Network

Resource Information

The work Network represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Network

Statement of responsibility

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; by Paddy Chayefsky ; produced by Howard Gottfried ; directed by Sidney Lumet ; a Howard Gottfried/Paddy Chayefsky production

Contributor

• Finch, Peter, 1916-1977
• Gottfried, Howard
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Heim, Alan
• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Turner Entertainment Co
• Hickman, Darryl
• Charney, Jordan
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-
• Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011
• Osborne, Robert A.
• Poole, Roy, 1924-1986
• Prince, William, 1913-1996
• Roizman, Owen, 1936-
• Rosenberg, Philip, 1935-
• Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
• Straight, Beatrice
• Warfield, Marlene
• Holden, William, 1918-1981
• Burghardt, Arthur
• Beatty, Ned
• Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981
• Cronkite, Walter
• Dunaway, Faye
• Duvall, Robert
• Aldredge, Theoni V.
• Ferrell, Conchata
• Addy, Wesley

Actor

• Poole, Roy, 1924-1986
• Prince, William, 1913-1996
• Addy, Wesley
• Ferrell, Conchata
• Duvall, Robert
• Dunaway, Faye
• Beatty, Ned
• Charney, Jordan
• Burghardt, Arthur
• Warfield, Marlene
• Straight, Beatrice
• Holden, William, 1918-1981
• Hickman, Darryl
• Finch, Peter, 1916-1977

Conductor

• Lawrence, Elliot, 1925-

Costume designer

• Aldredge, Theoni V.

Director of photography

• Roizman, Owen, 1936-

Editor of moving image work

• Heim, Alan

Film director

• Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011

Film distributor

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Film producer

• Gottfried, Howard
• Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981

Production company

• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Turner Entertainment Co
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production designer

• Rosenberg, Philip, 1935-

Screenwriter

• Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981

Subject

• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Journalism -- Feature
• Longs métrages -- États-Unis
• Melodrama
• Melodrama -- Feature
• Melodrama, American
• Melodrama, American
• Sensationalism in journalism
• Sensationalism in journalism -- United States -- Drama
• Show business -- Feature
• Television broadcasting of news
• Television broadcasting of news -- United States -- Drama
• Television news anchors
• Television news anchors -- United States -- Drama
• Televisión -- Emisiones -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• United States

Genre

• Show business
• Journalism
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Melodrama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Melodrama, American
• Teatro

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness

Awards note

Academy Award winner, 1977: Best Leading Actor (Peter Finch) ; Best Leading Actress (Faye Dunaway) ; Best Supporting Actress (Beatrice Straight) ; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Paddy Chayefsky)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, Owen Roizman ; production designer, Philip Rosenberg ; costume designer, Theoni V. Aldredge ; editor, Alan Heim ; original music composed and conducted by Elliot Lawrence

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

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Language note

English or dubbed French dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.M39

LC item number

N489675 2006

PerformerNote

Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Jordan Charney, Conchata Ferrell, Darryl Hickman, Roy Poole, William Prince, Beatrice Straight, Marlene Warfield, Arthur Burghardt

Runtime

121

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action