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Tells how a TV newsman with low ratings and suicidal tendencies becomes a folk hero and a media star. Stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall. Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Howard Beale, the longtime anchor of the Union Broadcasting System's UBS Evening News, learns from friend and news division president Max Schumacher that he has just two more weeks on the air because of declining ratings. When Beale's ratings seem to have topped out, Diana Christensen, who heads the network's programming department, approaches Beale and offers to help him "develop" the news show. Beale promises he will apologize for his outburst, but once on air, he launches back into a rant claiming that life is "bullshit"

Credits

Cast: Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty

Copyright

Registered 14Nov76 · LP46818 (Jul-Dec 1976) Copyright holder: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. & United Artists Corporation Registered 25Aug78 · PA 14-408 (Jul-Dec 1978) Copyright holder: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., & United Artists Corporation

Complete catalog record

Tells how a TV newsman with low ratings and suicidal tendencies becomes a folk hero and a media star. Stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall. Directed by Sidney Lumet.

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16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright

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