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Cast verified as complete
Faye Dunaway | ... |
Diana Christensen
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William Holden | ... |
Max Schumacher
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Peter Finch | ... |
Howard Beale
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Robert Duvall | ... |
Frank Hackett
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Wesley Addy | ... |
Nelson Chaney
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Ned Beatty | ... |
Arthur Jensen
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Arthur Burghardt | ... |
Great Ahmed Kahn
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Bill Burrows | ... |
TV Director
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John Carpenter | ... |
George Bosch
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Jordan Charney | ... |
Harry Hunter
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Kathy Cronkite | ... |
Mary Ann Gifford
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Ed Crowley | ... |
Joe Donnelly
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Jerome Dempsey | ... |
Walter C. Amundsen
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Conchata Ferrell | ... |
Barbara Schlesinger
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Gene Gross | ... |
Milton K. Steinman
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Stanley Grover | ... |
Jack Snowden
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Cindy Grover | ... |
Caroline Schumacher
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Darryl Hickman | ... |
Bill Herron
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Mitchell Jason | ... |
Arthur Zangwill
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Paul Jenkins | ... |
TV Stage Manager
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Ken Kercheval | ... |
Merrill Grant
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Kenneth Kimmins | ... |
Associate Producer
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Lynn Klugman | ... |
TV Production Assistant
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Carolyn Krigbaum | ... |
Max's Secretary
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Zane Lasky | ... |
Audio Man
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Michael Lipton | ... |
Tommy Pellegrino
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Michael Lombard | ... |
Willie Stein
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Pirie MacDonald | ... |
Herb Thackeray
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Russ Petranto | ... |
TV Associate Director
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Bernard Pollock | ... |
Lou
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Roy Poole | ... |
Sam Haywood
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William Prince | ... |
Edward George Ruddy
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Sasha von Scherler | ... |
Helen Miggs
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Lane Smith | ... |
Robert McDonough
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Ted Sorel | ... |
Giannini
(as Theodore Sorel)
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Beatrice Straight | ... |
Louise Schumacher
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Fred Stuthman | ... |
Mosaic Figure
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Cameron Thomas | ... |
TV Technical Director
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Marlene Warfield | ... |
Laureen Hobbs
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Lydia Wilen | ... |
Hunter's Secretary
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Lee Richardson | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
John Chancellor | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Robert P. Cohen | ... |
Window Person (uncredited)
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Walter Cronkite | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Andrew Duncan | ... |
Agent (uncredited)
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Todd Everett | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Betty Ford | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Gerald Ford | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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John Gabriel | ... |
TV Anchor Reporting Beale's Suicide Threat (uncredited)
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Tom Gibney | ... |
Announcer (uncredited)
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Lance Henriksen | ... |
Network Lawyer at Khan's Place (uncredited)
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Raymond Martino | ... |
Window Person (uncredited)
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John Pashley | ... |
Cameraman (uncredited)
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Howard K. Smith | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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David Susskind | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Michael Tucker | ... |
Man at Desk (uncredited)
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Ahmed Yamani | ... |
Self (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
Sidney Lumet |
Written by
Paddy Chayefsky | ... | (by) |
Produced by
Fred C. Caruso | ... | associate producer (as Fred Caruso) |
Howard Gottfried | ... | producer |
Music by
Elliot Lawrence | ... | (original music composed by) |
Cinematography by
Owen Roizman | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Alan Heim |
Editorial Department
Michael Jacobi | ... | assistant editor |
Don Dittmar | ... | color timer (uncredited) |
Norman Hollyn | ... | apprentice editor (uncredited) |
Jeffrey Wolf | ... | apprentice editor (uncredited) |
Casting By
Juliet Taylor |
Production Design by
Philip Rosenberg |
Set Decoration by
Edward Stewart |
Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge |
Makeup Department
John Alese | ... | makeup |
Susan Germaine | ... | hair: Ms. Dunaway |
Lee Harman | ... | makeup: Ms. Dunaway |
Philip Leto | ... | hair (as Phil Leto) |
Network | ... | makeup daily (uncredited) |
Barbie Palmer | ... | makeup daily (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alan Hopkins | ... | first assistant director (as Jay Allan Hopkins) |
Ralph S. Singleton | ... | second assistant director (as Ralph Singleton) |
Peter R. Scoppa | ... | first assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Connie Brink | ... | property master (as Conrad Brink) |
Phillip Jostrom | ... | assistant to art director (uncredited) |
Eugene Powell | ... | scenic artist (uncredited) |
William F. Reynolds | ... | set dresser (uncredited) |
Walter Way | ... | construction grip (uncredited) |
Jules Wollock | ... | carpenter (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Jack Fitzstephens | ... | sound editor |
Marc Laub | ... | sound editor (as Marc M. Laub) |
Sanford Rackow | ... | sound editor |
James Sabat | ... | sound mixer |
Dick Vorisek | ... | re-recordist |
Louis Cerborino | ... | assistant sound editor (uncredited) |
Mel Zelniker | ... | adr recordist (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Ginsburg | ... | still photographer |
Kenneth Goss | ... | key grip |
Norman Leigh | ... | gaffer |
Gary Muller | ... | second assistant cameraman |
Tom Prate | ... | grip |
Tom Priestley Jr. | ... | assistant cameraman |
Fred Schuler | ... | camera operator |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
George Newman | ... | costumer |
Marilyn Putnam | ... | costumer |
Location Management
John H. Starke | ... | location coordinator (as John Starke) |
Music Department
Elliot Lawrence | ... | conductor: original music |
Script and Continuity Department
Kay Chapin | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
James Giblin | ... | transportation chief (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Selma Brown | ... | production auditor |
Steve Rutt | ... | video logo by: U.B.S., EUE Video Services |
Connie Schoenberg | ... | office coordinator |
Stephen Frankfurt | ... | title designer (uncredited) |
Mark Hurwitz | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Lynn Klugman | ... | television consultant (uncredited) |
Susan B. Landau | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
John McWade | ... | assistant to production auditor (uncredited) |
Howard Newman | ... | publicity coordinator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (A Howard Gottfried - Paddy Chayefsky Production)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1976) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1976) (United States) (theatrical) (released thru) (for MGM)
- United Artists (1976) (Non-US)
- United Artists (1977) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1977) (France) (theatrical) (as Les Artistes Associés)
- United Artists (1977) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1977) (Germany) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1977) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1977) (Norway) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1977) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1977) (Greece) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1977) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Rank Filmes de Portugal (1977) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Nova Film (1977) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- C.B. Films S.A. (1977) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (through United Artists)
- Home Box Office (HBO) (1977) (United States) (tv)
- United Artists (A-Asia) (1977) (Australia) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1977) (Japan) (theatrical)
- CBS (1978) (United States) (tv)
- Intervision Video (1980) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- MGM/CBS Home Video (1980) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1982) (Australia) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1982) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- CEL-MGM/UA Home Video (1983) (Australia) (video)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1983) (Canada) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1983) (United States) (VHS)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (1985) (Greece) (VHS)
- Turner Entertainment (1986) (United States)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1987) (United States) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (United States) (VHS) (pan and scan)
- Warner Home Video (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (Germany) (VHS)
- ARTE (1993) (France) (tv)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1996) (United States) (VHS)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD) (included in "Controversial Classics: Volume 2")
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Arrow Films (2015) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- Arthaus (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Arthaus (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- France 5 (2021) (France) (tv)
- Fox Video Japan (2001) (Japan) (DVD)
- NHK BS Premium (2011) (Japan) (tv)
- NHK-BS2 (1993) (Japan) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Todd/Champion Ltd. (extra casting)
- Panavision (filmed in)
- Metrocolor (prints)
- EUE/Screen Gems Video Services (U.B.S. video logo by)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- KO Creative (package design and layout)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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.
Written by Bruce Janson |
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Taglines | "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! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,800,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $1,250,675 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Peter Finch was desperate to win the role of Howard Beale once he had read the script. He even offered to pay his own airfare to New York City for the screentest. But Sidney Lumet was concerned about Finch's Australian accent. Finch won the part after sending Lumet a recording of himself reading the New York Times with a perfect American accent. See more » |
Goofs | Every one of Howard Beale's shows has the same studio audience (note the man in the black vest, with long hair and a beard). See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Amérique, notre histoire (2006). See more » |
Crazy Credits | Paddy Chayefsky's credit in the opening credits says "by Paddy Chayefsky" (rather than "written by Paddy Chayefsky" or a variant thereof). See more » |
Quotes |
Howard Beale:
I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!" See more » |