Thursday, 28 March 2013

NETWORK (1976)

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YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1977 WonOscarBest Actor in a Leading Role
Peter Finch
Nomination and award were posthumous. Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha Finch and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf.
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Faye Dunaway
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Beatrice Straight
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Paddy Chayefsky
NominatedOscarBest Actor in a Leading Role
William Holden
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ned Beatty
Best Cinematography
Owen Roizman
Best Director
Sidney Lumet
Best Film Editing
Alan Heim
Best Picture
Howard Gottfried
'Network' becomes the second film to win three awards for acting, following A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).


This movie killed me.  For as freaked out as audiences may have been in 1976, that nut job on the news is just average today.  We call it FOX or CNN.

Another one of those one i crossed off the list and will likely never watch again.

All the same, good  movie.

Check it out.

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