Beatrice Straight,
Conchata Ferrell,
Faye Dunaway,
Jordan Charney,
Lane Smith
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Howard Beale, the dean of newscasters at the United Television Network, is put out to pasture because he too old. Network executive Max Schumacher, Howard's best friend, is forced to deliver the bad n...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 16, 2000
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November 10, 2009A masterpiece and one of the best films of the 70's (and ever). The direction, performances and story are all perfect and the script is hilariously subtle and quite relevant to today's sociality. Perfect film making, definitely in my top 100, probably in my top 25! Howard Beale i...( read more)
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August 31, 2009they just dont make films like this anymore. an absolute genuine masterpiece of filmmaking, the highlight of the already brilliant career of sydney lumet. the acting was stellar, especially the performance of william holden, and the film was flawlessly directed. a perfect comm...( read more)
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July 13, 2009The cruel and caustic story of Howard Beale, a newscaster who had a breakdown due to the loss of his family, the booze, and all the fallacies he regurgitated to millions of automatous viewers.
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April 4, 2009Network is a masterpiece. A true golden nugget of movie making. It may be 33 years old but the message rings true today. In fact it may have not dated at all. Howard Beale loses it, as a newsreader expected to deliver the news with no emotion. His outbursts at first cost him his ...( read more)
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January 17, 2009"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Network is one of the best films I've seen in a long time and easily one of the best films ever.
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February 6, 2010NETWORK (1976)
Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Brilliant film.....a powerful, disturbing & cynical satire on corruption, the media & the inhumanity of corporate control.
Peter Finch is unforgettable in the Oscar-winning role of his career as a burnt-out anchorman who "is as mad as h...( read more) -
February 2, 2010É melhor assistir Zeitgeist com as devidas referências, mas não deixa de ser um bom filme do "Angry Prophet denouncing the hypocrisies of our times".
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January 29, 2010i have too see this movie again. i barely remembered its title. but i know i liked it...as mad as hell :)
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January 26, 2010A fascinating look into the workings of a broadcast network; still relevant to today's networks shennanigans and the enternal fight for television ratings glory; despite Network being a tad over the top in its storylines and fate of its characters it is a very funny; very correct...( read more)
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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