Newscaster Howard Beale has a message for those who package reports of cute puppies, movie premieres and fender benders as hard news: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore." Sidney Lumet directs Paddy Chayefsky's satire (an Academy Award-winning screenplay) about the things people do for love.and ratings. Three performers won Oscars. Best Actress Faye Dunaway is the TV exec guarding ratings like a tigress protecting cubs. Best Actor Peter Finch is Beale, whose airwave rants become a phenomenon. And William Holden, Robert Duvall and Best Supporting Actress Beatrice Straight add to the fierce vitality.
Actors:
Faye Dunaway,Ned Beatty,Beatrice Straight,Peter Finch,Robert Duvall,William Holden
Description:
Brilliant Paddy Chayefsky story of a declining television newsman who is turned into a ranting prophet of the airwaves by a crafty female programming executive. Well deserved Oscars went to Dunaway, Finch and Straight!