Network
Television will never be the same.
19762h 2mNo ratings yet
- Drama
Overview
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.
Keywords
- new york city
- corruption
- murder
- tv show in film
- satirical
- satire
- derogatory
- adultery
- defiant
- reporter
- anger
- rage
- network
- co-workers relationship
- news
- tv news anchor
- authoritarian
- meeting
- corporate
- fired
- political satire
- profit
- tv ratings
- anchor
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 27, 1976
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,United Artists
- Cast
- Faye Dunaway,William Holden,Peter Finch,Robert Duvall,Wesley Addy,Ned Beatty,Arthur Burghardt,Bill Burrows,John Carpenter,Jordan Charneyand 39 more
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writer
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Producer
- Howard Gottfried
- Cinematography
- Owen Roizman
- Music
- Elliot Lawrence
- Budget
- $3,800,000
- Revenue
- $23,700,000
- IMDb
- tt0074958