Network [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; by Paddy Chayefsky ; produced by Howard Gottfried ; directed by Sidney Lumet. - Two-disc special ed. - Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video : Turner Entertainment Co., [2006] - 2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. Features include: "The making of 'Network'": a 6-part 30th anniversary documentary; vintage Paddy Chayefsky interview excerpt from "Dinah!"; commentary by director Sidney Lumet; "Private screenings with Sidney Lumet": Turner Classic movies host Robert Osborne interviews the director. Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Burrows, John Carpenter, Jordan Charney.

Disc 1. Feature film, commentary by Sidney Lumet, theatrical trailer -- Disc 2. Special features

Photography, Owen Roizman ; editor, Alan Heim ; music, Elliot Lawrence Photography, Owen Roizman ; editor, Alan Heim ; music, Elliot Lawrence

Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall

A television newscaster's mental breakdown turns him into a celebrity when the network tries to profit from his illness


DVD, region 1; Dolby digital


English (stereo) or dubbed French dialogue (mono) with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles

0790793059

012569692428


Television news anchors--United States--Drama.
Television broadcasting of news--United States--Drama.
Sensationalism in journalism--United States--Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

791.4372 / NET 2006