Network [Blu-ray]

Network [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Peter Finch
Peter Finch
, Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
, William Holden
William Holden
, Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
, Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy
Network [Blu-ray]

Network [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Peter Finch
Peter Finch
, Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
, William Holden
William Holden
, Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
, Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy

Blu-ray (Wide Screen)

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Overview

A trenchant satire of "trash TV," Network seems to grow only more relevant with each passing year. Howard Beale (Peter Finch), the dean of newscasters at the United Broadcasting System, is put out to pasture because he "skews old." Network executive Max Schumacher (William Holden), Howard's best friend, is forced to deliver the bad news. Beale can't stomach the idea of losing his 25-year post as anchorman simply because of age, so in his next broadcast he announces to the viewers that he's going to commit suicide on his final program. Network head Frank Hackett (Robert Duvall) is all for kicking Beale out then and there, but when it looks as though the UBS is going to have its greatest ratings ever on the night of Beale's self-destruction, ambitious programming exec Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) talks Hackett into treating that fateful final telecast as a special event. Naturally, Beale doesn't go through with it -- but he does begin rambling about the horrible state of the world in general and television in particular. He concludes his tirade by admonishing his viewers to "Go to the window and shout as loud as you can: 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!'" With that, Howard Beale becomes the hottest TV personality in America, and Diana becomes the network's fair-haired girl. She draws up plans to treat the nightly news broadcast as garish entertainment (complete with a psychic), all built around the rants of Beale, billed as "The Mad Prophet of the Airwaves." Network won Oscars for Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay as well as for three of four acting categories -- Dunaway for Best Actress, Peter Finch for Best Actor (in the only posthumous Oscar yet awarded), and Beatrice Straight for Best Supporting Actress, in one of the shortest-screen-time performances ever to win an Oscar.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/15/2011
UPC: 0883929160730
Original Release: 1976
Rating: R
Source: Warner Home Video
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 2:01:00
Sales rank: 13,774

Special Features

The Making of Network 6-part documentary; Vintage Paddy Chayefsky interview excerpt from Dinah!, hosted by Dinah Shore; Commentary by director Sidney Lumet; Private Screenings with Sidney Lumet: Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne interviews the director; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Peter Finch Howard Beale
Faye Dunaway Diana Christensen
William Holden Max Schumacher
Robert Duvall Frank Hackett
Wesley Addy Nelson Chaney
Ned Beatty Arthur Jensen
Beatrice Straight Louise Schumacher
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
Stanley Grover Jack Snowden,Caroline Schumacher
Darryl Hickman Bill Herron
Mitchell Jason Arthur Zangwill
Paul Jenkins TV Stage Manager
Ken Kercheval Merrill Grant
Kenneth Kimmins Associate Producer
Lynn Klugman TV Production Assistant
Carolyn Krigbaum Max's Secretary
Zane Lasky Audio Man
Michael Lombard Willie Stein
Pirie MacDonald Herb Thackeray
Russ Petranto TV Associate Director
Bernie Pollack Lou
Roy Poole Sam Haywood
William Prince Edward George Ruddy
Sasha von Scherler Helen Miggs
Lane Smith Robert McDonough
Theodore Sorel Giannini,Giannini
Fred Stuthman Mosaic Figure
Cameron Thomas TV Technical Director
Marlene Warfield Laureen Hobbs
Lydia Wilson Hunter's Secretary
Michael Lipton Tommy Pellegrino
Lee Richardson Narrator,Narrator
Bernard Pollock Lou
Lydia Wilen Hunter's Secretary
Ken Kimmins Associate Producer
Todd Everett Reporter (uncredited)
Lance Henriksen Lawyer (uncredited)
Elliot Lawrence Composer

Technical Credits
Sidney Lumet Director
Paddy Chayefsky Screenwriter
Howard Gottfried Producer
Jack Fitzstephens Sound Effects
Juliet Taylor Casting
James Sabat Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Vorisek Sound/Sound Designer
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