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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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 NERFINISHED
Frank Hackett NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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
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