Network Movie

Network is a dramatic film that explores the struggles of a TV network in the competitive world of television news.

News anchor Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch, announces on live television that he's planning on committing suicide, after being told that he's being fired due to low ratings. The ratings spike his declaration produces convince management to keep him on the air.

"All I know is first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, "I'm a human being. God Dammit, 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!"—Howard Beale, NetworkEamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day: Things Have Got to Change My Friends (October 2006)

“This was the story of Howard Beale, the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.”—Narrator, NetworkAmerican Society of Cinematographers: Network (1976) (June 2006)

• Faye Dunaway: Diana Christensen
• William Holden: Max Schumacher
• Peter Finch: Howard Beale
• Robert Duvall: Frank Hackett