Network
Network (1976) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Sidney Lumet Written by: Paddy Chayefsky Starring: William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway Rating: PG Release Date: November 27th, 1976 Peter Finch in Network "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Howard Beale screams to his unseen audience. He tells his audience to pry back the curtains, whip open their windows and scream his mantra out into the street. His broken down rant, on the heels of his firing from his news network is electrifying. He lists street violence, murder, racism, communism and disrespect as the throes of modern life, yet offers no answers but his mantra; "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" But who is he talking to, who is he mad at, and what does it all mean? Network follows two veterans of the news media industry. Like the Cronkite or Murrows of their time