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Max Schumacher:
Howard, I'm taking you off the air. I think you're having a breakdown, require treatment. Howard Beale:
This is not a psychotic episode. This is a cleansing moment of clarity. I'm imbued, Max. I'm imbued with some special spirit. It's not a religious feeling at all. It's a shocking eruption of great electrical energy. I feel vivid and flashing, as if suddenly I'd been plugged into some great electromagnetic field. I feel connected to all living things. To flowers, birds, all the animals of the world. And even to some great, unseen, living force. What I think the Hindus call prana. But It's not a breakdown. I've never felt more orderly in my life. It is a shattering and beautiful sensation. It is the exalted flow of the space-time continuum, save that it is spaceless and timeless and... of such loveliness. I feel on the verge of some great, ultimate truth. And you will not take me off the air for now or for any other spaceless time!
Howard, I'm taking you off the air. I think you're having a breakdown, require treatment. Howard Beale:
This is not a psychotic episode. This is a cleansing moment of clarity. I'm imbued, Max. I'm imbued with some special spirit. It's not a religious feeling at all. It's a shocking eruption of great electrical energy. I feel vivid and flashing, as if suddenly I'd been plugged into some great electromagnetic field. I feel connected to all living things. To flowers, birds, all the animals of the world. And even to some great, unseen, living force. What I think the Hindus call prana. But It's not a breakdown. I've never felt more orderly in my life. It is a shattering and beautiful sensation. It is the exalted flow of the space-time continuum, save that it is spaceless and timeless and... of such loveliness. I feel on the verge of some great, ultimate truth. And you will not take me off the air for now or for any other spaceless time!
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This is a cleansing moment of clarity
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I'm imbued Max
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I'm imbued with some special spirit It's not a religious feeling at all
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It's a shocking eruption of great electrical energy
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I feel vivid and flashing as if suddenly
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I'd been plugged into some great electromagnetic field
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I feel connected to all living things
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To flowers
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birds all the animals of the world
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and even to some great unseen living force
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What I think the Hindus call prana
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It is not a breakdown
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I've never felt more orderly in my life
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It is a shattering and beautiful sensation
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It is the exalted flow of the space time continuum
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save that it is spaceless and timeless and
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of such loveliness
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Movie Summary
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Actors
Max Schumacher
Howard Beale
