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Network

Television will never be the same.

7.8(2,155)19762h 2m8

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

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Status
Released
Budget
$3.8M
Box office
$23.7M
Language
English
  • adultery
  • new york city
  • corruption
  • profit
  • satire
  • tv ratings
  • murder
  • corporate
  • reporter
  • co-workers relationship
  • rage
  • anger

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Sidney Lumet

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRNew York City, New York14 Nov 1976
    • PremiereRLos Angeles, California19 Nov 1976
    • TheatricalR27 Nov 1976
    • PhysicalRVHS1 Jan 1983
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)London17 Feb 1977
    • Theatrical20 Feb 1977
    • Physical1531 Jul 1987
    • Physical1510 Jun 1999
    • Physical154 Mar 2003
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalBlu-ray23 Mar 2015
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM1 Dec 1976
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical16 Dec 1976
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical (limited)16Gent24 Mar 1977
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalDVD27 Mar 2004
    • Physical1414 Jul 2009
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical18 Mar 1977
  • EgyptEG

    • PhysicalDVD3 Dec 2022
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-161 Apr 1977
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU15 Mar 1977
    • Theatricalre-release6 Jun 2007
    • Digital / OTTTPArte20 Apr 2026
    • TVTPArte20 Apr 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical16West Germany9 Mar 1977

Frequently asked questions

Network was released on 27 November 1976.

Audience reviews

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  • T

    tmdb39513728

    1/9/2015

    10/10

    **The Primal Forces of Network** According to the Writers Guild of America the greatest screenplay of all time belongs to _Casablanca_. A sentimental favourite, no doubt, worthy for a handful of catchy one-liners capped off with a convincing dump-the-dame speech. While Bogie plays himself, Bergman, who may have been the most beautiful woman of all time, didn't have much to say. The best moments in Casablanca were,…

  • T

    The Movie Diorama

    1/16/2020

    9/10

    Network broadcasts its televisional corruption through satirical poetry that beckons democratic madness. “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore”, screams Howard Beale from the confinement of his studio desk. Exerting his ornate insanity upon the entranced viewers who innocently stare at their cubic televisions, watching the news broadcast fuelled by media misrepresentation and propaganda. “Go to yo…

  • A

    Andre Wilfred Sanders

    6/15/2023

    8/10

    The UPS network is a television network that suffers from a lack of viewership. This led to the layoff of a group of their employees, including the great media night news presenter, Howard Beale, and this led to the events of a psychological impact on Beale, so he promised that he would commit suicide in front of the camera the next day. The conditions and conditions of the network changed after Beale's decision t…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    12/22/2023

    7/10

    Peter Finch is superb here as the increasingly puritanical television news anchor ("Beale") who, having been told he was about to be fired decided on air to tell the audience he was going to shoot himself on live telly. Next night - yep, he was allowed back - he declared that it was time the viewing public got off their sofas and declared they had "had enough" with lazy government and corporate greed. His long suffer…

  • B

    Brent Marchant

    7/14/2024

    10/10

    Few Hollywood productions have been as utterly prescient as director Sidney Lumet’s cinematic masterpiece “Network” (1976), a chillingly serious satire about the television business in the 1970s and where it was ultimately headed in years to come. Written by TV pioneer Paddy Chayefsky, this winner of four Oscars on 10 total nominations provides a comical but cynically disturbing look inside the workings of a fictitio…

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