a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number AMR DVD 000047

a Personal name Lumet, Sidney,

d Dates associated with a name 1924-

a Title Network

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1976

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

a Extent 2 DVD

a Playing time 121 min

a General note "NETWORK"... the humanoids, the love story, the trials and tribulations, the savior of television, the attempted suicides, the assassination -- it's ALL coming along with a galaxy of stars you know and love!

a Summary, etc In 1975 terrorist violence is the stuff of network 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.

a Summary, etc Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is an ageing TV anchorman for UBS who is fired, effective in two weeks, after his ratings have been steadily deteriorating. He reacts to this by sensationally announcing on live television his intention to commit suicide on air. In doing so, Beale becomes a major TV icon and one of the most valuable assets to the Communications Corporation of America (CCA), the company that is gradually taking control of UBS. As a result he is given his own show as 'the mad prophet of the air-waves'. He appears live on television every week-day evening to tell the real truth to the people of America. The programme is a huge success but Beale uses his power to make startling revelations about CCA, leaving the company executives with a serious problem.

a Summary, etc A fourth network is struggling for ratings and turns it's News division over to the entertainment division. As one of the ramifications of this move the news Anchor is fired. He goes on the air with a wonderfully daffy rant and rave session culminating in his insisting that people go to the windows and yell, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." His ravings make him an Icon as the need to sell begins to overwhelm everyone touched by the network.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element American Corner

a Personal name Dunaway, Faye,

d Dates associated with a name 1941-

a Personal name William Holden

a Personal name Peter Finch

a Personal name Robert Duvall

a Personal name Wesley Addy

a Personal name Ned Beatty

a Personal name Arthur Burghardt

a Personal name Bill Burrows

a Personal name John Carpenter

a Personal name Jordan Charney

a Personal name Kathy Cronkite

a Personal name Ed Crowley

a Personal name Jerome Dempsey

a Personal name Conchata Ferrell

a Personal name Gene Gross

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958

u Cover Images http://library.neu.edu.tr/uploaded-files/coverimages/tt0074958.jpg