Network (1976)

Television will never be the same!

Thursday, July 10th 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Theory Seminar room, SB3 3.170a

Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is an ageing TV anchorman for UBS who is fired, effective in two weeks, after his ratings have been steadily deteriorating. He reacts to this by sensationally announcing on live television his intention to commit suicide on air. In doing so, Beale becomes a major TV icon and one of the most valuable assets to the Communications Corporation of America (CCA), the company that is gradually taking control of UBS. As a result he is given his own show as 'the mad prophet of the air-waves'. He appears live on television every week-day evening to tell the real truth to the people of America. The programme is a huge success but Beale uses his power to make startling revelations about CCA, leaving the company executives with a serious problem.


Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
Genre: Drama

Country: USA
Language: English
Subtitles: English

Cast

	Faye Dunaway	...	Diana Christensen
	William Holden	...	Max Schumacher
	Peter Finch	...	Howard Beale
	Robert Duvall	...	Frank Hackett
	Wesley Addy	...	Nelson Chaney
	Ned Beatty	...	Arthur Jensen
	Arthur Burghardt	...	Great Ahmed Kahn
	Bill Burrows	...	TV Director
	John Carpenter	...	George Bosch
	Jordan Charney	...	Harry Hunter
	Kathy Cronkite	...	Mary Ann Gifford
	Ed Crowley	...	Joe Donnelly
	Jerome Dempsey	...	Walter C. Amundsen
	Conchata Ferrell	...	Barbara Schlesinger
	Gene Gross	...	Milton K. Steinman

Movie Trailer



More informations: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/