Network (1976)
Storyline
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Directors
Cast
Ned Beatty, Lance Henriksen, Robert Duvall, Conchata Ferrell, Lane Smith, Beatrice Straight, Michael Lombard, Faye Dunaway, Jerome Dempsey, Jordan Charney, Arthur Burghardt, Wesley Addy, Marlene Warfield, William Prince, Darryl Hickman, Ted Sorel, Ed Crowley, William Holden, Ken Kercheval, Peter Finch, Kathy Cronkite, Cindy Grover, Roy Poole
Trailer
Reviews
100
So the movie's flawed. So it leaves us with loose ends and questions. That finally doesn't bother me, because what it does accomplish is done so well, is seen so sharply, is presented so unforgivingly, that Network will outlive a lot of tidier movies.
100
Sidney Lumet’s direction is outstanding.
90
Whatever its flaws, Network is a picture that can stand on its own. And does.
90
Network can be faulted both for going too far and not far enough, but it's also something that very few commercial films are these days. It's alive. This, I suspect, is the Lumet drive. It's also the wit of performers like Mr. Finch, Mr. Holden, and Miss Dunaway.
88
It's a dark, dark comedy that ruthlessly skewers the news industry on a stake, then roasts it alive.
