Journalism In The Movies - Network (1977)

Network - (Re-issue Trailer)

Television programmers turn a deranged news anchor into "the mad prophet of the airwaves" in Network (1976) starring Peter Finch.

Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Going To Blow My Brains Out

Ending the credits and leading into the precipitating event, Howard Beale (Peter Finch), just-dismissed anchor for the fictional UBS network news, draws no attention in the control room, profanity ensuing, Sidney Lumet directing from Paddy Chayefsky’s celebrated original screenplay, in Network, 1976.

Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Primal Forces

Howard Beale (Peter Finch) is summoned for another landmark scene, in which Jensen (Ned Beatty) tells him the corporate way of the world, in Network, 1976, directed by Sidney Lumet from Paddy Chayefsky's script.

Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) The Popular Rage

TV entertainment executive Diana (Faye Dunaway in her Academy Award-winning role) first with her assistant (Conchata Ferrell) then with network big shot Hackett (Robert Duvall), raving about the anchorman gone-mad, in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, 1976.

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence -- (Clip) Edward Norton: Lee and Lumet

Actor Edward Norton compares directors Spike Lee and Sidney Lumet in this excerpt from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence, (2008).

Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Middle Of Act Two

Beatrice Straight (as "Louise") in the scene that won her Academy Award as supporting actress, with husband Max (William Holden) who's just confessed his affair with a younger TV executive, in Paddy Chayefsky's Network, 1976.

Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Mad As Hell!

Supported by entertainment exec Diana (Faye Dunaway) in the news control room, fired anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) ousts his substitute and delivers his mad-prophet tirade, the most famous scene from Network, 1976, from Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay.

Network (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Howard Beale

Howard K. Smith, John Chancellor and Walter Cronkite appear in narrated opening to Sidney Lumet's Network, 1976, which also introduces Howard (Peter Finch) and Max (William Holden), from Paddy Chayefsky's script.