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Clips from Network (1976)

"[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]"
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"NARRATOR: This story is about Howard Beale..."
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"...who was the Network News anchorman on UBS TV."
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"In his time, Howard Beale had been a mandarin of television."
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"The grand old man of news, with a HUT rating of 16 and a 28 audience share."
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"In 1969, however, his fortunes began to decline."
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"He fell to a 22 share."
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"The following year his wife died, and he was left a childless widower..."
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"...with an 8 rating and a 12 share."
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"He became morose and isolated, began to drink heavily."
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"And on September 22, 1975, he was fired..."
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"...effective in two weeks."
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"The news was broken to him by Max Schumacher..."
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"...who was the president of the news division at UBS."
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"The two old friends got properly pissed."
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"I was at CBS with Ed Murrow in 1951."
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"Must've been 1950, then."
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"I was NBC, uh, associate producer, Morning News."
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"I was just a kid, 26 years old."
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"Anyway..."
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"Anyway, they were building the lower level of the George Washington Bridge."
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"We were doing a remote from there."
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"[BOTH LAUGHING]"
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"And nobody told me."
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"[BOTH LAUGHING]"
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"Then after 7 in the morning, I get a call."
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""Where the hell are you? You're supposed to be on the George Washington Bridge.""
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"I jump out of bed, throw my raincoat over my pajamas."
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"I run down the stairs, I run out in the street, hail a cab."
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"And I say to the cabby, "Take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge.""
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"[BOTH LAUGHING]"
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"And the cabbie turns around and he says..."
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"He says, "Don't do it, buddy."
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"You're a young man."
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"You got your whole life ahead of you.""
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"[BOTH LAUGHING]"
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"Didn't I ever tell you that one before?"
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"[BOTH LAUGHING]"
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"I'm gonna kill myself."
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"Oh, shit, Howard."
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"[HOWARD GROANS]"
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"I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air."
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"Right in the middle of the 7:00 news."
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"Well, you'll get a hell of a rating, I'll guarantee you that."
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"- 50 share easy. - You think so?"
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"Well, sure. We could make a series out of it."
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"Suicide of the Week."
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"Hell. Why limit ourselves?"
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"Execution of the Week."
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"Terrorist of the Week."
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"I love it."
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"Suicides."
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"Assassinations."
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"Mad bombers, Mafia hit men..."
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"...automobile smashups."
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"The Death Hour."
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"Great Sunday night show for the whole family."
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"We'll wipe that fucking Disney right off the air."
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"Hmm."
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"HOWARD: Let's do the Lenin deportation at the end of three."
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"MAN 1: That strong enough to bump?"
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"In one then, I'll do a lead on Sara Jane Moore to Mayberry in San Francisco."
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"MAN 2: In the film I saw, it was the chief of detectives."
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"I think we've got about 10 seconds on the shooting itself."
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"WOMAN: The whole thing is 1:25."
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"- What does that come out? WOMAN: About 4:50."
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"MAN 2: We using Squeaky Fromme? MAN 1: Let's do that in two."
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"Squeaky, Ford at the airport, bump."
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"Now, you using a map going into San Francisco?"
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"MAN 2: Um, I prefer our news pics."
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"HOWARD: What have we got left?"
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"WOMAN: Gun control, Patty Hearst affidavit."
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"Guerrillas in Chad, OPEC in Vienna."
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"MAN: All right, fine. I'll see you later."
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"- Hello, Howard, how are you? HOWARD: Hi. Okay."
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"Don't forget, Howard, Ron Nessen is now 16, okay?"
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"HOWARD: Mm-hm."
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"The first attempt on President Ford's life was 18 days ago..."
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"...and again yesterday in San Francisco."
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"In spite of the two attempts..."
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"...Mr. Ford says he will not become a prisoner of the Oval Office..."
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"...a hostage of would-be assassins."
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"FORD: The American people are good people:"
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"Democrats, Independents, Republicans and others."
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"How the hell you always get mixed up..."
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"FORD: Under no circumstances will I..."
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"[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]"
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"...and I hope no others, capitulate..."
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"...to those that want to undercut..."
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"...what's all good in America."
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"MAN: Two, cue Howard."
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"Ladies and gentlemen..."
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"...I would like to announce that I will be retiring from this program..."
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"...in two weeks' time because of poor ratings."
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"Since this show was the only thing I had going for me in my life..."
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"...I have decided to kill myself."
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"So, what did she say?"
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"I'm gonna blow my brains out right on this program, a week from today."
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"Ten seconds to commercial."
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"So tune in next Tuesday."
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"That should give the public-relations people a week to promote the show."
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"We ought to get a hell of a rating out of that. A 50 share, easy."
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"MAN: Take Tellison. - Listen."
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"- Uh, did you hear that? - What was that about?"
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"Howard just said he was going to blow his brains out next Tuesday."
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"What are you talking about?"
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"- Didn't you hear him? He just said-- - What's wrong now?"
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"Howard just said he was going to kill himself next Tuesday."
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"What do you mean, "Howard just said he was going to kill himself next Tuesday"?"
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"He was supposed to do a tag on Ron Nessen--"
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"He said, "Tune in next Tuesday. I'm gonna shoot myself.""
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"What the hell's going on?"
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"MAN [OVER SPEAKER]: He said he was going to blow his brains out."
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"What the fuck's going on, Howard?"
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"They wanna know what the fuck's going on."
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"- I can't hear you. - Turn the studio mike on."
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"- We're back on in 11 seconds. WOMAN: Ten seconds."
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"Howard, what are you doing?"
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"- Have you flipped? - I think we better get him off."
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"- Get him off. - What's the matter with you?"
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