Blu-ray Review

Network

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WSR Score
3
Disc Information
Studio Warner Home Video
Catalog Number 3000033867
MPAA Rating R
Retail Price $19.98
Disc Type Single Side, Dual Layer (BD-50)
Running Time 121 min
Color Color
Chapters Yes
Closed Captioned Yes
Regional Coding Not Indicated
Release Date 02/15/11
Theatrical Year 1976
Credits
Director Sidney Lumet
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Winner of four Academy Awards® in 1976, "Network" is Sidney Lumet's wickedly funny satire of the TV news media. When Howard Beale (Finch, posthumous Best Actor Oscar®-winner)—the longtime news anchor for the fourth-place network UBS-TV—is fired, he suffers a violent breakdown on the air. Ironically, the mishap boosts the network's ratings, and he is rehired as the "mad prophet of the airwaves." Thus, Howard becomes a pawn for a ruthless programmer (Dunaway, in an outstanding award-winning performance) and a shark-like vice president (Duvall), who manically exploits his insanity. Network is even more compelling than when it was first released because it seems barely ahead of news media today.

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