Network

Dir: Sydney Lumet, 1976 (9.1*)
Best Picture (AA)

AFI Top 100

This movie about a tv show has proven to be very prophetic, network producer Faye Dunaway (Oscar nomination) is looking for something new and groundbreaking, and a talk-show host having a breakdown comes her way. Peter Finch’s terrific performance as Howard Beale is now legend, he also won the only posthumous Oscar in history as he died shortly after filming; ironic, as his character "dies" nightly at one point. William Holden (Oscar nomination) gives one of his best performances as a tv executive with a conscience in a world without one, his wife was Oscar-winning Beatrice Straight, also terrific . This film foresaw reality tv, schlock-show hosts, and live terrorism.
Quote: I’m mad as hell, and I’m not gonna take it anymore! (Finch)