MOVIE · 1976
Network
Drama122 min
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced off the air after 25 years and tells viewers he’ll kill himself during his farewell broadcast, network executives reverse course as his outbursts send ratings climbing. Peter Finch is Beale, a newsman turned televised spectacle, while Faye Dunaway’s programming executive sees opportunity in the chaos. Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film stays inside the boardrooms and control rooms as a TV network starts treating outrage like product, blurring the line between journalism, entertainment, and corporate calculation.
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