1976 – Sidney Lumet’s 10-time Oscar nominated “Network” opened wide on this day. The scathing indictment of mainstream media became just the second movie to win three acting Oscars, with Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all taking home statues. The first film to achieve that honor was Elia Kazan’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951). 

1976 – Sidney Lumet’s 10-time Oscar nominated “Network” opened wide on this day. The scathing indictment of mainstream media became just the second movie to win three acting Oscars, with Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all taking home statues. The first film to achieve that honor was Elia Kazan’s “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951).