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– A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media fo..
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
27 Nov 1976
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Sidney Lumet
Paddy Chayefsky
Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network.
Won 4 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 25 nominations.
MGM/United Artists