976)

R11/19/1976Drama2h 2m
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Television will never be the same.

Overview

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

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    Faye Dunaway

    Diana Christensen

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    William Holden

    Max Schumacher

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    Peter Finch

    Howard Beale

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    Robert Duvall

    Frank Hackett

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    Ned Beatty

    Arthur Jensen

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    Beatrice Straight

    Louise Schumacher

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    Wesley Addy

    Nelson Chaney

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    Arthur Burghardt

    Great Ahmed Kahn

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    Bill Burrows

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Network broadcasts its televisional corruption through satirical poetry that beckons democratic madness. “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore”, screams Howard Beale from the confinement of his studio desk. Exerting his ornate insanity upon the entranced viewers who innocently stare at their cubic televisions, watching the news broadcast fuelled by media misrepresentation and propaganda. “Go to your nearest window and scream”, acting as the voice of the working class, benign to the American corporate fundamentals that masquerade the politics of democracy. In an age where le...