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“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” When Howard Beale (Peter Finch), a veteran news anchor with slipping ratings, learns he is being let go, he launches into a rant on live television, ultimately proclaiming his intention to commit suicide live on an upcoming broadcast. The network’s executives cynically decide to keep Beale on and exploit the ratings boost following his rant. Sidney Lumet’s prescient examination of the modern news media depicts a cruel, ratings-hungry world, in which populism is exploited for profit. This touchstone film of the 1970s earned 10 Academy Award® nominations, including acting wins for Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight, and an Oscar® for Paddy Chayefsky’s screenplay. DIR Sidney Lumet; SCR Paddy Chayefsky; PROD Howard Gottfried. U.S., 1976, color, 121 min. RATED R
Run Time: 121 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026
Genre: Drama
