Television will never be the same.
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
- Suicide or self-harm
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Character
Meticulous, prestige, bleak and overwhelming.
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Ironists.
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“Is this Sidney Lumet's best work?”
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“Is Max Schumacher the real protagonist?”
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“Is it the best drama film of its decade?”
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Cast
- Faye DunawayDiana Christensen
- William HoldenMax Schumacher
- Peter FinchHoward Beale
- Robert DuvallFrank Hackett
- Wesley AddyNelson Chaney
- Ned BeattyArthur Jensen
- Arthur BurghardtGreat Ahmed Kahn
- Bill BurrowsTV Director
- John CarpenterGeorge Bosch
- Jordan CharneyHarry Hunter
Crew
- Sidney LumetDirector
- Paddy ChayefskyWriter
- Owen RoizmanDirector of Photography
- Elliot LawrenceOriginal Music Composer
- Alan HeimEditor
- Howard GottfriedProducer
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