When network news anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch)



loses his mind on the air, his outrageous rants reach viewers at home, boost the ratings & intrigue cutthroat network executives Faye Dunaway



& Robert Duvall.



William Holden



contrasts their avarice as an old-school TV journalist hopelessly out of step in writer Paddy Chayefsky's



Oscar-winning masterpiece, which predicted today's rash of trash television & shock-laden news broadcasts.



Rated R 2 hours 1 minutes 1976

3.75 stars (Dale-3.5, David-4). Excellent show (except for the last 1/2 hour...which just dragged on forever!) David's mad as hell and he's not going to take this anymore!