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1976
· Movie
· 121 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #312
- IMDb #330
- Google retired #1915
- Rotten Tomatoes #392
- Metacritic #291
- Letterboxd #156
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1041
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #251
- Metacritic Critics #523
- Metacritic Audience #195
- Criticker #91
- Douban #445
- Kinopoisk #837
- AlloCiné #996
- Trakt #658
Every rating
74–93
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 74, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 93.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The longtime news anchor for a failing television network is fired due to low ratings. On his final broadcast, he has an on-air mental breakdown and announces he will kill himself on live television. Instead of being scandalized, the network's executives seize on his explosive rants and newfound popularity, cynically exploiting his madness for ratings, turning the news into a sensationalized circus.
Details
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Writer
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Released
- 27 November 1976
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Box office
- $23.7M
- Awards
- 19 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (49) →
Awards & nominations
See all 38 →10 major awards won · 19 wins from 38 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Actor | Peter Finch | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Actress | Faye Dunaway | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Supporting Actress | Beatrice Straight | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1976 | Best Original Screenplay | Paddy Chayefsky | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Paddy Chayefsky | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Sidney Lumet | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Faye Dunaway | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1976 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Peter Finch | Winner |
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Academy Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Peter Finch | Winner |
| Best Actress | Faye Dunaway | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Paddy Chayefsky | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Beatrice Straight | Winner |
| Best Actor | William Holden | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Owen Roizman | Nominee |
| Best Director | Sidney Lumet | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Alan Heim | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Howard Gottfried | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ned Beatty | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
5 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Peter Finch | Winner |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Faye Dunaway | Winner |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Sidney Lumet | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Paddy Chayefsky | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen | Paddy Chayefsky | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Sidney Lumet | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Sidney Lumet | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay | Paddy Chayefsky | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Peter Finch | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | William Holden | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Robert Duvall | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Faye Dunaway | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Sidney Lumet | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Alan Heim | Nominee |
| Best Film | Sidney Lumet | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Paddy Chayefsky | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Laub, Sanford Rackow, James Sabat, and Dick Vorisek | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Faye Dunaway | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Faye Dunaway | Winner |
National Film Preservation Board
1 nomination, 1 won
| National Film Registry | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Paddy Chayefsky | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film Hall of Fame: Productions | Winner |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film | Alan Heim | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Science Fiction Film | Nominee |