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Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
Written by | Paddy Chayefsky |
Produced by | Howard Gottfried Fred C. Caruso |
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Narrated by | Lee Richardson |
Cinematography | Owen Roizman |
Edited by | Alan Heim |
Music by | Elliot Lawrence |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 121 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3.8 million |
Box office | $23.7 million[2] |
Network is a 1976 American satirical black comedy-drama movie written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. It is about a fictional television network, UBS, and its struggle with poor ratings. The movie stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall with Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight.
Network had strong positive reviews. It won four Academy Awards, in the categories of Best Actor (Finch), Best Actress (Dunaway), Best Supporting Actress (Straight) and Best Original Screenplay (Chayefsky).