Network

Network

  • Director: Sidney Lumet
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: November 27, 1976
  • Runtime: 2h 1min
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Televizijska mreža
  • "Network" is a feature film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring William Holden and Dorothy Faye Dunaway . It was released in the United States on November 14, 1976.
    The film tells the story of the producer Diana retaining Howard, the UBS anchor who is facing an unemployment crisis, but as the ratings of Howard's show rises, he gradually loses himself   . In 1977, the film won the 49th Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay   .

    Details

    • Release date November 27, 1976
    • Filming locations CFTO-TV Studios, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,800,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $23,689,877

    Gross worldwide

    $23,690,757

    Movie reviews

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    • By Bret 2022-03-25 09:01:07

      Please close your eyes

      The world is a business. Bringing art back to life

      It's bad. I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to...

    • By Anais 2022-03-25 09:01:07

      Life has no bystanders - Kant

      I started to have this idea many years ago, and I feel that I live in the world of film and television media creation. The virtual line that connects oneself and life is the network, and the changes of emotions are perfectly controlled by the colors on the screen. It seems that our feelings and souls have been loaded into the screen, the TV, mobile phone and computer are the whole of life, where we have everything our spirit needs, an endless fantasy that will never be broken. No longer...

    • By Freeda 2022-03-24 09:01:37

      Network

      New York, 1975.
      Howard Beal was once the ace anchor of UBS' "Wireless News" program, but in recent years, with the death of his wife, his mental state and career have declined. The company decided to fire him after two weeks as the show's ratings continued to drop. News director Michael Schumacher, an old friend of Howard's for many years, had to tell Howard the news in person, and then they went to a bar to hangover. Depressed Howard suddenly said that he was going to commit suicide on...

    • By Jules 2022-03-24 09:01:37

      TV station "crazy" and "cloud"

      "TV" is a film with a rigorous production and a serious theme. At the end of the film, the scene of the four TV shows at the beginning reappears, the news of "Bieux was murdered" and other commercials are continuously broadcast, and a murder with a huge conspiracy has become a fortune for tens of thousands of people. The people's pastime of "passing the boring time", the obscenity and filth of the TV industry have been magnified to the greatest extent at the end of the film.
      This is a...

    • By Garth 2022-03-24 09:01:37

      hysterical "television man"

      As one of the only two films that won three Oscar performance awards, first of all I have to say that the performance of the whole film is superb and excellent. the feeling of play. The performance of the whole play has a very strong sense of hierarchy in the performance of different social roles. The audience can not only feel the atmosphere of the environment and context of the characters at that time from the performance of the characters at that time, but more importantly, they can express...

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    • By Kathleen 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Some not-so-related thoughts: human beings built society that kills their humanity in turn. In the mundane world there is only a glimpse of the false truth that everyone aspires to believe. Absolute truth does not exist. Extreme and crazy are two DNA single strands that complement each other. Everyone is eager to break through the lower limit in their bones, but mortals wait for others to lay out their bestiality for them, because they are still delusional about entering a paradise that does...

    • By Michel 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Maybe it's because I think Lumet's Twelve Angry Men is too powerful, and the other works he directed can't be compared with...

    • By Xzavier 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      It opened my eyes. I don't recommend this movie to anyone...

    • By Edmond 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      William Holden and Faye Dunaway are amazing. The audience in the movie is hysterical, and the audience outside the movie is also a little...

    • By Alana 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Oscar is very fond of chatter characters. The best female supporting role is really good, although it is only a few minutes, but the character is really three-dimensional. Whether the role is good or not is not only in the acting skills of the actors, but also in the creation of the screenwriter. Some characters feel fake no matter how they look at it, because the scriptwriters make them fake, so how do people act... Is the audience so blindly obedient? ? ? The part where he made the TV fake is...

    Movie plot

    In 1975, Howard Bill was the ace anchor of UBS's "Wireless News" program. But with the death of his wife, his mental state and career are declining. As the ratings of the show continued to fall, the company decided to fire him two weeks later. The head of the news department, Michael Schumacher, is Howard's old friend for many years. He had to tell Howard the news personally, and then they went to the bar to soothe their worries....
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    Evaluation action

    "TV Station" is a fictional work with a compact plot and wonderful performances. Through the mouth of the character, the film shouts out the self-reflection of "TV does not tell the truth, TV is a playground" (Comment by Jinghua Times)   . The film is a realistic film that reflects the American news system. It uses a seemingly absurd story to deeply criticize the unscrupulous behavior of the TV media for commercial interests, and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Man on Phones: So far, over 900 fucking phone calls complaining about the foul language.

      Frank Hackett: Shit.

    • Arthur Jensen: [greeting Beale] How are you now?

      Howard Beale: I'm as mad as a hatter.

      Arthur Jensen: Who isn't?

    • [Jensen leads Beale into the conference room]

      Arthur Jensen: Valhalla, Mr. Beale. Please, sit down.