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"Prescient and powerful, the film foreshadowed the likes of Bill O’Reilly with its ‘mad as hell’ protagonists and the climate of American anger that birthed Trump"- Guardian Film
Winner of four Academy Awards (including Best Actor for Peter Finch and Best Actress for Faye Dunaway), Lumet's film remains as powerful and urgent almost fifty years after its release. A terrifying and timely satire packed with exhilarating performances, the time has never been better to tune back into Network. Starring the incredible lineup of; Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, and Ned Beatty!
Howard Beale, a veteran newscaster, is informed by his ratings-driven network executives that he is about to be dumped because he "skews old" - in turn, he uses his next broadcast to announce that he is going to commit suicide on his final programme. An ambitious programming executive convinces her superiors to let the broadcast go ahead, hoping that the final event will give the network its greatest ratings ever.
2024 marks 100 years since the birth of Sidney Lumet, marking the perfect occasion for retrospective screenings of the master filmmaker's works. Join us for a range of weekend screenings across July and August, each introduced by American cinema expert Professor Andy Willis - School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies at the University of Salford.
THE FILMS:
July 21st: Network (1976)
July 28th: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
August 4th Double Bill: Twelve Angry Men (1959) & The Verdict (1982)