The Howard Beale Show (1976)

[foxsux6000]

tv isn't evil: people are stupid.

[MrCrispian]

the historybook on the shelf is always repeating itself.........ABBA.

[born2walk123]

Time to re-release Network

[switchslayer]

and........WOE IS US!

[Howard0Beale]

this is maybe the most subversive mainstream film ever made, 

[Meraneus]

The network that this guy is talking about became FOX news...

[MarkArandjus]

TV is evil.

[TheeUnidentified]

"The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology." - Michael Parenti

[crest2598]

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

[JWadGallery]

HISTORY ALWAYS REPEATS ITSELF..THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, THERE IS ALWAYS A NEW BATCH OF PEOPLE TO FALL FOR THE SAME OL TRICKS

[ChaosDrumming]

whoever disliked this is the biggest delusional dumb fuck EEEEVERRRRRRRRR

[EricaYE6]

Wow!

[pbrucpaul]

Edward R. Murrow would be shaking his head or he'd be LOL. He warned about the power of the media in 1956.

[2att]

It's a bit bloody ironic that people are commenting on a clip of a movie they saw on YouTube, saying "turn off your tv" and then referencing other movies to go and watch.

[shaicapone]

@2att

Sometimes God speaks through the metaphors of jesters. In the old days.

[Zedetnik]

Unbelievable clip... It's like, OMG that's the ultimate truth!! I mean, holy shit dude, this was from the 70's and NOTHING has changed...

[irishmanb1974]

@Zedetnik If anything, it has gotten a whole lot worse! Totally agree!

[bbestar]

You dress like a Tube, You eat like a Tube, You raise your children like a tube, you even Think like a Tube. This is mass Madness you Maniacs, in God's name you people are the real thing, we are the illusion.

Just go to your local mall look around and witness it for yourself. Then you will begin to understand the real meaning to this.

[wailunman]

We are all being fooled by the man behind the curtain.

History is repeating itself. We got to get mad, because we can't take this anymore...

EVERY ONE watch Zeitgeist, if you have ? show it to as many people you can. We got to educate the people !!!

[Makkah0901]

@wailunman lol

[Ruttie2]

@wailunman I tried already, but all i get

is laughter in the end. There must be

something else to wake people up...

[dare2brare]

i can't believe it has been 34 years since this movie was made and that the people haven't learned anything form it. nowadays it is even getting worse...

as edward burke said it long time ago - those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

[Ruttie2]

@dare2brare Yeah, the problem is is that

people are depending on others too much.

But the ones they depend on, are fooling them.

[mindmelt13]

One of the best movies ever made in the history of film making.

[elkinsinbox]

I like when he said "We'll tell you any shit you want to hear".

[Popsfresh]

After watching the full movie, I can report that it is a satire of the television zoo, about the practices of the corporate controlled television industry, as alluded to by Beale in his rants, and demonstrated by the storyline with UBS executives. A key scene is when the fired executive tells his mistress colleague who is an executive how inhuman she has become, which Beale alludes to.

[Popsfresh]

The movie has little to do with the subject matter of Beale's rants, rather the circumstances of him being encouraged to rant, mainly "UBS" and its competition for ratings and market share. Beale is a ratings champion and he's kept on. What he says has populist appeal - the chanting, class struggle, etc - but it is all a gimmick to make money.

[Popsfresh]

What Beale is referring to we see in living examples such as Rupert Murdoch, and his Fox "news", seedy business practices that let nonsense on the airways for profits, or the Conan/Leno affair. Its a backlash against the TV industry, who are immune since they control the message. In the movie, Beale himself is the product of profit seeking executives, who put market share above journalistic integrity or ethics, the monster he alludes to, which is a bit of self referential irony.

[thx291]

I agree Popsfresh...and you can throw in MSNBC as well.

[Popsfresh]

By watching the tube and thinking this was real, that the world was this way, you would be guilty of doing what Beale says we ought not to be doing, group think and bandwagon mentality. What he says has some merit, but the movie is much deeper than that.

[YuCme93]

Such good messages. Sort our own lifes out and the rest will follow. Whether a bum or a oil tycoon

[TheTruthsekr]

only now in 2010 the population is closer too 7 billion people....yea exactly.

[furQ]

Considering that this movie is at least partially about how media can easily co-opt genuine anti-establishment sentiment, it's quite ironic to find a youtube comment that reads "fuck the NWO"

[lapstudios]

He is totally right as well, turn them off.

[terror403]

I'm surprised that this video is not deleted... so true, so dependant of these fucking networks. Internet might be the freedom but we destroyed that.

Are we our illusion ???

[thecheesburgler]

Blows me away that they were this meticulously in tune with how networks and public influence would come to fruition. They were ahead of their time.

[alphadot]

the first time i saw this, i almost believed him, i thought wow someone actually did this on tv

[CrimeReport]

If not for the TV liberalism/marxism would have no power outside of campus.

[thecheesburgler]

And capitalism wouldn't own 50% of everything.

[HitmanChambers]

He was rite on point. Stop being brainwashed by propaganda media. There isn't a law stating that they have to tell you the truth. They have da freedom to tell you whatever da FUCK they want to. The truth lies within yourself your conscience. Research everything even your own thoughts. Be easy folks.

[wasteland70]

"Whatever da FUCK they want to". You're dead-bang right. I'd get into it, but I think you already know what I'd say.

[eguitarstar]

That scene is now self evident, yet people still sleepwalk

[reptilian322]

check out this track "get mad" (here on you tube) by wickaman and sylo, it samples this speech very well indeed!!!!

[xgenra]

PROTECT THE INTERNET.

[elelisrael]

FUCK THE NWO

[Vetis213]

everyone needs to see this movie

[sextusloverlord]

I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore!!!

[nycresistance]

I can not believe that everything this man said back than is happening right now in 2009.

[dirkofyork]

@nycresistance

yea we had such a warning and we did nothing about it

[videosfromderelix]

@nycresistance It's sad. I'm part of it and I feel powerless to stop it, like an addiction. We started getting all of our information from tv and internet and now the whole world is delusional. It's insane.

[alexanderthewraith]

@nycresistance

I can't believe it's happening in 2011!!!

[orfan9ma]

Excelent piece!!

[thedab101]

the announcer is none other than CFTO's Tom Gibney at a very young age. I had no idea!

Many scenes of Network were filmed at CFTO's studios in Scarborough!

[ragemanchoo82]

This segment of the movie was actually filmed in Canada. I can't remember why. I guess the movie studio couldn't locate an appropriate set fast enough so they sent Peter Finch and a camera crew to Vancouver BC(?) to shoot the "Beale Show" segments

[highart2003]

Love this film

[tristramshandy3]

I think the film itself is a bit slow, but the Howard Beale scenes are some of the best things in film history :)

[Bentom86]

This single clip should be required viewing for anyone who has worked in broadcasting. Even more true today than it was in 1976. This scene alone is one of the best performances in the history of films. Well-deserved honors for Paddy Chayefsky and Peter Finch that younger generations can still watch this and hopefully learn from.

[CantKillTerror]

this should be seen by anybody who views TV in general

[diddymuck]

they shouldn't be. TV is not constructed nor implimented for that purpose.

[ezwelchman]

germany wasnt constructed by the nazi's

but we all no what happened once they got control of it...

in other words....watch some documentaries on how the media controls everything these days and how maybe 5 companies own every channel.....

whether or not it is constructed for that purpose, like it or not television and most media nowadays is a propaganda machine...

the only safe haven left is the internet...so far

[Obezeballz469]

Right now, but give Rupert Murdoch and Jay rockefeller a few years. Search that on youtube, they want it gone.

[deathtax10]

Lmao i love how he faints at the end of each rant

[diddymuck]

that's not to belittle the performance.

[diddymuck]

Who in their right mind would think that any tv show has some grasp in reality?? TV is an illusion in the same way that pulp fiction, fairy tales, Hemmingway, Cyrano de Bergerac and Debbie Does Dallas are "illusions"..;their souces for diversion, not fact based interpretations of reality. And while sooo many people don't read books or papers, they do research info when info is needed. That 's why libraries exist and encyclopedias are so popular. The flick is too absolute in its statement.

[Boxmanboxman]

His speech is absolutely amazing and enlightening but the applause at the end was a complete buzzkill.

[dra999]

While there are many points of truth in this rant, there is also information that furthers the plot of the movie woven into the monologue. As for the applause, it's for comedic effect. Some people don't realize that this movie is a dark comedy. I think that gets lost 30 years later because so many things suggested in the movie have become reality in regards to network television programming.

[deathtax10]

Actually i think it falls under more of a satirical film with dark comedy aspects. Or atleast it's usually received as such

[hankaaron1961]

The applause at end just goes to show that television producers will use the old applause sign for anything. It's like a gratification version of the laugh track.

[kk218]

Too bad this guy isn't real.

[strangersound]

He is. He's you and I.

[dcbandnerd]

This movie is the friggin' truth. I know I've started watching less T.V. because of it and, believe it or not, it's strengthened my faith in God. The tube will not rule my life!

[muneliteknight]

Then you got the wrong message from this movie.

[Kryptik316]

Is this movie called Network?

[romansmk]

Yes, a great film nominated, but losing to Rcoky that year for Best Picture. A truly great film. I have owned it for 2 decades. Still works, every time. same old same old.

[T3rm3nator]

WHO CLOSED THE LIGHTS???

[shockfox7]

I think I'm just going to buy the DVD so I can stop watching it over and over on Youtube, lol.

[JSarnev]

I am going to have to do the same. I have sent clips of it to ppl I know and hope that care. I hope I can find the movie somewhere online for purchase.

[TheDigiOfficers]

Check out our remix !! Dark or what?!

[TheFlex21]

"THIS IS MASS MADNESS YOU MANIACS!!"

[Leftistsaremad]

Switch the damn tv off and stsrt thinking about things. What a powerful thought.

[andrewbnkjv]

NETWORK.

[andrewbnkjv]

Since the Internet and People that care.

I noticed at a Blockbuster store began to carry this movie on there shelf and its always checked out.

lol- good things start out small and grow GREAT in Size.

[movieposterboy]

Absolutely awesome. Greatest Monologue in film history.

[ITILII]

could well be the best movie footage, and the most truthful, ever filmed....sheeple of the world, unite, we have nothing to lose, but our chains !

[Makgame]

Definitely luv it. and will the people do it hell naw, they all drunk in there own world in La La Land. Now u know it'z goin' be to late.

[Gangularis]

uh yeah.. reflectedfan didn't make this..

[Steve7SP]

The only thing I didn't like about this scene was Beal's acting like he was under some kind of hypnotic power when he faints at the end which made it seem like he was under the influence of some other "power" which made him say the things he did but also made him to be less credible than what he was saying actually was. One of the most important and true scenes of all time.

[dra999]

I always figured that Howard has just worked himself up into such a frenzy that he passes out from all the yelling and hyperventilating.

[Leftistsaremad]

You are right, the movie was rubbish but some scenes in it were excellent. This could be trimmed down even more to capture the most salient points without the theatrics which detract.

[WeylandYutaniInc]

the new Shakesphere

[highart2003]

this is from a movie

[mattsnow81]

This clipis so unreal! What an actor

[dildog]

Spot on!

[Rurudyne]

More true today than in 1976 when they hadn't invented "Reality TV", or spawned endless "The People's Court" clones, or daytime talk shows that deal with only the appearance of substance.

[mrsmagloo]

Paddy C. really saw the future, didn't he? Just like Stephen King did (as Richard Bachman) in his stories "The Long Walk," and "Running Man.")

Scary!