83	METASCORE Universal acclaim based on 16 Critic Reviews

8.4	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 79 Ratings

Network

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: November 14, 1976

Summary: A devastating commentary on a world of ratings-driving commercial TV that is getting more on target every day, Network introduces us to Howard Beale (Finch), dean of newscasters at the United Broadcasting Systems (UBS). Having heard that he will soon be dumped by the UBS for "skewing too old," Beal announces to his viewers that he will commit suicide on his next and final program. Eyeing ratings gold with this news, an ambitious programming executive convinces the powers that be not to fire Beal on the spot. The tables turn, however, when instead of going through the act, Beal launches into rhetoric about the state of the world and concludes his tirade with "I'm mad as Hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" [MGM]

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Runtime:	121 min
Rating:	R
Official Site:	http://www.mgm.com/#/our-titles/2568/Network
Production:	United Artists
Genres:	Drama
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Feb 27, 2006

Director	Credit
Sidney Lumet	Director

Writer	Credit
Paddy Chayefsky	Written By

Principal Cast	Credit
Faye Dunaway	Diana Christensen
Peter Finch	Howard Beale
William Holden	Max Schumacher

Cast	Credit
Arthur Burghardt	Great Ahmed Kahn
Bill Burrows	TV Director
Conchata Ferrell	Barbara Schlesinger
Ed Crowley	Joe Donnelly
Gene Gross	Milton K. Steinman
Jerome Dempsey	Walter C. Amundsen
John Carpenter	George Bosch
Jordan Charney	Harry Hunter
Kathy Cronkite	Mary Ann Gifford
Ned Beatty	Arthur Jensen
Robert Duvall	Frank Hackett
Wesley Addy	Nelson Chaney

Producer	Credit
Fred C. Caruso	Associate Producer
Howard Gottfried	Producer