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MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Genre: Black Comedy, Media Satire, Comedy Drama
Box Office: / $13,922,000
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Summary:
A trenchant satire of "trash TV," Network seems to grow only more relevant with each passing year. Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the dean of newscasters at the United Broadcasting System, is put out to pasture because he "skews old." Network executive Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard's best friend, is forced to deliver the bad news. Beale can'... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Faye Dunaway - (Diana Christensen)
William Holden - (Max Schumacher)
Peter Finch - (Howard Beale)
Robert Duvall - (Frank Hackett)
Wesley Addy - (Nelson Chaney)
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Review:
Part of a cycle of 1970s conspiracy films and a sharp satire of the TV business, Network bitterly critiques corporate culture's impact on the spread of information and the resulting cult of the TV guru. As directed by Continue >>

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