Network (film) Quotes
1976 films, Black comedy films, Satire films, Journalist films, Films about adultery, Films about television, Films directed by Sidney Lumet, United States National Film Registry films, Screenplays by Paddy Chayefsky, Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners
Top Quotes
“Television will never be the same!”
“The business of management is management.”
“Prepare yourself for a perfectly outrageous motion picture!”
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“Ned Beatty - Arthur Jensen”
“Peter Finch - Howard Beale”
“Wesley Addy - Nelson Chaney”
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“Robert Duvall - Frank Hackett”
“Faye Dunaway - Diana Christensen”
“William Holden - Max Schumacher”
“Kathy Cronkite - Mary Ann Gifford”
“Arthur Burghardt - Great Ahmed Kahn”
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“Conchata Ferrell - Barbara Schlesinger”
“[Final line in the film] This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.”
“The initial response to the new Howard Beale Show was not auspicatory. The press was, without exception, hostile and industry reaction, negative. The ratings for the Thursday and Friday shows were both 14%, but Monday's rating dropped a point, clearly suggesting the novelty was wearing off.”
“The American people are good people: Democrats, Independents, Republicans and others. Under no circumstances will I, and I hope no others, capitulate to those that want to undercut what's all good in America. [This quote is from a clip of President Ford that is broadcast right before Howard Beale announces that he is leaving the network.]”
“It was a perfectly admissible argument that Howard Beale advanced in the days that followed. It was, however, also a very depressing one. Nobody particularly cared to hear his life was utterly valueless. By the end of the first week in June, The Howard Beale Show had dropped one point in the ratings and its trend of shares dipped under 48% for the first time since last November.”
“I was married for four years, and pretended to be happy; and I had six years of analysis, and pretended to be sane. My husband ran off with his boyfriend, and I had an affair with my analyst, who told me I was the worst lay he'd ever had. I can't tell you how many men have told me what a lousy lay I am. I apparently have a masculine temperament. I arouse quickly, consummate prematurely, and can't wait to get my clothes back on and get out of that bedroom. I seem to be inept at everything except my work. I'm goddamn good at my work and so I confine myself to that. All I want out of life is a 30 share and a 20 rating.”