Network 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray brings Sidney Lumet’s scathing, frighteningly prophetic media satire into sharp new clarity. Powered by Paddy Chayefsky’s razor-edged screenplay, the film dissects a collapsing television network where ratings desperation turns a disillusioned news anchor into an accidental revolutionary. As Howard Beale’s furious on-air tirades become a cultural phenomenon, ambitious executive Diana Christensen seizes the moment, blurring the lines between journalism, entertainment, and exploitation. Still shockingly relevant, Network remains a ferocious critique of corporate media, spectacle-driven outrage, and the machinery of televised manipulation.

Film Info
United States
1976
121 minutes
Color
1.85:1
English
Spine #1300

Network [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] w/o slip

Name: Network [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] w/o slip
Brand: Criterion Collection
Price: 54.99 CAD
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4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio commentary featuring director Sidney Lumet
• Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025), a feature-length documentary about the screenwriter by Matthew Miele
• The Making of “Network” (2006), a six-part documentary by Laurent Bouzereau
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by writer and New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie

Cover by Adam Maida
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