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Network (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban
Network
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Faye Dunaway / William Holden
other title: Quinto potere / Escândalo na TV
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Altered States (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
Altered States
director: Ken Russell actor: William Hurt / Blair Brown
other title: Stati di allucinazione / Eksperimentet
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
Marty (1955) [Movie] TMDB
Marty
director: Delbert Mann actor: Ernest Borgnine / Betsy Blair
other title: Marty - Vita di un timido
Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.
Middle of the Night (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Middle of the Night
director: Delbert Mann actor: Kim Novak / Glenda Farrell
other title: Nel mezzo della notte / Mitten in der Nacht
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 50s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.