The dramatic comedy (and gangster picture) that was directed by Archie Mayo featured he tagline:In this sinister house.BackgroundNetwork(1976) is director Sidney Lumet""s brilliant, pitch-black criticism of the hollow, lurid wasteland of television journalism where entertainment value and short-term ratings were more crucial than quality.At the M.O.D.Time Travel Hangar, Austin traveled back to the year 1975 from the present year of 2002, to encounter Goldmember and find his abducted father, in a pink and purple "pimpmobile" time-travel device (a spoof ofBack to the Future).A loud-ticking clock on the wall reads 2:01 am as time passes.A reporter enters the room - and then in a smooth continuous shot, a guilty-looking Bert Pierce (Bruce Bennett) enters - Mildred""s first husband.