Howard Beale, a veteran newscaster, is informed by his ratings-driven network executives that he is about to be dumped because he “skews old.” In turn, he uses his next broadcast to announce that he is going to commit suicide on his final programme. An ambitious programming executive convinces her superiors to let the broadcast go ahead, hoping that the final event will give the network its greatest ratings ever.
Winner of four Academy Awards – including Best Actor for Peter Finch and Best Actress for Faye Dunaway – Sidney Lumet’s film remains as powerful and urgent almost fifty years after its release. A terrifying and timely satire packed with exhilarating performances, the time has never been better to tune back into Network.
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