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* Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5hrcwU7Dk delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech]] that would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.
* Some fans of classic film actor [[Creator/WilliamHolden Bill Holden]] claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]]''' himself!!" and his speech to Diana as CMOA.
* Some fans of classic film actor [[Creator/WilliamHolden Bill Holden]] claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]]''' himself!!" and his speech to Diana as CMOA.
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* Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5hrcwU7Dk [[https://youtu.be/V9XeyBd_IuA delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech]] that would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.
* Some fans of classic film actor [[Creator/WilliamHolden Bill Holden]] claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]]'''himself!!" himself!" and his speech to Diana as CMOA.
* Some fans of classic film actor [[Creator/WilliamHolden Bill Holden]] claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]]'''
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** In his speech to Diana, he tells her off for being little more than an automaton.
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* Max seeing Diana for the empty woman she is, and leaving her for good to go back to his wife, while making clear to Diana just how empty and toxic her existance really is.
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* Max seeing Diana for the empty woman she is, and leaving her for good to go back to his wife, while making clear to Diana just how empty and toxic her existance really is. is, telling her off for being little more than an automaton.
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* Max seeing Diana for the empty woman she is, and leaving her for good to go back to his wife, while making clear to Diana just how empty and toxic her existance really is.
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* Some fans of classic film actor Bill Holden claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''FUCK''' himself!!" and his speech to Diana as CMOA.
** In his speech to Diane, he tells her off for being little more than an automaton.
** In his speech to Diane, he tells her off for being little more than an automaton.
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* Some fans of classic film actor [[Creator/WilliamHolden Bill Holden Holden]] claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''FUCK''' '''[[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]]''' himself!!" and his speech to Diana as CMOA.
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** In his speech to
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* Creator/FayeDunaway as Diana Christensen still ranks as one of the best female lead performances of all-time. For an actress who could sometimes be guilty of MethodActing and LargeHam excesses, she makes Diana very believable. She's a driven, bright, charismatic woman whose [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] tendencies slowly manifest themselves, until she finally crosses a MoralEventHorizon without blinking.
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* Some fans of classic film actor Bill Holden claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''FUCK''' himself!!" and his speech to Diane as CMOA.
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech, Diane gets word that viewers are shouting out their windows in as far away as ''Baton Rouge and Atlanta''.
--> '''Diane''': ''(ecstatic)'' SON OF A BITCH! We struck the mother lode!
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech, Diane gets word that viewers are shouting out their windows in as far away as ''Baton Rouge and Atlanta''.
--> '''Diane''': ''(ecstatic)'' SON OF A BITCH! We struck the mother lode!
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* Some fans of classic film actor Bill Holden claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''FUCK''' himself!!" and his speech to Diane Diana as CMOA.
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech,Diane Diana gets word that viewers are shouting out their windows in as far away as ''Baton Rouge and Atlanta''.
-->'''Diane''': '''Diana''': ''(ecstatic)'' SON OF A BITCH! We struck the mother lode!
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech,
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* Some fans of classic film actor Bill Holden claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''FUCK''' himself!!" and his speech to Diana as CMOA.
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech, Diana gets word that viewers are shouting out their windows in as far away as ''Baton Rouge and Atlanta''.
--> '''Diana''': ''(ecstatic)'' SON OF A BITCH! We struck the mother lode!
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech, Diana gets word that viewers are shouting out their windows in as far away as ''Baton Rouge and Atlanta''.
--> '''Diana''': ''(ecstatic)'' SON OF A BITCH! We struck the mother lode!
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* Some fans of classic film actor Bill Holden claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''FUCK''' himself!!" and his speech to Diana Diane as CMOA.
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech,Diana Diane gets word that viewers are shouting out their windows in as far away as ''Baton Rouge and Atlanta''.
-->'''Diana''': '''Diane''': ''(ecstatic)'' SON OF A BITCH! We struck the mother lode!
* During Beale's "Mad as Hell" speech,
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* Some fans of classic film actor Bill Holden claim that this was one of his greatest pictures (he was nominated for an Academy Award). They cite "Tell Mr. Hackett to go '''FUCK''' himself!!" and his speech to Diana as CMOA.
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* Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqEcLlp_Big delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech]] that would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.
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* Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqEcLlp_Big com/watch?v=zI5hrcwU7Dk delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech]] that would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.
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* Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech]] that would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.
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* Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqEcLlp_Big delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech]] that would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.
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* "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
* "Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! [...] This is mass madness, you maniacs! In God's name, you people are the real thing! *WE* are the illusion! So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I'm speaking to you now! TURN THEM OFF!" (he collapses)
* And, while we're at it, Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech.]] (This troper thinks Beatty's character would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.)
* "Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! [...] This is mass madness, you maniacs! In God's name, you people are the real thing! *WE* are the illusion! So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I'm speaking to you now! TURN THEM OFF!" (he collapses)
* And, while we're at it, Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech.]] (This troper thinks Beatty's character would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.)
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* "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
* And, while we're at it,
* Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature"
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** And, while we're at it, Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech.]] (This troper thinks Beatty's character would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.)
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* And, while we're at it, Ned Beatty, as chairman of the company that owns the network Howard Beale works for, [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=_AI8mC8XucY delivering his "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech.]] (This troper thinks Beatty's character would reduce even Daniel Plainview to a quivering, defeated husk of a man.)
