Network [Warner Brothers, Special Edition,2-Disc]

DVD/APPROX. 121 MINS./1976/US R

Main feature:

Release Feb 28, 2006
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
French: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English, French
Studio Warner Brothers
Year 1976
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Audio commentary by director Sidney Lumet
  • Six-part documentary: "The Making of Network"
  • Interview with Paddy Chayefsky from the "Dinah!" show
  • Turner Classic Movies’ "Private Screenings" with Sidney Lumet
  • Theatrical trailer

Synopsis:



"Television will never be the same!"

Even more compelling today than when it was first released, Network is a wickedly funny, dead-on indictment of the TV news media. Winner of four Academy Awards it pulses with "vitality and a provocative excitement that is forever rare." Many talented stars are in this searing portrait of television exploitation. When longtime news anchor Howard Beale id fired, he suffers a violent, on-air breakdown. But when his sagging rating are boosted by his angry ratings, he's subsequently rehired and reinvented as the "mad prophet of the airwaves." Of course, when the "prophet" ceases to be profitable, something has to be done about Beale, preferably on camera, before a live studio audience….

Cast and Crew:

Warner Brothers presents
Faye DunawayRobert DuvallPeter FinchWilliam Holden"Network"
produced byHoward Gottfried
directed bySidney Lumet
Production Year: 1976

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