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 enlarge | Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy
Studio: Warner Bros.
Category: Movie
Buy New: $2.99
Rating:  161 reviews
Sales Rank: 8277
Genre: Comedy
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 122 Minutes
ASIN: B000I5SY9Q
Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 1976
Release Date: November 20, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
A powerful and still-relevant satire of the news industry. When a news anchor has a nervous breakdown on live television, and threatens to kill himself on a following live newscast, the event is manipulated by his driven producer into a ratings smash. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 156 more reviews...
 Reportage or parody? January 8, 2009
Ry Jones (Occupied Washington State)
A vision of today; writ large by powerful performances and outsized egos. The excellent commentary track, quality audio transfer, and fairly good video transfer more than make up for the second (filler) disk.
 Tongue-In-Cheek, Excellent Satire! Too Bad About the DVD! December 15, 2008
Frederick Baptist (Singapore)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is an all-time classic because it retains its ability to entertain and to move its audience over the years. It's been 30 years but this film ages very well as its theme of amorality, exploitation and dehumanising of people for the sake of selfish motives and the almighty dollar is still relevant today e.g. subprime, credit crisis etc. Add that to brilliant acting by Finch in his best ever performance in a role that seems to have been written just for him as well as by Dunaway who is excellent in her role. This powerful movie is one of my all-time favourites.
Unfortunately, this dvd version is very poor as the picture quality has many imperfections such as white spots having not been restored and barely rises above VHS quality. The sound quality is also poor having not been remastered. My advice is to give this version a miss and to wait for a well restored and remastered version with at least Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound options as well as good Special Features to surface either in the standard or in the new Blu-ray formats. Surely a classic like this deserves a lot better than this poor quality dvd version.
Great! December 1, 2008
Hil (Quantico,VA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not only is this a great dvd, but the delivery was prompt and the dvd was in new condition. I am very happy with this product. I will surely order from this seller again.
A true classic -- must see November 15, 2008
Helen J. Bacon (Nazareth, PA USA)
For any of you who have never seen this movie, and you want to see a movie with an unusual story, this is a good one. It is timeless in expressing how fed up people can get with things around them, and whether they can make a splash in this world as they travel through...
I saw this movie 30 years ago but never forgot it. It was definitely worth rewatching. It amazes me how movies like this get overlooked in the television channel reruns....
 More relevant than ever November 11, 2008
J. Greenwood (Mpls, MN USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The movie is a prophetic masterpiece. Look around you. Here we are at the height of the information age. Innudated with pseudo reality shows. Biased media spin doctors creating political super-stars and even getting a unqualified junior senator elected President of the US. Might as well been written by Chayesky himself.
As mentioned in an earlier review the digital transfer leads much to be desired. But the films message is so important, even now 30 years later, that you should buy it anyway.
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