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Verenigde Staten
Drama
120 minuten

geregisseerd door Sidney Lumet
met Faye Dunaway, William Holden en Robert Duvall

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Awards:
Academy Awards

Network won three of the four acting awards, tying the record of 1951's A Streetcar Named Desire. As of 2009, Network is the last film to have won three of the four acting Academy Awards.

Won:

    * Best Actor in a Leading Role - Peter Finch
    * Best Actress in a Leading Role - Faye Dunaway
    * Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Beatrice Straight
    * Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Paddy Chayefsky

Finch died before the Academy Awards ceremony was held and, until Heath Ledger won an Oscar for his role in 2008's The Dark Knight, was the only performer ever to win the award posthumously. In addition, both Finch and Ledger were Australian citizens.

The award itself was collected by his widow, Eletha Finch. Straight's performance as the wife of Holden's character occupied only five minutes and 40 seconds of screen time, making it the shortest performance to win an Oscar, as of 2009.

Nominated:

    * Best Actor in a Leading Role - William Holden
    * Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ned Beatty
    * Best Cinematography - Owen Roizman
    * Best Film Editing - Alan Heim
    * Best Director - Sidney Lumet
    * Best Picture, (Lost to Rocky)

[edit] Golden Globes

Won:

    * Best Motion Picture Actor-Drama - Peter Finch
    * Best Motion Picture Actress-Drama - Faye Dunaway
    * Best Director - Sidney Lumet
    * Best Screenplay - Paddy Chayefsky

Nominated:

    * Best Motion Picture-Drama

[edit] BAFTA Awards

Won:

    * Best Actor - Peter Finch

Nominated:

    * Best Film
    * Best Actor - William Holden
    * Best Actress - Faye Dunaway
    * Best Supporting Actor - Robert Duvall
    * Best Director - Sidney Lumet
    * Best Editing - Alan Heim
    * Best Screenplay - Paddy Chayefsky
    * Best Sound Track - Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Laub, Sanford Rackow, James Sabat, & Dick Vorisek

[edit] American Film Institute

    * AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies #66
    * AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes #19
          o "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
    * AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) #64

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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 5.49 + 6.17 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 121 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): English DD2.0 | French DD2.0

Subtitles: optional English | French | Spanish



DISC FEATURES:

# Commentary by Director Sidney Lumet.
# The Making of Network: A 6-Part Anniversary Documentary (1:25:21).
# Vintage Interview excerpt from Dinah!, Hosted by Dinah Shore (14:01).
# Turner Classic Movies' Private Screenings featuring Sidney Lumet (54:28).
# Theatrical Trailer.



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