Network

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1976 PG-13 2h 2m
7.8 /10
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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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B
14 Jul 2024

Few Hollywood productions have been as utterly prescient as director Sidney Lumet’s cinematic masterpiece “Network” (1976), a chillingly serious satir...

Geronimo1967
22 Dec 2023

Peter Finch is superb here as the increasingly puritanical television news anchor ("Beale") who, having been told he was about to be fired decided on ...

A
15 Jun 2023

The UPS network is a television network that suffers from a lack of viewership. This led to the layoff of a group of their employees, including the gr...

themoviediorama
16 Jan 2020

Network broadcasts its televisional corruption through satirical poetry that beckons democratic madness. “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to tak...

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