insanely perfect in the way that the network and its people are characterized but they also aren't one dimensional, they are people.
and just the commentary on how tv ingeneral will go out of its way to exploit someones misfortune for viewership is great.
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Network
Television will never be the same.
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
11/14/1976Runtime
122 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$3,800,000Revenue
$23,700,000Homepage
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How It Feels
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A caustic indictment of television and capitalism that builds to an almost prophetic fury, as a broken newsman's rage becomes the most profitable thing on air. Watching it feels like being trapped in a system complicit in its own corruption.
Mood
AngryDefiantUnsettling
Themes
CorruptionPowerMortalityAmbition
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Suicide and self-harm
Faye Dunaway
Diana Christensen
William Holden
Max Schumacher
Peter Finch
Howard Beale
Robert Duvall
Frank Hackett
Ned Beatty
Arthur Jensen
Beatrice Straight
Louise Schumacher
Wesley Addy
Nelson Chaney
Arthur Burghardt
Great Ahmed Kahn
Bill Burrows
TV Director
John Carpenter
George Bosch
Jordan Charney
Harry Hunter
Kathy Cronkite
Mary Ann Gifford
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