Network

(1976)

121 minutes

Drama

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Narrated by Lee Richardson

Cast:

Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen
William Holden as Max Schumacher
Peter Finch as Howard Beale
Robert Duvall as Frank Hackett
Wesley Addy as Nelson Chaney
Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen
Beatrice Straight as Louise Schumacher           
Jordan Charney as Harry Hunter
Lane Smith as Robert McDonough
Marlene Warfield as Laureen Hobbs
Conchata Ferrell as Barbara Schlesinger
Carolyn Krigbaum as Max's secretary
Arthur Burghardt as the Great Ahmet Khan
Cindy Grover as Caroline Schumacher
Kathy Cronkite as Mary Ann Gifford

Network trailer

During 1975, terrorist acts were all that was seen in the nightly news, while UBS television network is transforming. Howard Beale, an old UBS anchor gets fired after his ratings go down. He is then taken advantage of by the network for their own good, which affects everyone around him.

In 2000, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".