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programmed, numbered and...
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It was an admissible argument
that Howard Beale...
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advanced in the days that followed.
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It was, however,
also a very depressing one.
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Nobody particularly cared to hear
his life was utterly valueless.
1:36:15
By the end of the first week
in June...
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the show dropped
one ratings point...
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and its trend of shares
dipped under 48 for the first time...
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since last November.
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You're his goddamn agent, Lou!
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I'm counting on you to talk sense
into the lunatic!
1:36:28
Nobody wants to hear about
dying democracy and dehumanization!
1:36:33
I'm sorry I'm late.
1:36:35
We're getting rumbles from the agencies.
The sponsors will bail out soon!
1:36:39
This is a breach of contract!
1:36:41
This isn't the Howard Beale we signed.
Get him off the corporate universe kick.
1:36:44
I'll pull him off the air!
1:36:46
I told him! I've been telling him
every day for a week!
1:36:49
I am sick of telling him!
Now you tell him!
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Jesus Christ!
1:37:05
You could help me with Howard. He
listens to you. You're his best friend.
1:37:10
I'm tired of all this hysteria
about Howard Beale!
1:37:12
Every time you come back from seeing
somebody in your family...
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you're in a morbid,
middle-aged mood!
1:37:17
And I'm tired of finding you on the
goddamn phone every time I turn around!
1:37:20
I'm tired of being an accessory
in your life!
1:37:23
I'm tired of pretending
to write this dumb book...
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about my maverick days
in the early years of television.
1:37:29
Every goddamned executive fired
from a network in the last 20 years...
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has written this dumb book about
the great early years of television!
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And nobody wants a dumb, damn,
goddamn book...
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about the early days of television!
1:37:42
Terrific. Maybe you can start
a whole new career as an actor!
1:37:48
After living with you for six months,
I'm turning into one of your scripts!
1:37:53
This is not a script.
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There's some real, actual life
going on here.