Editing Network (1976 film) (section)

== Accolades ==
At the [[49th Academy Awards]], ''Network'' won 3 of the 4 acting awards. As of 2024, it is the second of only 3 films which have accomplished this feat, preceded by ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' in [[24th Academy Awards|1951]] and followed by ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'' in [[95th Academy Awards|2022]].

[[Peter Finch]] died before the [[49th Academy Awards|1977 ceremony]] and was the only performer to win a [[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|posthumous acting Academy Award]] until [[Heath Ledger]] won [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] in [[81st Academy Awards|2008]]. The statuette itself was collected by Finch's widow, Eletha Finch, after [[Paddy Chayefsky]] invited her onstage.

[[Beatrice Straight]] appeared in only 5 minutes, 2 seconds of screen time, making it [[List of Academy Award records|the shortest performance to win an Oscar]] {{as of|2024|lc=y}} (breaking [[Gloria Grahame]]'s 9 minute, 32 seconds record for ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]'' in [[25th Academy Awards|1952]]).<ref name="servingcinema.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.servingcinema.com/2015/11/while-you-were-eating-ho-hos-on-the-couch-matthew-stewart-timed-every-oscar-winning-performance/|title=Beatrice Straight performance length|access-date=2016-10-09|work=Serving Cinema|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806061831/http://servingcinema.com/2015/11/while-you-were-eating-ho-hos-on-the-couch-matthew-stewart-timed-every-oscar-winning-performance/|archive-date=August 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, [[Ned Beatty]]'s performance of Arthur Jensen occupied only 6 minutes of screen time, also making it [[List of Academy Award records|the shortest performance by an actor to be nominated for an Oscar]] {{as of|2024|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Matthew |date=2021-01-30 |title=Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominees: Who contended for a performance of only 139 seconds? |url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/best-supporting-actress-oscar-nominees-shortest-performance-record-1204000915/ |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=GoldDerby |language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! {{Ref heading}}
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[49th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Howard Gottfried]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="10"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |title=The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 3, 2011 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202002051/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Sidney Lumet]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[Peter Finch]]{{efn|[[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|Posthumous award]].}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[William Holden]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Faye Dunaway]]
| {{won}}
|- 
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Ned Beatty]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Beatrice Straight]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| [[Paddy Chayefsky]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Owen Roizman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Alan Heim]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="9"| [[31st British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| rowspan="2"| Sidney Lumet
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="9"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/search?search=1978&type= |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1978 |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Peter Finch{{efn|name=Posthumous|[[Posthumous award]].}}
| {{won}}
|-
| William Holden
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Faye Dunaway
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| [[Robert Duvall]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Paddy Chayefsky
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| Alan Heim
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Laub, Sanford Rackow, <br> James Sabat, and [[Dick Vorisek]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[David di Donatello Awards]]
| [[David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress|Best Foreign Actress]]
| Faye Dunaway
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Annie Girardot]] for ''Run After Me Until I Catch You''.}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daviddidonatello.it/motore-di-ricerca/schedasola.php?idfilm=387&annovinci=1977 |title=Network |publisher=[[David di Donatello]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[29th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| Sidney Lumet
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1970s/1976.aspx?value=1976 |title=29th Annual DGA Awards |publisher=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[34th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/network/ |title=Network |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Peter Finch{{efn|name=Posthumous}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Faye Dunaway
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| Sidney Lumet
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| Paddy Chayefsky
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=1 |title=1978 |publisher=[[Japan Academy Film Prize]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kansas City Film Critics Circle|Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| Best Actress
| Faye Dunaway
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://kcfcc.org/kcfcc-award-winners-1970-79/ |title=KCFCC Award Winners – 1970-79 |publisher=[[Kansas City Film Critics Circle]] |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1976 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Rocky]]''.}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1976.php |title=The 2nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Sidney Lumet
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Paddy Chayefsky
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1976|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1976/ |title=1976 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/ |title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1976 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| William Holden
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |date=December 19, 2009 |publisher=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Faye Dunaway
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Robert Duvall
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Paddy Chayefsky
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1976 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1976 |title=1976 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |publisher=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Faye Dunaway
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Paddy Chayefsky
| {{won}}
|-
| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Film Hall of Fame: Productions
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame: Productions |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=November 27, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[13th Producers Guild of America Awards|Producers Guild of America Awards]]
| colspan="2"| PGA Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[4th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center""| 
|-
| [[29th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Paddy Chayefsky
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |publisher=[[Writers Guild of America Awards]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== American Film Institute ===
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – #66
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – Nominated
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains]]:
** Diana Christensen – Nominated Villain
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" – #19
* [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – #64