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Network1976

Director: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 121 minutes

Media madness reigns supreme in screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky's scathing satire about the uses and abuses of network television. But while Chayefsky's and director Sidney Lumet's take on television may seem quaint in the age of "reality TV" and Jerry… more »


Howard Beale:
I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air, right in the middle of the seven o'clock news.

Max Schumacher:
Well, you'll get a hell of a rating, I'll tell you that. A 50 share, at least. We could make a series of it. "Suicide of the Week." Aw, hell, why limit ourselves? "Execution of the Week."

Howard Beale:
"Terrorist of the Week."

Max Schumacher:
I love it. Suicides, assassinations, mad bombers, Mafia hitmen, automobile smash-ups: "The Death Hour." A great Sunday night show for the whole family. It'd wipe that f***in' Disney right off the air.

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