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Network (DVD, 2006, 2-Disc Special Edition)
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Leading Role: Peter Finch
Director: Sidney Lumet
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: Feb 2006
Format: DVD
Additional Info: 2-Disc Special Edition
UPC: 012569692428
Product ID: EPID50573514
Description: With stunning prescience, Sidney Lumet's searing satire of television and the contemporary moment chronicles media corruption and the way that the public buys into the myths the media creates. The moral and spiritual turpitude delivered ...
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3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Network is a masterwork by Paddy Chayefsky. In it he is able to foresee what will happen to network news programs years before massive changes actually take place.
Seeing the film now and comparing it to what is going on at the major network in the current time is a frightening chronicle. Over the top==yes, but not by much.
The major networks are going in the very direction he first wrote about in the late 60s. The drive for the dollar overrides every other consideration. While the late Edward Murrow once accurately stated "There is no such thing as a completely objective reporter", Network makesclear that objectivity is being swept away by the drive for control and wealth. The movie really did make people madder than hell, but so far, they keep on taking it!
Seeing the film now and comparing it to what is going on at the major network in the current time is a frightening chronicle. Over the top==yes, but not by much.
The major networks are going in the very direction he first wrote about in the late 60s. The drive for the dollar overrides every other consideration. While the late Edward Murrow once accurately stated "There is no such thing as a completely objective reporter", Network makesclear that objectivity is being swept away by the drive for control and wealth. The movie really did make people madder than hell, but so far, they keep on taking it!
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Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our I liked this when I saw it on TV.Review created: 01/05/09
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I saw this years ago. By chance, I ran into a review of it, and spent a couple years looking for it, trying searches, everything came up blank. You have to use the REAL actors name, not the charactors name in the search to bring it up.
Glad I finally got a copy!
Glad I finally got a copy!
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A PROPHET USING A SCRIPT.......Review created: 06/20/09
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Network is a film that is so prophetic, it could have been made yesterday! This film and its' creators' captured the wasteland that television has become today. Peter Finch, William Holden, Beatrice Straight, and Faye Dunaway provide performances that will long be remembered, ESPECIALLY THE MAD AS HELL DIALOGUE BY PETER FINCH! The scene with Beatrice Straight confronting William Holden in regards to his relationship with Faye Dunaway, is one of the most emotionally moving I have ever seen on film. IF EVER AN ACADEMY AWARD WAS EARNED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, IT WAS THIS PERFORMANCE GIVEN BY BEATRICE STRAIGHT AS THE WIFE OF WILLIAM HOLDEN IN THIS FILM!
Aside from the brilliance in Direction from Sidney Lumet and writing by Paddy C., the film has no flaws. Considering all the Awards it garnered, today it is one of those films in looking back should have received the Award for Best Picture also. That seems to be the case with many films in looking back, and Network is certainly in this category. The picture quality is excellent, as well as all the extra commentaries and interviews provided on this Special Anniversary DVD, even one including Walter Cronkite that is especially noteworthy at this time as he is very ill and fighting for his life. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Aside from the brilliance in Direction from Sidney Lumet and writing by Paddy C., the film has no flaws. Considering all the Awards it garnered, today it is one of those films in looking back should have received the Award for Best Picture also. That seems to be the case with many films in looking back, and Network is certainly in this category. The picture quality is excellent, as well as all the extra commentaries and interviews provided on this Special Anniversary DVD, even one including Walter Cronkite that is especially noteworthy at this time as he is very ill and fighting for his life. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
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