Network (1976 film)

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Network (1976 film) is a satirical drama about the television industry and media sensationalism, renowned for its darkly prophetic critique of corporate-controlled news.

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Network (1976 film) canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
satirical drama film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ
characterPortrayed Beatrice Straight as Louise Schumacher ⓘ
Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen ⓘ
Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen ⓘ
Peter Finch as Howard Beale ⓘ
Robert Duvall as Frank Hackett ⓘ
William Holden as Max Schumacher ⓘ
cinematographer Owen Roizman ⓘ
composer Elliot Lawrence ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReputation widely acclaimed ⓘ
director Sidney Lumet ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editor Alan Heim ⓘ
famousLine "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
media satire ⓘ
satire ⓘ
mainCharacter Arthur Jensen ⓘ
Diana Christensen ⓘ
Frank Hackett ⓘ
Howard Beale ⓘ
Max Schumacher ⓘ
mainTheme commercialization of journalism ⓘ
corporate control of news ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
television industry ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarAward Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
oscarWinningActor Peter Finch ⓘ
oscarWinningActress Faye Dunaway ⓘ
oscarWinningSupportingActress Beatrice Straight ⓘ
oscarWinningWriter Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ
portrays corporate influence on news content ⓘ
exploitation of mental breakdown for ratings ⓘ
producer Howard Gottfried ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of American cinema ⓘ
culturally significant film ⓘ
registrySelectionYear 2000 ⓘ
releaseDate 1976-11-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1976 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 121 ⓘ
screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ
selectedBy United States National Film Registry ⓘ
selectionReason culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ⓘ
setInLocation New York City ⓘ
television newsroom ⓘ
setInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
starredActor Beatrice Straight ⓘ
Faye Dunaway ⓘ
Ned Beatty ⓘ
Peter Finch ⓘ
Robert Duvall ⓘ
William Holden ⓘ
subjectMatter ratings-driven programming ⓘ
television news business ⓘ
title Network ⓘ
writtenInResponseTo 1970s television industry practices ⓘ

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Howard Beale → firstAppearance → Network (1976 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Howard Beale in Network
Theoni V. Aldredge → notableWork → Network (1976 film) ⓘ
Network (screenplay) → adaptedAs → Network (1976 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: screenplay "Network"
Diana Christensen → partOf → Network (1976 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Diana Christensen in "Network"
Diana Christensen → firstAppearance → Network (1976 film) ⓘ
subject linked to: Diana Christensen in "Network"
Diana Christensen → firstAppearance → Network (1976 film) ⓘ