screenplay "Network"

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The screenplay "Network" is a satirical drama about the television industry and media sensationalism, renowned for its sharp critique of corporate power and its iconic "I'm as mad as hell" monologue.

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Label Occurrences
1976 film Network 1
Network (screenplay) 1
screenplay "Network" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf satirical drama ⓘ
screenplay ⓘ
adaptedAs Network (1976 film) ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
awardedTo Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ
awardYear 1977 ⓘ
centralCharacter Diana Christensen ⓘ
Frank Hackett ⓘ
Howard Beale ⓘ
Max Schumacher ⓘ
characterPortrayedByInFilm Diana Christensen – Faye Dunaway ⓘ
Frank Hackett – Robert Duvall ⓘ
Howard Beale – Peter Finch ⓘ
Max Schumacher – William Holden ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes commodification of outrage ⓘ
merger of news and entertainment ⓘ
ratings-obsessed programming ⓘ
directorOfFilmAdaptation Sidney Lumet ⓘ
famousLine "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
influenced later media satires about television news ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject corporate power ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
ratings-driven news ⓘ
television industry ⓘ
notableFor "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" monologue ⓘ
periodDepicted 1970s American television industry ⓘ
portrays corporate interference in editorial decisions ⓘ
news anchors as media celebrities ⓘ
television as entertainment-driven news ⓘ
producerOfFilmAdaptation Howard Gottfried ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of American screenwriting ⓘ
landmark critique of television culture ⓘ
releaseYearOfFilmAdaptation 1976 ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
fictional television network UBS ⓘ
theme audience complicity ⓘ
commercialization of news ⓘ
corporate control of media ⓘ
dehumanizing effects of television ⓘ
exploitation of mental breakdown for ratings ⓘ
loss of journalistic integrity ⓘ
title Network ⓘ
writer Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ

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Paddy Chayefsky → wrote → screenplay "Network" ⓘ
Howard Beale → appearsIn → 1976 film Network ⓘ
subject linked to: Howard Beale in Network
linked to: screenplay "Network"
The Hospital → precedesInCareerBefore → Network (screenplay) ⓘ
subject linked to: screenplay "The Hospital"
linked to: screenplay "Network"