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A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about mass media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control. (R, 121 min.)
7:00 PM
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This media satire, directed by Sidney Lumet from a brilliantly incisive script by Paddy Chayefsky, is an X-ray of the corrupted soul of a corporate-dominated America, startlingly prescient in its anticipation of today’s outrage-driven news cycle. At a struggling television network, ambitious executive Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) finds herself with a hit on her hands when disgruntled newscaster Howard Beale (Peter Finch) goes off script, transforming himself into a mad-as-hell prophet railing against the ills of modern society. But can she control the populist revolution they have unleashed on the airwaves? Garnering four Oscars, including for Dunaway, Finch, and Chayefsky, this no-holds-barred New Hollywood classic remains as fearlessly funny as it is unnervingly relevant. [Criterion]
"Timeless and essential."
— Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
"Sidney Lumet’s direction is outstanding."
— A.D. Murphy, Variety
"A brilliantly played, stone-cold '70s classic."
— Staff, Total Film
"Network is typical of the cool intelligence of '70s American cinema."
— Colin Kennedy, Empire
"This still-prescient vivisection of modern culture’s vapidity crackles with the nervous energy of midtown’s hothouse broadcasters."
— Stephen Garrett, Time Out
"Network is an outstanding satire that has become more rather than less relevant with each passing year. It is bitingly funny, whip smart and as mad as hell."
— John Bleasdale, CineVue
