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  • Rated R
  • 2hr 1m
  • 83

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Producer:

Howard Gottfried

Writer:

Paddy Chayefsky

Release Date:

Nov 27, 1976

Runtime:

2hr 1m

Synopsis

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.

Cast

  • Faye Dunaway
  • William Holden
  • Peter Finch
  • Robert Duvall
  • Wesley Addy
  • Ned Beatty
  • Arthur Burghardt
  • Bill Burrows
  • John Carpenter
  • Jordan Charney

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Metacritic

83
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Based on 16 Critics
8.4

USER SCORE (79)

Universal acclaim based on 79 Reviews
30

He hardly bothers with the characters; the movie is a ventriloquial harrangue. He thrashes around in messianic God-love booziness, driving each scene to an emotional peak.

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Pauline Kael
The New Yorker
100

Network is typical of the cool intelligence of '70s American cinema.

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