:30:02
I said, "We're running
a news department here, not a circus.
:30:06
And Howard Beale's
not a bearded lady.
:30:08
If you think I'll go along with
this bastardization of the news...
:30:11
you can have my resignation
along with Max Schumacher's.
:30:14
- I'm speaking for Howard Beale and..."
- That's my job you're turning down.
:30:20
I'd go nuts
without some kind of work.
:30:23
What's wrong with being an angry prophet
denouncing the hypocrisies of our times?
:30:27
What do you think, Max?
:30:28
Do you want to be an angry prophet
denouncing the hypocrisies of our times?
:30:32
Yeah, I'd like to be an angry prophet
denouncing the hypocrisies of our times.
:30:38
Then grab it!
:30:46
- Afternoon, Mr. Ruddy.
- Afternoon.
:30:48
Good afternoon, Mr. Ruddy.
:30:53
- He's waiting for you.
- Thank you.
:31:01
Nelson Chaney tells me Beale
may actually go on the air this evening.
:31:06
As far as I know,
Howard's going to do it.
:31:11
- Are you gonna sit still for this?
- Yes.
:31:14
I think Hackett's overstepped himself.
:31:16
There's some kind of
corporate maneuvering going on.
:31:19
Hackett is clearly forcing
a confrontation.
:31:21
That would account for his behavior
at the stockholders' meeting.
:31:23
However, I think he's making a serious
mistake with this Beale business.
:31:28
I suspect CCA will be upset...
:31:31
at Hackett's presumptuousness.
:31:33
Certainly Mr. Jensen will.
:31:35
So I'm going to let Hackett
have his head for a while.
:31:39
He just might lose it
over this Beale business.
:31:45
I'd like you to reconsider
your resignation.
:31:48
I assume Hackett
wouldn't take such steps...
:31:50
without some support
on the CCA board.
:31:53
I'll have to go directly to Mr. Jensen.
:31:56
When that happens, I'm going to need
every friend I've got...
:31:59
and I don't want Hackett's people
in all the divisional positions.