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12. This is one of the most prescient films,ever.

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #9)

Wed May 13, 2026, 11:18 PM

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Along with Face in a Crowd.

Interestingly,Duvall ,in Network,played a ruthless tv exec..unlikeable,and not his usual typecasting.(But Ned Beatty was cosmic in his role.)

As with Andy Griffith ,in A Face in the Crowd.Sure wasnt good ole Andy of Mayberry in that one!

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