Release Date: 11/9/2010 Original Release: 1976 Format: DVD Length: 121 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 883929157921 Studio: Warner Home Video
Television, Dramas, Black Comedy, Classic, Psychos, Social Issues, Recommended, Big Business, Satire, Infidelity, Theatrical Release, Essential Cinema
Network DVD Description
With stunning prescience, Sidney Lumet's searing satire of television and the contemporary moment chronicles media corruption and the way that the public buys into the myths the media creates. The moral and spiritual turpitude delivered by the debilitating forces of television are rendered in sharp relief against a backdrop of crumbling humanity in what is regarded as one of the great satires in Hollywood history. With a visceral script from Paddy Chayefsky, NETWORK follows the doomed path of aging newsman Howard Beale (Peter Finch), who, upon learning that he is to be fired after decades as a news anchor, announces to millions of viewers that he will publicly commit suicide during his last broadcast. When the ratings consequently shoot up, hungry executive-in-training Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) seizes the moment to exploit Beale's Messianic nervous breakdown, turning his rage into the vehicle for the network's first Number One show and a nationwide craze. Who could have predicted that this 1976 film might someday influence an even more contagious trend in television broadcasting: the reality show?
DVD Features
Region 1 Note: Commentary by Director Sidney Lumet Theatrical Trailer
Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, French Subtitles - English, French, Spanish
