1:35:01
It's every single one of you
out there that's finished.
1:35:06
Because this is no longer a nation
of independent individuals.
1:35:12
It's a nation of some 200 million
transistorized, deodorized...
1:35:17
whiter-than-white,
steel-belted bodies...
1:35:20
totally unnecessary
as human beings...
1:35:23
and as replaceable as piston rods.
1:35:36
Well, the time has come to say...
1:35:39
is "dehumanization"
such a bad word?
1:35:43
Whether it's good or bad,
that's what is so.
1:35:46
The whole world
is becoming humanoid...
1:35:48
creatures that look human
but aren't.
1:35:51
The whole world, not just us.
1:35:53
We're just the most advanced,
so we're getting there first.
1:35:57
The whole world's people
are becoming mass-produced...
1:36:01
programmed, numbered and...
1:36:04
It was an admissible argument
that Howard Beale...
1:36:06
advanced in the days that followed.
1:36:09
It was, however,
also a very depressing one.
1:36:12
Nobody particularly cared to hear
his life was utterly valueless.
1:36:15
By the end of the first week
in June...
1:36:17
the show dropped
one ratings point...
1:36:19
and its trend of shares
dipped under 48 for the first time...
1:36:23
since last November.
1:36:24
You're his goddamn agent, Lou!
1:36:26
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!