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the pic, a black comedy, stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight. It was written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet.

Network won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Peter Finch, posthumously), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Faye Dunaway), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Beatrice Straight) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (William Holden), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ned Beatty), Best Cinematography (Owen Roizman), Best Film Editing (Alan Heim), Best Director, and Best Picture.

Beatrice Straight's performance is the shortest Oscar-winning performance within history. She get on film for less than sextuplet transactions.

Within 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" & selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

This is a film that spawned the great deal quoted line, "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this any more!"

Actor George Clooney is planning to produce & co-star around the survive manufactured-for-television remaking of the film, even as he did using "Fail-Safe". [http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_3095288]

Cast
Faye Dunaway as Diana Christensen William Holden as Max Schumacher Peter Finch as Howard Beale Robert Duvall as Frank Hackett Wesley Addy as Nelson Chaney Ned Beatty as Arthur Jensen Beatrice Straight as Louise Schumacher Jordan Charney as Harry Hunter Lane Smith as Robert McDonough Cindy Grover as Caroline Schumacher Marlene Warfield as Laureen Hobbs Carolyn Krigbaum as Max's Secretary Lee Richardson as Narrator (voice)

Awards

Academy Awards
Won:
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Peter Finch
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
Nominative:
Best Actor in a Leading Role - William Holden
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ned Beatty
Best Cinematography - Owen Roizman
Best Film Editing - Alan Heim
Best Director - Sidney Lumet
Best Picture

Golden Globes
Won:
Best Motion Picture Actor-Drama - Peter Finch
Best Motion Picture Actress-Drama - Faye Dunaway
Best Director - Sidney Lumet
Best Screenplay - Paddy Chayefsky
Nominative:
Best Motion Picture-Drama

BAFTA Awards
Won:
Best Actor - Peter Finch
Nominative:
Better Film
Right Actor - William Holden
Right Actress - Faye Dunaway
Better Supporting Actor - Robert Duvall
Right Director - Sidney Lumet
Right Editing - Alan Heim
Right Screenplay - Paddy Chayefsky
Better Healthy Track - Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Laub, Sanford Rackow, James Sabat, & Dick Vorisek