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Titolo originale: Network
Regia: Sidney Lumet |
Anno: 1976
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: adultery | new york city | corruption | profit | satire | tv ratings | murder | corporate | reporter | co-workers relationship | rage | anger | tv show in film | meeting | political satire | news | fired | network | anchor | tv news anchor |
Cast: Faye Dunaway | William Holden | Peter Finch | Robert Duvall | Ned Beatty | Beatrice Straight | Wesley Addy | Arthur Burghardt | Bill Burrows | John Carpenter | Jordan Charney | Kathy Cronkite | Ed Crowley | Jerome Dempsey | Conchata Ferrell | Gene Gross | Stanley Grover | Cindy Grover | Darryl Hickman | Mitchell Jason | Paul Jenkins | Ken Kercheval | Kenneth Kimmins | Lynn Klugman | Carolyn Krigbaum | Zane Lasky | Michael Lipton | Michael Lombard | Pirie MacDonald | Russ Petranto | Bernard Pollock | Roy Poole | William Prince | Sasha von Scherler | Lane Smith | Ted Sorel | Fred Stuthman | Cameron Thomas | Marlene Warfield | Lydia Wilen | Lee Richardson | Lance Henriksen |

Vincitore di 4 Oscar e di 4 Golden Globe nel 1977 - altri 11 premi e 19 nomination.Howard Beale è un commentatore televisivo con un larghissimo seguito; il suo indice di gradimento però è in discesa e i suoi capi decidono di licenziarlo. Howard allora dichiara davanti alle telecamere che si ucciderà: da quel momento ha un successo strepitoso, specie da quando, credendosi direttamente in contatto con Dio, diventa una sorta di profeta trascinatore.

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In one scene Robert Duvall is speaking to a large group of stock holders. To Duvall's left, there ar [...] D
Every one of Howard Beale's shows has the same studio audience (note the man in the black vest, with [...] D
When Diana goes to Max's office to pitch her desire to program the news, the push-button telephone o [...] D
During Howard's first stable rant (which ends with "turn your TVs off!") he walks right up to within [...] D
The obituary for UBS Chairman of the Board Edward George Ruddy is shown with the character's informa [...] D
It is said early on that at one point, Beale's evening news program had as high as a 16 HUT rating. [...] D
The credits declare that Network was "filmed in Panavision" which is usually reserved for films in 2 [...] D
After attending a funeral service, Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen are talking on a street corn [...] D
During the discussion with her husband, shortly after Louise Schumacher jumps up and continues her r [...] D
Just after Beale announces his intention to commit suicide on the air, we see a row of TV screens sh [...] D
In the aftermath of Beale's assassination, one of the news outlets describes him as dying in a hail [...] D
In 1976, the three major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) sent out its network newscast live at 6:30 PM East [...] D
The (then) analog channel 3 was not assigned to Los Angeles. The nearest city where it was assigned, [...] D
Howard Beale is the lead segment of his eponymous show. No programmer as savvy as Diana would put th [...] D
Halfway through the first scene in Diana Christianson's office, the door, which had previously been [...] D
In the confrontation scene with his wife, Max mispronounces Tolstoy's novel title as "Anna Karenia," [...] D
Early in the film, after Howard Beale says that he's going to kill himself on-air, he's on the phone [...] D
As Max (William Holden) is getting undressed to get into bed with Diana (Faye Dunaway), it might be [...] D
When Max tells his wife he's having an affair, the scene begins with him smoking a cigarette. A few [...] D
After Howard's first on-air meltdown, as Max and the other network executives sample the reaction fr [...] D