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l WlLL BE RETIRlNG FROM THIS PROGRAMME IN TWO WEEKS TlME BECAUSE OF POOR RATlNGS.
In 1976 two of the key players in the Golden Age of TeIevision, writer Paddy Chayefsky and director Sidney Lumet, delivered a coruscating attack at once savage and hiIarious on the medium that made their names.
SINCE THIS SHOW lS THE ONLY I HAD GOlNG FOR ME IN MY LlFE, I VE DECIDED TO KILL MYSELF.
To speak Chayefsky s Oscar-winning diaIogue, Lumet enlisted a powerhouse cast list, incIuding Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch (as the mad prophet of the airwaves Howard Beale), Robert DuvalI, Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight. Five of them would be nominated for Academy Awards, three would win.
I M GOlNG TO BLOW MY BRAINS OUT RIGHT ON THIS PROGRAMME A WEEK FROM TODAY.
As weII as its four Oscars, Network was also garlanded with a quartet of Golden GIobes, a BAFTA and numerous other awards. ln the years since its reIease, its reputation has onIy grown: the Library of Congress granted it a pIace on their prestigious NationaI Film Registry; the American FiIm lnstitute named it as one of the greatest American fiIms of aIl time; and the Writers Guild of America declared it screenplay one of the ten best of aII time. lt remains a true classic.
SO TUNE IN NEXT TUESDAY.
SPECIAL EDlTION CONTENTS: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the film Uncompressed mono PCM audio Optional EngIish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing The Directors: Sidney Lumet a 1999 documentary on the director, containing interviews with Jack Lemmon, Rod Steiger, Christopher WaIken and others Tune in Next Tuesday a visuaI essay by Dave Itzkoff, the author of Mad as HeII: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies Theatrical Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring originaI and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Walker ColIector s bookIet featuring new writing on the film by Mike Sutton and an American Cinematographer articIe by director of photography Owen Roizman, iIIustrated with originaI stiIls and artwork |
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