1:25:02
The CCA has two billion in loans
with the Saudis...
1:25:06
and they hold
every pledge we've got.
1:25:10
We need that Saudi money bad.
1:25:15
The show is a disaster.
1:25:19
Unmitigated disaster!
The death knell.
1:25:23
I'm ruined. I'm dead.
I'm finished.
1:25:28
Maybe we're overstating Beale's clout
with the public.
1:25:32
An hour ago, Clarence McElheny
called me from New York.
1:25:35
It was 10:00 in the East...
1:25:37
and our people in the White House report
they were knee-deep in telegrams.
1:25:41
By tomorrow morning,
they'll be suffocating in telegrams!
1:25:46
Can the government stop the deal?
1:25:48
They can hold it up. The SEC could hold
it up for 20 years if they wanted to.
1:25:52
I'm finished.
1:25:54
Any second that phone's gonna ring,
and Clarence McElheny...
1:25:56
is gonna tell me Mr. Jensen wants me
in his office tomorrow morning...
1:26:00
so he can personally chop my head off!
1:26:04
Four hours ago,
I was the sun god at CCA...
1:26:06
Mr. Jensen's handpicked golden boy,
the heir apparent.
1:26:11
Now, I'm a man
without a corporation.
1:26:16
Let's get back to Howard Beale.
1:26:19
You're not seriously gonna pull
Beale off the air.
1:26:26
Mr. Jensen's unhappy with Howard Beale
and wants him discontinued.
1:26:30
He may be unhappy,
but he isn't stupid enough...
1:26:33
to withdraw the number one show
on television out of pique.
1:26:35
Two billion dollars isn't pique!
That's the wrath of God!
1:26:39
And the wrath of God wants
Howard Beale fired!
1:26:41
What for? Every other network will grab
him. He'll be on the air for ABC.
1:26:46
I'm gonna impale the son of a bitch
with a sharp stick through the heart.
1:26:49
We'll lose $40 million in revenues.
1:26:51
I'll take a contract out on him.
I'll hire professional killers.
1:26:55
No, I'll do it myself.
1:26:57
I'll strangle him with a sash cord.
Jesus!