Network ★★★½ 1976 (R) As timely now as it was then; a scathing indictment of the TV industry and its propensity towards self-prostitution. A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness. The individual characters are startlingly realistic and the acting is excellent. 121m/C VHS, DVD, Wide. Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Beatrice Straight;
Director:
Sidney Lumet;
Writer:
Paddy Chayefsky;
Writer:
Owen Roizman. Oscars '76: Actor (Finch), Actress (Dunaway), Orig. Screenplay, Support. Actress (Straight); AFI '98: Top 100; British Acad. '77: Actor (Finch); Golden Globes '77: Actor—Drama (Finch), Actress—Drama (Dunaway), Director (Lumet), Screenplay; L.A. Film Critics '76: Director (Lumet), Film, Natl. Film Reg. '00;; N.Y. Film Critics '76: Screenplay; Writers Guild '76: Orig. Screenplay.
