Network

(1976)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 2,104 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1976

Runtime: 121 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Сидни Люмет

Cast: Фэй Данауэй, Уильям Холден, Peter Finch, Роберт Дюваль, Уэсли Эдди, Нед Битти, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Burrows, John Carpenter, Jordan Charney

Plot

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.

In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network.