Check out the review of Darren’s 19th Movie challenge from yours truly – This time I chose Network (1976)
This week Rob pick this classic Oscar winning film, let’s see what I think
Director: Sidney Lumet
Writer: Paddy Chayefsky (Screenplay)
Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty
Plot: A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor’s ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Ranting Classic
Story: Network starts when Howard Beale (Finch) a news anchor is being let go because of poor ratings, he announces a two week before his ‘retirement’ that he is going to kill himself live on air. The network decides to fire him before this happening but when Diana Christensen (Dunaway) sees the ratings she suggest bring him back along with his head of new Max Schumacher (Holden) as ruthless new…
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