Legendary director Sidney Lumet delivered another knockout with this timeless classic. After a veteran TV news anchor is fired from his job, he has a nervous breakdown live on TV which revives his career when the network tries to cash on a new era on TV. Glorious writing by Paddy Chayefsky proved to be prophetic in many ways of what television would become. Lumet as usual assembled a stellar cast with Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight delivering riveting performances without a false beat. It's one of the best film about TV and corporate culture that remains relevant to this day which is quite a remarkable achievement by the the whole cast and crew. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Legendary director Sidney Lumet delivered another knockout with this timeless classic. After a veteran TV news anchor is fired from his job, he has a nervous breakdown live on TV which revives his career when the network tries to cash on a new era on TV. Glorious writing by Paddy Chayefsky proved to be prophetic in many ways of what television would become. Lumet as usual assembled a stellar cast with Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty and Beatrice Straight delivering riveting performances without a false beat. It's one of the best film about TV and corporate culture that remains relevant to this day which is quite a remarkable achievement by the the whole cast and crew. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.
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