As Laurie delivered an envelope to the old Myers"" house, being sold by her father and Strode Realty, Tommy warned: "That""s the devil""s house." He rushed upstairs when interrupted by calls from his young son Peter (Max Charles).He entered his ransacked office where he found Peter standing by his desk.A mini-van sped away to Aunt May (Sally Field) and Uncle Ben""s house.After a short discussion, Richard and his distraught wife Mary (Embeth Davidtz) left their son in he care of his relatives.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.With his back to the camera, he is followed down the aisle to his seat.The on-stage, vaudeville show at the London Palladium features Mr.Memory (Wylie Watson), a memory expert who is introduced by the Master of Ceremonies [Mr.Memory""s character was based upon the real-life performer Datas]:Ladies and gentlemen, with your kind attention and permission, I have the honor of presenting to you one of the most remarkable men in the world.The Western genre was employed to tell an uncharacteristic social problem tale about civic responsibility, without much of the typical frontier violence, panoramic landscapes, or tribes of marauding Indians.