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• Peter Finch
• Howard Beale
• Faye Dunaway
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media
• Suicide

Network is a hilarious glimpse at how whorish the communication industry can be. (Yeah, that’s right, we said it). The 1976 film — which won several Academy Awards — stars Peter Finch as Howard Beale, a should’ve-been-fired anchor whose insane antics, such as threatening, on-air, to kill himself, win his network higher ratings and win him his job back and his own show. Things get complicated when he sleeps with a producer (played by Faye Dunaway) who also has dreams of success. The film is as much a comment on the media’s insatiable hunger for ratings as it is the source of the hunger: human greed. Talk about a good scoop…8:30 p.m. Domy, 1709 Westheimer. For information, call 713-523-3669 or visit www.domystore.com. Free.
Mon., Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m., 2008