"One vast and ecumenical, holding company." (Unam Sanctum, circa 1302. 50- 100 TRILLION in 'offshored' assets... held privately by the few thousand 'elitist' .000001%ers... mainly within the eleven Crown jurisdictions, of the City of London = ROME 2.0) The (800 year old, Roman citadel) City of London in 213 UN subcorporate: "nation states and territories," at work! Wall Street, the FED banks and DC, are merely satellites... just like ALL the rest!! While we, the people of the world... are "tax and debt- enslaved..." And Fund(ed) and Fight (fought) their endless OWO to NWO empirical Power and Control: 'consolidation' wars!)
This is the true heart of the film. I have carried this speech, this performance with me for the past 48 years. I have modeled my life after Ned Beatty. Am I getting thru to you?
Whoever wrote that line of dialogue in 1976 was a genius. It perfectly portrayed the world to come: globalization, neoliberalism, consumer culture, corporatocracy, manufactured consent, the commodification of everything on the surface of the earth, the destruction of the individual, the fall of ideologies and the postmodern condition. It shivers my spine everytime I watch this scene.
The destruction of the individual through the focus of the individual. When everyone is hyper-individualised, the bonds of friendship and family become weak, and without those bonds we lose our humanity and becomes drones. All actions unknowingly in service of the hive under the auspices of impressing a non-existent queen.
Spot on! After preaching about the pillars business in the light, he steps into the darkness and talks about how there will be no more war. Bull! Businesses of the world love war.
The apex of our subjugation. The piece missing if the scene was shot today, lack of fear. The news can show you near anything. Do we act on it? No. Somewhere in our primal lizard brain we know that real action on our part results in pain. So we have lip service and colored wristbands. 5k runs that bilk your friends of funds that end up in red tape pockets so you can show your effort to "help". A shell game of misdirection. "Who's using what bathroom?" . Meanwhile the secret forces work tirelessly around poor countries doing unspeakable evil. They're isn't an answer to this just like your wish for more wishes. There is an old saying though about wishes hands and shit.
@@theozchannel6253 1969 they had DARPA net. By the 80s the Internet was basically text sent from institutions to other institutions. 1995 was when it was readily available to the world. It was definitely a work in progress. Ironically when this movie came out in 76 the Internet would only have been accessible by the very large wealthy corporations listed in this clip.
Beatty was first and foremost a stage actor. He brought his immense theatrical skills to bear on this scene and laid waste to it. Easily one of the greatest film monologues of all time.
@@skillful101 That's not capitalism, that's materialism buddy, the ownership of the means of production is completely anecdotal, we have to produce and we have to consume the production. If the machine stops, we starve.And money is the lubricant.. As he said, Soviets talked about production figures in their reunions, not about Marx.
@@skillful101 That's what you don't understand, if there's no production, there's no workplace, no capitalism, no communisn, no progress, no nothing. Production is the thing, the ownership of the tools is anecdotal.
In 5 minutes of screen-time, Ned Beatty - who appears only this once - completely takes control of the story and it's protagonist. He gave us the most memorable scene in a film made up of memorable scenes.
The ideology is easier to understand than than the one held by the pleeb who goes to "sports" events. Votes! Thinks they make a difference. It's desperation to make its existence meaningful. A hamster wheel.
Cynthia Lyman The Cinematographer Of This Film Network (1976),Is Owen Roizman The Same Man Who Photographed The 1971 Oscar Winning Film "The French Connection".
He got an Oscar nomination just for this scene. I remember him saying on "Inside the Actor's Studio" that this was an example of why one should never turn down a day job.
I think he meant to say to these young actors not to look down on a day job. It may not be a recurring role, and it may not pay the rent, but good things come from it. His one day of work got him an Oscar nomination. This was the only time we see Ned Beatty in the whole movie.
vanila-ware Well, besides that one brief board meeting scene where he tells Robert Duvall, “Good job; keep it up.” Very much like how Beatrice Straight’s only other scene besides her reaction to husband William Holden’s adultery confession is early on when she wakes up to find that Peter Finch (who had stayed the night) had left without telling her or Holden.
Judi Dench got an Oscar for 8 mins of Shakespeare in Love. Her performance in those 8 minutes gave a voice to the underlying thoughts about her character (Queen Elizabeth I) that occurred throughout the film. I haven’t watched Network, but I suspect Ned Betty’s Oscar nomination was for much the same reasons - he portrayed and brought to life an underlying theme of the film.
In my speech class in college we were assigned to memorize and recite/perform a monologue. I chose this one. It was something of an undertaking and I put my mind to the test but, in the end, I was proud of the job I did. And it was fun to do. Network is one of my favorite films of all time. I think it's one of the top 10 films ever in the categories of writing AND acting. This scene is my favorite scene of the film. Major praise to Paddy Chayefsky for writing it, Sidney Lumet for how he directed it, and to Ned Beatty for his astounding performance.
I also assigned this dialogue to memory. But I never went to college. It was just a memorable scene for me. And ever prescient, even though it was already 40 years old by that time.
@@mikidomeny1677 native American peoles all had the same societal structure eh? I was implying that the comment section would be good to check itself in usage of terms between *reality* and _perspective_ .
My 15 year old son quotes from this speech often. I introduced it to him when he asked me how the world worked. I think this is far truer today than it was 50 years ago.
@@iamnickthegeek Yes Nick, this Ned Beatty scene in Network was shot in one day, but… Ned Beatty's employment for this movie was in between acting jobs and he was not the first choice for this part, Ned was actually a last minute replacement; he received the script at his home in LA on the evening before the scene was to be filmed in New York City, and he memorized this entire six page dialog scene on the plane from LA to New York City where it was being filmed, Ned had lots of theater experience before he appeared in any film work where actors memorize an entire play - but not the night before their live stage performance, and the script writer Paddy Chayefsky who had complete control of every word spoken by every actor insisted with director Sidney Lumet and the studio and the producers that the script had to be followed word for word, so Ned had to memorize exactly what he was reading in that six page script for this iconic three minute speech scene on that LA to NYC flight - and this entire movie was set out and blocked like a play for actors, crew, and lighting, and all of the actors and crew in this movie rehearsed their scenes like a stage play daily, numerous times over a two week period at a famous hotel in NYC in the huge ballroom - everyone in the move that is except for Ned Beatty; he arrived in NYC and went straight to the film location and was tired and nervous as hell, and he and everyone knew the scene had to be filmed in one long take, and that is what Ned Beatty did, what you see in the film was take one, and the script writer Paddy Chayefsky was sitting off to the side of this scene and every scene in the entire movie to make sure that every actor was speaking the exact words written in the script, Ned memorized every word exactly as written - that is not easy, I did theater in college - some Chekhov and I had to memorize entire scripts - On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco was only one character giving a speech and it took me weeks to memorize this script in addition to all of my studies; so yes, Ned Beatty's scene in Network was one day of shooting, but he was basically finished after about 10 minutes of work! And I think it was his only Oscar nomination - he did not win the Oscar for that Best Supporting Actor category, but he should have! His three minute speech in this movie is probably the most electrifying and greatest scenes in movie history - that is not my opinion; many esteemed film critics cite this scene as one of the greatest scenes ever - along with that speech by Wells in Citizen Kane! There are lots of interesting details about this movie Network, it is a great film and it is to our detriment that films as good as this by the big studios with great directors like Lumet and great script writers like Chayefsky are not made anymore! By the way, Lumet did not like to take more than one or two film scenes, what you see in films of his like Network, 12 Angry Men, and Dog Day Afternoon are basically all one takes - with lots of rehearsals all blocked out with actors and crew before shooting! Rehearsals before filming are hardly ever done anymore!
Wasnt really prophetic. Many of these things were already issues in the 70s. Similar to millenials there were plenty in the 70s who were promised jobs like their parents where you work for 1 company for most of your life for a fair wage but the 70s some the first waves of outsourcing, manufacturing became more automated losing people jobs, the oil embargo and stagflation hurt the economy and people were starting to think the american dream wasnt a reality. Media companies manipulating the truth for stories was common practise in the 19th century and since. During the era of stagflation people got pretty cynical, similar to the 90s.
❤❤❤ This is when Beal sells out . Sells out for the corporation . I have more respect for the earth dwellers that worshipped the bomb in Under the Planet of the Apes . Beal sold out … Judas … 🩸🩸🩸 ONLY THE BLOOD OF JESUS SAVES .. read acts 4:12
He was giving a sermon like an old-fashioned Baptist preacher. Touch of Billy Graham or Elmer Gantry. Breaking it down for Howard Beale, knowing that Howard was fragile enough to respond to this half threat/ half vision. Always chuckle at those long-ass board room tables!!
About the ONLY concern (aside, from being "read...") a narcissistic psychopath HAS is deception, manipulation, coercion, etc. to gain: wealth, fame, power and control over others. (VALHALLA: The HALL... of the IH$ cult, FALLEN.)
@@garyspence2128 I BEAR WITNESS... TO THE 1000 POINTS OF LUCIFERIAN "LIGHT.' (i.e. Luciferianist, Illuninatus.) The smoking gun, at 5:08 - One vast, and Ecumenical holding company... in which ALL MEN will WORK... to serve, a common prophet." (That is, if one understands enough of: "the rest, of the story." The Allumbrados vs. c. 1776 Bavarian sect 'infiltrated' the RCC, in 1540. ;-) "ALL necessities, provided... all anxieties, tranquilized." (Aka: 1984 - Brave New, World Order, Matrxed... FractioNation(al) mind, body and soul- snatched... predictive, programming..." for TV mind controlled, tax and debt 'enslaved' minions... of the psychopathic IH$ = i$i$ - Hou$ $et/h/b cult of "The Fallen.")
Saddened by Ned's passing. He went from "Deliverance" to this imperious, Oscar-nominated speech about five years later. What a range Beatty displayed in film and on stage. He deserved some kind of lifetime achievement award. Between a star and a character actor, somewhat overlooked. Always great.
@@xnoybis9967 Deliverance is fantastic. I believe the OP is complimenting his range between his performance in that film and this one. The powerful figure in this scene is performed by the same actor who portrayed the same character that was helplessly defiled and degraded in Deliverance. It's hard to believe it's the same person.
I remember Beatty saying in an interview how he received a call to come to New York for a one-day shoot on a Lumet film. He memorized Chayefsky' speech and absolutely nailed it. Still relevant today. Wonderful actor also known for Deliverance and All the President's Men.
@@Talisguy personally i don't think what mainstream hollywood does matters much as long as high-quality and experimental films are still being made and getting some popularity, which they are. i mean shit like beau is afraid came out last year with some a list actos. EEAAO, parasite, etc. experimental (and anti-capitalist) films are still getting popular lol
Arguably the most prophetic movie about media ever made. RIP Ned Beatty. You did that incredible take magnificently. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor as a result of it. Ned Beatty, American treasure. Thank you for the great movies.
That monologue is hall of fame, just in nuances alone. Look how Ned veers from crazy to calm in the course of a few minutes. Facial expressions, tone of voice, arms flailing at times... just epic in delivery.
Prophetic. The character played by Ned Beatty is now familiar to all of us, and it is this character that will destroy the world. The consummate sociopath sophisticate.
Bret Fisher Ned Beatty was a prophet you dumb ass. The EU was founded on his principles of interweaving nations with trade so close together that war was impossible between serious economic powers. It’s beautiful and sublime. If you understood the speech you would agree.
Nazi germany had close trade agreements with USA - you remember the Ford industry in germany at this time ? - still ... So your theory is wishful thinking, only capital-zealots can believe in it. With so much success : half of Eurozone countries are under extreme right gvt. Good job !
it is not prophetic. its been the plan from day one. its just that youre just now starting to lose your naievity and understand that youre not as in control as you thought you were, and...wrong.... it is not this character that will destroy the world. it is you. ...this character only gives you what you shout for, and then when the consequences surmount, you point the finger of blame at him. if you dont like it, choose your masters more wisely.
Ned Beatty is one of those actors who kinda flies under the radar, but once you watch enough movies you really come to appreciate his skill and talent. And from all accounts was a totally humble, kind, laid-back kind of guy. Ned's scene alone made this movie for me.
I can seldom get through this film without crying. It's brilliance and it's beauty are PAINFUL. At least Bill Holden was nominated by the Academy. Beatrice Straight certainly deserved hers, but Holden's performance was immortal. The anguish, the surrender, the guilt, and the eye-rolling humor when the scene required: colossal. I have to struggle not to think of Bill Holden's performance in Network when I see the crap they've handed out Oscars for since. And of course Ned Beaty's soliloquy is forever etched in my mind. Genius.
I knew a 21 year old (this guy and I are the same age) in 2001. He said he thought the world kept getting worse. I think he was, for the most part, right. back in the '70s, people could be manipulated through TV and movies. Today, there are so many more ways to manipulate the masses, and way more powerful ways than what existed in the '70s.
use by Russell on Seinfeld show as the are pitching the pilot program....why am i watching THIS????? because it's on t.v. """" not yet...it isn't,,,,""
RIP Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977), aged 60 And RIP Ned Beatty (July 6, 1937 - June 13, 2021), aged 83 You both will be remembered as legends.
Thank you for posting this longer version of the speech. It's important that the humble Arthur Jensen introduces the room as "Valhalla" then walks over and closes the curtains. Then the mighty, "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech begins. What a setup and speech! Ned Beatty was nominated for an Oscar for this.
I was 22 when this film was first released. It changed my perception of the world forever. A brilliant film that was prophetic, in retrospect, and perhaps even more relevant today. It is among the top 10 films that I will watch again and again. Thank you for posting.
My favorite monologue in cinematic history. Pulls the curtain back from the "bread & circuses" illusion. Also love Willem Dafoe's soliloquy in "The Lighthouse," but that is more fantastical, whereas this one reveals the truths of the world that are hidden in plain sight.
"The world is a business, Mr. Beale. It has been since man crawled out of the slime." Truer words have seldom been spoken. The most eloquent, profound, earth-shattering speech I've ever seen in a movie. NETWORK is a gem that has aged beautifully.
@@ioioiotu Well, there is no shortage of narrow-minded retards who seriously believe that Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good" speech is some sort of gung-ho gospel for everybody who earns money through a paycheck. Today you'll only have to look at Boeing and their grounded 737MAX model to see what happens when a corporation/company has such a dangerous motto as their prime concern.
This is the same speech they give every president immediately after he's inaugurated and just before they show him the alternate footage of the Zapruder film...
This scene is so accurate in 2021 it's not even funny. He is literally describing globalisation to the point. This film was originally a satire film as well.
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree, but just a minor quibble as the last sentence _seems_ (key word, maybe I'm wrong, just judging from context of surprise of its accuracy) a bit dismissive of satire, I'm guessing because it is inherently humorous and thus conveys a "shouldn't be taken seriously" quality? If this is perhaps the case, I would argue that it may be precisely from that "hyperreal" presentation/form that satire can actually be incredibly effective at revealing deeper truths or meaning as it allows a recontextualization of thinking about like...everything, that isn't _too_ far gone from our own reality but sharpens the important edges, ie an opportunity for people to see past their ideological blind-spots in an exaggerated form slightly more free from the constraints that normally might obscure certain considerations. There's got to be a better way to say this lol trying to find the right words here, hopefully that made sense though.
@@DocOrtmeyer The best satire is comedy on the surface, tragedy to the thinkers, and horror to those who've lived inside it. The difference is Network is satire we have all lived through. And yet, look above your post, and you'll see three sets of over a hundred comments each missing the point and thinking that the evils of this film would've been STOPPED if they'd AGREED with the Network after all.
I feel like it’s talking more about capitalism than just globalization. There are ways for the world’s entities to interact outside of private companies, but he’s talking only through markets and dollars
As good as the comments here are, it would be a shame to not have someone point out that Ned Beatty was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this single scene, much like Beatrice Straight was nominated (and won) for her single scene.
Mark Singer Ned Beatty should've won. As good as Beatrice Straight was, she had only about six minutes of dialogue in the entire film, making it the shortest performance to win an Academy Award for acting. I actually think this scene is more substantial than the iconic "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" scene.
@@bigheadfred yeah, like Dame Judi Dench for her oh-so-brief scene in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. much as i love Dame Judi, she deserved her Oscar (one of three) for A ROOM WITH A VIEW as the indomitable novelist Eleanor Lavish. see this GREAT film streaming free on UA-cam here: ua-cam.com/video/B0HatdYQw0g/v-deo.html
Sorry, this is total chewing of scenery. Awful, like a pantomime villain performance. Obviously went to the Daniel Day Lewis school of overacting. It’s a shame because it is really well written. If it had been played in a cold matter-of-fact way, it would have been so much more effective.
@Dr Deuteron - what nonsense are you saying about All the President's Men compared to Russia? The bad guy DID win in real life too. Lol. It's not Trump, he was just caught up in the theatre of it all, it was always Putin.
I was born the year this movie came out. It's hard to imagine anyone being this sophisticated back then without computers and the internet as Ned Beatty's character was. Yes, it's easy to see these truths now, and it does make me question my own degradation as to how the rich play into each of our lives over time to try to make us like them and to try to make us leave our simple lives behind. Even though we're exposed to Ned's character's Illuminati beliefs, it's still not enough to make me abandon my own beliefs in America or anything else that he says doesn't exist. It makes you wonder what shocking abuses Ned Beatty's character has been through to turn him into the cowardly lion and cannibal clown and reptilian enforcer which he shows himself to be.
You know that Ned still believes in love though. He can't outsmart himself. He knows that his money and others' money is buying his beliefs that things don't exist. It's why deep down we still love Ned, because we know that he knows the truth and that he's aware of his own acting. (because he's making it obvious to us)
Come here since ned has just passed away:( this scene is one of the best scenes I've seen in films of all time and it's because of him, this film is so remarkable and his performance will be remembered in the history of cinema👏👏👏 rest in peace for the legend
Just a thank you for having the taste and sense to start from the stair case scene which sets the scene a lot better than if you had started right at board room. Beatty's intro really adds to the set-up. Thank you. ♥
Just saw this movie for the first time last night and I thought this scene was one of the best. The cinematography is mesmerizing and the commentary is actually quite timeless and poignant to this day, if not even more relevant.
One of the greatest and most prophetic movies ever made. This movie explained to American's what would happen as a result of the network news no longer being funded by taxpayer dollars and instead having to rely on corporate sponsorship. Prior to March 1975 there were zero commercials during the news as the govt. prior to 1975 thought the only way for the news to be truthful and impartial was through public funding and they were 100% spot on.
@LegoJoe99 Ah, yes. I remember reading a few years back that because of BBC news being taxpayer-funded, it avoids the sensationalism American news uses because they depend on ratings. Unfortunately, the BBC is not therefore immune to leftwing bias.
Yaaaas. Nightcrawler is the millennial realization of Network... Where the influencer/TMZ monetary culture understands that human tragedy is monetized.
Such an astonishing 5 minutes of absolute authority , power , pacing and clarity of a scene from Ned , Im torn between this , and the relationship break- up delivery William gives to Faye as the most impactful and lasting scenes and dialogue Ive ever seen on film, that continues to apply to modern life.
“There are no nations, there are no peoples, there is no America, there is no democracy.” I thought he was going to break out in a waltz. His speech had a good beat. You can dance to it.
First convulsive chaos then the masses will gladly surrender their illusions of freedom,, individuality and self-determination to any ideology,party or person that will ensure their survival, safety and sustenance with a modest level of material comfort
I could almost see President Trump being sat down in front of the CEO of Amazon/Apple/Google etc... and receiving this same speech as our dear Howard Beale does in this scene.
"You, Mr. Trump, are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and people. There are no Mexicans! There are no Koreans! There are no Russians! There is only one systems of currency: dollars, euros, pounds, yen, yuan, rubles, and sheckles. You get out your little phone and tweet 140 characters about making America great again. There is no America to make great. There is only Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple, Verizon, Amazon, Walmart, and McDonalds. Those are the new nations. You think the Saudis care about the Koran? No, they tap their apps and run spreadsheets like us. And someday all humanity will, and you will preach this evangel. Why? Because you used to be on TV, dummy. "
Here again replaying after the news of Ned Beatty's death. I never replayed a scene so much besides action scenes or epic scenes but this scene was truly "epic" and now on the other hand we celebrate the "epic" life of Mr. Ned Beatty, I hope he now can rest in piece learning that he once became a prophetic voice that has been becoming truer each day.
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I keep coming back to this. People talk about the “Mad as hell” speech from this movie but THIS? This is the TRUE masterpiece of the film.
No, THIS is a masterpiece: ua-cam.com/video/yaBE-Oq4y2A/v-deo.html
Totally. I memorized it!
"One vast and ecumenical, holding company." (Unam Sanctum, circa 1302. 50- 100 TRILLION in 'offshored' assets... held privately by the few thousand 'elitist' .000001%ers... mainly within the eleven Crown jurisdictions, of the City of London = ROME 2.0) The (800 year old, Roman citadel) City of London in 213 UN subcorporate: "nation states and territories," at work! Wall Street, the FED banks and DC, are merely satellites... just like ALL the rest!! While we, the people of the world... are "tax and debt- enslaved..." And Fund(ed) and Fight (fought) their endless OWO to NWO empirical Power and Control: 'consolidation' wars!)
This is the true heart of the film.
I have carried this speech, this performance with me for the past 48 years.
I have modeled my life after Ned Beatty.
Am I getting thru to you?
Brilliant! I must see this movie asap.
Whoever wrote that line of dialogue in 1976 was a genius. It perfectly portrayed the world to come: globalization, neoliberalism, consumer culture, corporatocracy, manufactured consent, the commodification of everything on the surface of the earth, the destruction of the individual, the fall of ideologies and the postmodern condition. It shivers my spine everytime I watch this scene.
Paddy Chayefsky
You have summed it up perfectly. 👏
It's a shame that other more popular comments on here miss the mark with this beautiful monologue.
The destruction of the individual through the focus of the individual. When everyone is hyper-individualised, the bonds of friendship and family become weak, and without those bonds we lose our humanity and becomes drones. All actions unknowingly in service of the hive under the auspices of impressing a non-existent queen.
Consumer culture already existed in the 1920s
In other words, fascism/marxism with the facade of democracy. Like China.
Thing I love about this: He's standing in the light telling the truth, and then he steps into the darkness and starts to lie...
Excellent observation! I didn't realize that the first time I watched this scene.
Spot on! After preaching about the pillars business in the light, he steps into the darkness and talks about how there will be no more war. Bull! Businesses of the world love war.
Yup yup true
1972 = Now
@@bcdside Only the ones profiting off of War.
This movie should be required viewing for everyone.
Yes!!
In what country ? for what purpose ?
@@damarh so that ur momma doesn’t produces ur likes
@@commanderofkesariyaknights I can speak Englandish
momo scare me :(
“Because you’re on television, dummy.” Masterfully understated.
a reference to an earlier line too
It's almost unfathomable that this speech precedes the internet by over a decade. It exactly describes our world today
2 decades actually, massive internet adoption in the US started after 1995
Well. The internet was invented in 1969. But as another poster has noted. Massive adoption was > 1995
The apex of our subjugation. The piece missing if the scene was shot today, lack of fear. The news can show you near anything. Do we act on it? No. Somewhere in our primal lizard brain we know that real action on our part results in pain.
So we have lip service and colored wristbands. 5k runs that bilk your friends of funds that end up in red tape pockets so you can show your effort to "help". A shell game of misdirection. "Who's using what bathroom?" . Meanwhile the secret forces work tirelessly around poor countries doing unspeakable evil.
They're isn't an answer to this just like your wish for more wishes. There is an old saying though about wishes hands and shit.
What does that have to do with anything? Do you not understand this speech?
@@theozchannel6253 1969 they had DARPA net. By the 80s the Internet was basically text sent from institutions to other institutions. 1995 was when it was readily available to the world.
It was definitely a work in progress. Ironically when this movie came out in 76 the Internet would only have been accessible by the very large wealthy corporations listed in this clip.
Beatty was first and foremost a stage actor. He brought his immense theatrical skills to bear on this scene and laid waste to it. Easily one of the greatest film monologues of all time.
It’s seems like lumet has a thing for theatre actors
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All due respect , the praise goes to Paddy Chayefsky.
@@stormbringercoming8105 I never said he doesn’t deserve credit but it’s not just the writer who makes the movie work
He paid homage to his role later on in Shooter
I'm sure he prefers people to remember him for this role than his stint in Deliverance. This is probably his top stand-out scene.
It's absolutely terrifying that this scene is still so potent in 2020.
Capitalism is the same in 2020 as it was in 1976
I'd like for Bernie Sanders and Mike Bloomberg perform it.
@@skillful101 That's not capitalism, that's materialism buddy, the ownership of the means of production is completely anecdotal, we have to produce and we have to consume the production. If the machine stops, we starve.And money is the lubricant.. As he said, Soviets talked about production figures in their reunions, not about Marx.
@@ricochico974 lmao what are you even talking about bro? Nothing anecdotal about workers having more control over their workplace
@@skillful101 That's what you don't understand, if there's no production, there's no workplace, no capitalism, no communisn, no progress, no nothing. Production is the thing, the ownership of the tools is anecdotal.
In 5 minutes of screen-time, Ned Beatty - who appears only this once - completely takes control of the story and it's protagonist. He gave us the most memorable scene in a film made up of memorable scenes.
Nice to had seen TCM Remember 2021 using the 1:41 scene for Ned Beatty memory.
Not to mention having an Oscar nomination this scene only
Agreed, Ned's a legend. Loved him in every film he was in. Never a showboater, but a true actor's actor
I came back for this scene.
He’s at the original shareholders meeting
He sold him his idelogy, his world view, his dream... and the silly man actually bought it. Truly an amazing salesman lol
Shit….I think he sold me too.
The ideology is easier to understand than than the one held by the pleeb who goes to "sports" events. Votes! Thinks they make a difference. It's desperation to make its existence meaningful. A hamster wheel.
The devil wears may disguises.
I'm sold too. God forgive me.
The cinematography of this scene is pure eye candy!
Agreed: the staging of this scene with that long table and the multiple green glass lamps is simply brilliant.
Cynthia Lyman The Cinematographer Of This Film Network (1976),Is Owen Roizman The Same Man Who Photographed The 1971 Oscar Winning Film "The French Connection".
It's brilliant isn't it. Just beautiful!
Apparently the only film light used in that scene is the spotlight on Ned Beatty. Otherwise, all practicals.
And that's all it is
“The world, is a business Mr. Beale”
That line hits me every time.
No it is not a business but your idols can easily manipulate you .
@@HappyPawsUK It is a business. Everyone can be and is bought, and people with money have ultimate power over those who don't.
He got an Oscar nomination just for this scene. I remember him saying on "Inside the Actor's Studio" that this was an example of why one should never turn down a day job.
I think he meant to say to these young actors not to look down on a day job. It may not be a recurring role, and it may not pay the rent, but good things come from it. His one day of work got him an Oscar nomination. This was the only time we see Ned Beatty in the whole movie.
vanila-ware Well, besides that one brief board meeting scene where he tells Robert Duvall, “Good job; keep it up.”
Very much like how Beatrice Straight’s only other scene besides her reaction to husband William Holden’s adultery confession is early on when she wakes up to find that Peter Finch (who had stayed the night) had left without telling her or Holden.
BlueFox94 EXCELLENT observation!
Fat guy didnt act well
Judi Dench got an Oscar for 8 mins of Shakespeare in Love. Her performance in those 8 minutes gave a voice to the underlying thoughts about her character (Queen Elizabeth I) that occurred throughout the film. I haven’t watched Network, but I suspect Ned Betty’s Oscar nomination was for much the same reasons - he portrayed and brought to life an underlying theme of the film.
In my speech class in college we were assigned to memorize and recite/perform a monologue. I chose this one. It was something of an undertaking and I put my mind to the test but, in the end, I was proud of the job I did. And it was fun to do. Network is one of my favorite films of all time. I think it's one of the top 10 films ever in the categories of writing AND acting. This scene is my favorite scene of the film. Major praise to Paddy Chayefsky for writing it, Sidney Lumet for how he directed it, and to Ned Beatty for his astounding performance.
I also assigned this dialogue to memory. But I never went to college. It was just a memorable scene for me. And ever prescient, even though it was already 40 years old by that time.
@@62Cristoforo same here. The scene is just so memorable I wanted to know it word by word.
Exactly. It’s more than memorable; it’s representative of our current sociopolitical and economic realities, summed up in a few sentences
Prophetic, prememorable
Completely agree. What else would be on your top ten list the writing category?
"The world is a college of Corporations"... this script was written by a true genius!
Or as the late great George Carling put it, "It's a big club and you ain't in it".
It's heartbreaking, how much of that speech is our current reality.
Its always been our reality just people are finally seeing it.
our reality is the outcome of that insanity
Reality is (a) (the) reality? Y'all are deep, man. Still happening too, eh? Guess reality has a tendency to propagate through time...who knew?
@@JH-ji6cj native americans did.. every ruler took the responsibility for the land for seven generations
@@mikidomeny1677 native American peoles all had the same societal structure eh?
I was implying that the comment section would be good to check itself in usage of terms between *reality* and _perspective_ .
How he went from somewhat normal to bat shit maniacal to so self importantly calm.
That was one of the best bits of acting I have ever seen.
Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?
My 15 year old son quotes from this speech often. I introduced it to him when he asked me how the world worked. I think this is far truer today than it was 50 years ago.
He was a brilliant actor. RIP, Ned Beatty.
And apparently he filmed that scene in one day! A master of his craft. RIP.
@@iamnickthegeek I think you mean in one take!
@@MarkRaymondLuce One day according to the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57467111
Wait what???
@@iamnickthegeek Yes Nick, this Ned Beatty scene in Network was shot in one day, but… Ned Beatty's employment for this movie was in between acting jobs and he was not the first choice for this part, Ned was actually a last minute replacement; he received the script at his home in LA on the evening before the scene was to be filmed in New York City, and he memorized this entire six page dialog scene on the plane from LA to New York City where it was being filmed, Ned had lots of theater experience before he appeared in any film work where actors memorize an entire play - but not the night before their live stage performance, and the script writer Paddy Chayefsky who had complete control of every word spoken by every actor insisted with director Sidney Lumet and the studio and the producers that the script had to be followed word for word, so Ned had to memorize exactly what he was reading in that six page script for this iconic three minute speech scene on that LA to NYC flight - and this entire movie was set out and blocked like a play for actors, crew, and lighting, and all of the actors and crew in this movie rehearsed their scenes like a stage play daily, numerous times over a two week period at a famous hotel in NYC in the huge ballroom - everyone in the move that is except for Ned Beatty; he arrived in NYC and went straight to the film location and was tired and nervous as hell, and he and everyone knew the scene had to be filmed in one long take, and that is what Ned Beatty did, what you see in the film was take one, and the script writer Paddy Chayefsky was sitting off to the side of this scene and every scene in the entire movie to make sure that every actor was speaking the exact words written in the script, Ned memorized every word exactly as written - that is not easy, I did theater in college - some Chekhov and I had to memorize entire scripts - On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco was only one character giving a speech and it took me weeks to memorize this script in addition to all of my studies; so yes, Ned Beatty's scene in Network was one day of shooting, but he was basically finished after about 10 minutes of work! And I think it was his only Oscar nomination - he did not win the Oscar for that Best Supporting Actor category, but he should have! His three minute speech in this movie is probably the most electrifying and greatest scenes in movie history - that is not my opinion; many esteemed film critics cite this scene as one of the greatest scenes ever - along with that speech by Wells in Citizen Kane! There are lots of interesting details about this movie Network, it is a great film and it is to our detriment that films as good as this by the big studios with great directors like Lumet and great script writers like Chayefsky are not made anymore! By the way, Lumet did not like to take more than one or two film scenes, what you see in films of his like Network, 12 Angry Men, and Dog Day Afternoon are basically all one takes - with lots of rehearsals all blocked out with actors and crew before shooting! Rehearsals before filming are hardly ever done anymore!
RIP Ned Beatty. A most prophetic monologue if ever there was one. Thankye Ned.
Wasnt really prophetic. Many of these things were already issues in the 70s. Similar to millenials there were plenty in the 70s who were promised jobs like their parents where you work for 1 company for most of your life for a fair wage but the 70s some the first waves of outsourcing, manufacturing became more automated losing people jobs, the oil embargo and stagflation hurt the economy and people were starting to think the american dream wasnt a reality. Media companies manipulating the truth for stories was common practise in the 19th century and since. During the era of stagflation people got pretty cynical, similar to the 90s.
❤❤❤ This is when Beal sells out . Sells out for the corporation . I have more respect for the earth dwellers that worshipped the bomb in Under the Planet of the Apes . Beal sold out … Judas … 🩸🩸🩸 ONLY THE BLOOD OF JESUS SAVES .. read acts 4:12
"I've seen the face of God."
"You just might be right, Mr. Beale."
Goosebumps.
@@ike2938
🤢 ---> 🤮
@@johnmacrae2006
double meaning there. great writing.
I read the subtext as:
"Given that God may not exist, we're the next in charge, so we might just as well call ourselves him."
Yes he saw the face of the masses god .the devil
3:18 "Am I getting through to you Mr Beal?"
Love that transition from ultimate anger to genial concern
The "anger" and "concern" are a show, salesmanship.
he was addressing a madman, Beale, in his own way. I'd almost say he was trolling Beale.
He was giving a sermon like an old-fashioned Baptist preacher. Touch of Billy Graham or Elmer Gantry. Breaking it down for Howard Beale, knowing that Howard was fragile enough to respond to this half threat/ half vision. Always chuckle at those long-ass board room tables!!
About the ONLY concern (aside, from being "read...") a narcissistic psychopath HAS is deception, manipulation, coercion, etc. to gain: wealth, fame, power and control over others. (VALHALLA: The HALL... of the IH$ cult, FALLEN.)
@@garyspence2128 I BEAR WITNESS... TO THE 1000 POINTS OF LUCIFERIAN "LIGHT.' (i.e. Luciferianist, Illuninatus.) The smoking gun, at 5:08 - One vast, and Ecumenical holding company... in which ALL MEN will WORK... to serve, a common prophet." (That is, if one understands enough of: "the rest, of the story." The Allumbrados vs. c. 1776 Bavarian sect 'infiltrated' the RCC, in 1540. ;-)
"ALL necessities, provided... all anxieties, tranquilized." (Aka: 1984 - Brave New, World Order, Matrxed... FractioNation(al) mind, body and soul- snatched... predictive, programming..." for TV mind controlled, tax and debt 'enslaved' minions... of the psychopathic IH$ = i$i$ - Hou$ $et/h/b cult of "The Fallen.")
All necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilized, all boredom...amused.
Yea, by killing off 90+% of the human population while robots take their place. Valhalla he speaks of is only for those chosen to live
all amygdalae atrophied, all senses dulled
Basically everyone drugged, with nobody healed and nobody cured from this unforgiving world.
This is the most terrifying part of the speech for me. Vile as hell.
"But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin." - Aldous Huxley
Saddened by Ned's passing. He went from "Deliverance" to this imperious, Oscar-nominated speech about five years later. What a range Beatty displayed in film and on stage. He deserved some kind of lifetime achievement award. Between a star and a character actor, somewhat overlooked. Always great.
What’s wrong with deliverance? It’s a good horror movie
@@xnoybis9967 Deliverance is fantastic. I believe the OP is complimenting his range between his performance in that film and this one. The powerful figure in this scene is performed by the same actor who portrayed the same character that was helplessly defiled and degraded in Deliverance. It's hard to believe it's the same person.
I remember Beatty saying in an interview how he received a call to come to New York for a one-day shoot on a Lumet film. He memorized Chayefsky' speech and absolutely nailed it. Still relevant today. Wonderful actor also known for Deliverance and All the President's Men.
Back when Hollywood had balls and studios supported these ideas. Incredible. Hard facts.
That era ended with a hard snap in 1980 and has yet to return since.
@@Talisguy personally i don't think what mainstream hollywood does matters much as long as high-quality and experimental films are still being made and getting some popularity, which they are. i mean shit like beau is afraid came out last year with some a list actos. EEAAO, parasite, etc. experimental (and anti-capitalist) films are still getting popular lol
The best monologue of all time, especially given the context of the movie.
Ned Beatty Is a Great Great Actor! One of The Most Powerful Scenes In Hollywood Film History.
GLOBAL SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION RADIO & MEDIA GROUP
& the most underrated speech in movie history as well.
Byron Herrera I Agree With You Brother Herrera 1Million Percent!
Spot on pal! I've never seen better. Breathtaking!
What is it with religious nuts capitalizing every word in sentence? Not the first time I've seen this weird tick...
i'm sure others have made this comment already, but... quite possibly the single greatest scene in film history.
And this might be the greatest music-video in history: ua-cam.com/video/yaBE-Oq4y2A/v-deo.html
Imagine how much fun he had doing this scene. Great actor!
Arguably the most prophetic movie about media ever made. RIP Ned Beatty. You did that incredible take magnificently. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor as a result of it. Ned Beatty, American treasure. Thank you for the great movies.
It’s not prophetic. It’s been planned for a century. An agenda. The great reset is attempting to close in and failing. Resistance is with the people.
That monologue is hall of fame, just in nuances alone. Look how Ned veers from crazy to calm in the course of a few minutes. Facial expressions, tone of voice, arms flailing at times... just epic in delivery.
Prophetic. The character played by Ned Beatty is now familiar to all of us, and it is this character that will destroy the world. The consummate sociopath sophisticate.
Bret Fisher Ned Beatty was a prophet you dumb ass. The EU was founded on his principles of interweaving nations with trade so close together that war was impossible between serious economic powers. It’s beautiful and sublime. If you understood the speech you would agree.
Nazi germany had close trade agreements with USA - you remember the Ford industry in germany at this time ? - still ...
So your theory is wishful thinking, only capital-zealots can believe in it.
With so much success : half of Eurozone countries are under extreme right gvt.
Good job !
it is not prophetic.
its been the plan from day one. its just that youre just now starting to lose your naievity and understand that youre not as in control as you thought you were,
and...wrong.... it is not this character that will destroy the world. it is you.
...this character only gives you what you shout for, and then when the consequences surmount, you point the finger of blame at him.
if you dont like it,
choose your masters more wisely.
@Daniel Fernald
yet the term "anno lucius" is probably unknown to you.
@Daniel Fernald
yessss.......and what do you think im getting at here?
Moments of this film stand as true in 2020, as they did in this film, back in 1976...
The perfect sales pitch for a man like Beale. He immediately signs up to preach the corporate gospel.
The man could sell mosquito repellant to an Eskimo.
"There are only have's and haves-nots"
Ned Beatty is one of those actors who kinda flies under the radar, but once you watch enough movies you really come to appreciate his skill and talent. And from all accounts was a totally humble, kind, laid-back kind of guy. Ned's scene alone made this movie for me.
I can seldom get through this film without crying. It's brilliance and it's beauty are PAINFUL. At least Bill Holden was nominated by the Academy. Beatrice Straight certainly deserved hers, but Holden's performance was immortal. The anguish, the surrender, the guilt, and the eye-rolling humor when the scene required: colossal.
I have to struggle not to think of Bill Holden's performance in Network when I see the crap they've handed out Oscars for since.
And of course Ned Beaty's soliloquy is forever etched in my mind. Genius.
One of the best films Hollywood ever produced.
I knew a 21 year old (this guy and I are the same age) in 2001. He said he thought the world kept getting worse. I think he was, for the most part, right. back in the '70s, people could be manipulated through TV and movies. Today, there are so many more ways to manipulate the masses, and way more powerful ways than what existed in the '70s.
"Because your on television dummy" I love that line
you're
use by Russell on Seinfeld show as the are pitching the pilot program....why am i watching THIS?????
because it's on t.v.
"""" not yet...it isn't,,,,""
One of those movies that actually feels like reading a good book
RIP Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977), aged 60
And
RIP Ned Beatty (July 6, 1937 - June 13, 2021), aged 83
You both will be remembered as legends.
I think I reached the 47th viewing of this film nearly ten years ago. It just gets better, every time...
Thank you for posting this longer version of the speech. It's important that the humble Arthur Jensen introduces the room as "Valhalla" then walks over and closes the curtains. Then the mighty, "You have meddled with the primal forces of nature" speech begins. What a setup and speech! Ned Beatty was nominated for an Oscar for this.
I was 22 when this film was first released. It changed my perception of the world forever. A brilliant film that was prophetic, in retrospect, and perhaps even more relevant today. It is among the top 10 films that I will watch again and again. Thank you for posting.
Which movie is this
@@Thinkoholic17 The film is "Network" released in 1976, It stars William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
Rest in Peace Ned Beatty. Thanks for delivering one hell of an iconic monologue in this film.
Shout out to the algorithm for bringing me here.
Go city hall
The movie should have brought you here
The Christine Chubbuck story brought me here.
*NED BEATTY WAS A GREAT UNDERRATED ACTOR.*
It is one of the best monologues I have seen in the history of cinema.
My favorite monologue in cinematic history. Pulls the curtain back from the "bread & circuses" illusion. Also love Willem Dafoe's soliloquy in "The Lighthouse," but that is more fantastical, whereas this one reveals the truths of the world that are hidden in plain sight.
This is a movie that needs to be watched, then rewatched, then watched again, over and over. It is way too prescient. Paddy Chayefsky was a genius.
One of my fav movies and probably the best written screenplay ever
“You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. HAMLIN!”
And YOU...WILL...ATONE!
"The world is a business, Mr. Beale. It has been since man crawled out of the slime." Truer words have seldom been spoken. The most eloquent, profound, earth-shattering speech I've ever seen in a movie. NETWORK is a gem that has aged beautifully.
Lol this speech actually parodies the retards who reduce the world to a business.
"There were no dollars in them days." ~ Quote from 'Once Upon a Time in the West' (1968)
Thank heavens for nationalism.
John Milius “but sons of b-tches...”
@@ioioiotu Well, there is no shortage of narrow-minded retards who seriously believe that Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good" speech is some sort of gung-ho gospel for everybody who earns money through a paycheck. Today you'll only have to look at Boeing and their grounded 737MAX model to see what happens when a corporation/company has such a dangerous motto as their prime concern.
RIP to a legend. Thanks for this powerful performance, Ned, and all your outstanding work. RIP, never forgotten, thanks for everything!
This is the same speech they give every president immediately after he's inaugurated and just before they show him the alternate footage of the Zapruder film...
stolen from Bill Hicks
@@tonywords6713 Borrowed from Bill Hicks.
😀
Goat boooooooyyyyyyyyyy
interesting youtube is showing us this... are they mocking us?
This script was pure Shakespeare.
Behold my child: ua-cam.com/video/yaBE-Oq4y2A/v-deo.html
Ned Beatty really showed his skill as an actor, that's a hell of a scene.
Even more true today than in 1976!
Yep, the Illuminati and the NWO exposed.
it is and will always be true because this is about the essence of man. GREED REIGNS! The wold is the playground of the rich.
Love the sudden change from evangelistic fire and brimstone to the cordial and the serene. Great writing. Amazing performance.
The camera work here is so excellent.
So patient.
Masterful.
Network is certainly one of the most important films of the last 50 years.
This scene is so accurate in 2021 it's not even funny. He is literally describing globalisation to the point. This film was originally a satire film as well.
More of a horror movie
Don't get me wrong, I totally agree, but just a minor quibble as the last sentence _seems_ (key word, maybe I'm wrong, just judging from context of surprise of its accuracy) a bit dismissive of satire, I'm guessing because it is inherently humorous and thus conveys a "shouldn't be taken seriously" quality? If this is perhaps the case, I would argue that it may be precisely from that "hyperreal" presentation/form that satire can actually be incredibly effective at revealing deeper truths or meaning as it allows a recontextualization of thinking about like...everything, that isn't _too_ far gone from our own reality but sharpens the important edges, ie an opportunity for people to see past their ideological blind-spots in an exaggerated form slightly more free from the constraints that normally might obscure certain considerations. There's got to be a better way to say this lol trying to find the right words here, hopefully that made sense though.
It's ANTI-SEMITIC to describe globalization.
@@DocOrtmeyer The best satire is comedy on the surface, tragedy to the thinkers, and horror to those who've lived inside it. The difference is Network is satire we have all lived through. And yet, look above your post, and you'll see three sets of over a hundred comments each missing the point and thinking that the evils of this film would've been STOPPED if they'd AGREED with the Network after all.
I feel like it’s talking more about capitalism than just globalization. There are ways for the world’s entities to interact outside of private companies, but he’s talking only through markets and dollars
As good as the comments here are, it would be a shame to not have someone point out that Ned Beatty was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this single scene, much like Beatrice Straight was nominated (and won) for her single scene.
Mark Singer Ned Beatty should've won. As good as Beatrice Straight was, she had only about six minutes of dialogue in the entire film, making it the shortest performance to win an Academy Award for acting. I actually think this scene is more substantial than the iconic "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" scene.
@@bigheadfred yeah, like Dame Judi Dench for her oh-so-brief scene in SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. much as i love Dame Judi, she deserved her Oscar (one of three) for A ROOM WITH A VIEW as the indomitable novelist Eleanor Lavish. see this GREAT film streaming free on UA-cam here: ua-cam.com/video/B0HatdYQw0g/v-deo.html
Sorry, this is total chewing of scenery. Awful, like a pantomime villain performance. Obviously went to the Daniel Day Lewis school of overacting. It’s a shame because it is really well written. If it had been played in a cold matter-of-fact way, it would have been so much more effective.
Ned Beatty is a god among men. Loved him in everything I've seen since Superman.
@Dr Deuteron - what nonsense are you saying about All the President's Men compared to Russia? The bad guy DID win in real life too. Lol. It's not Trump, he was just caught up in the theatre of it all, it was always Putin.
This scene and movie really aged well.
Thanks sidney for this masterpiece
This is more relevant than ever.
near 50 yr old and still one of the best solo performances by an actor!
And yet people still didn’t get the message and they’re much degraded (mentally and spiritually) than they were 50years ago
no it was horrible 123 action 1:42 📢📣🎛️🎤🔊 that was lame
I was born the year this movie came out. It's hard to imagine anyone being this sophisticated back then without computers and the internet as Ned Beatty's character was. Yes, it's easy to see these truths now, and it does make me question my own degradation as to how the rich play into each of our lives over time to try to make us like them and to try to make us leave our simple lives behind. Even though we're exposed to Ned's character's Illuminati beliefs, it's still not enough to make me abandon my own beliefs in America or anything else that he says doesn't exist. It makes you wonder what shocking abuses Ned Beatty's character has been through to turn him into the cowardly lion and cannibal clown and reptilian enforcer which he shows himself to be.
RIP Ned Beatty. You were a fine actor.
im mad as hell,
and im not gonna take this anymore.
yeah, a catch phrase just like that black guy with the glass to his throat on black mirror
Go ALL city halls 🌏🌎🌍
You're also hot.🤣
@@michaelabercrombie7698 Youre an idiot.
@@ThunderAppeal That girl is cute. Take your gay ass elsewhere.
Whenever I'm feeling down or overwhelmed, I come back to this video to remind myself that I don't really matter. Very little does.
You know that Ned still believes in love though. He can't outsmart himself. He knows that his money and others' money is buying his beliefs that things don't exist. It's why deep down we still love Ned, because we know that he knows the truth and that he's aware of his own acting. (because he's making it obvious to us)
YOU HAVE MEDDLED WITH THE PRIMAL FORCES OF NATURE
...AND YOU...WILL...ATONE!!!
@@k_zildjian4460 Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?
@@bt10ant You get up on your little 21 inch screen and howl about America and Democracy
@@joedirty6543 There is no America. There is no democracy.
@CHARLIEBOY SALDIVAR XIII That is not the case. The Arabs have put millions into this country and now they must put it BACK.
Come here since ned has just passed away:( this scene is one of the best scenes I've seen in films of all time and it's because of him, this film is so remarkable and his performance will be remembered in the history of cinema👏👏👏 rest in peace for the legend
Just heard the sad passing of Ned Beatty. He was 83. Great character actor. *RIP*
Just a thank you for having the taste and sense to start from the stair case scene which sets the scene a lot better than if you had started right at board room. Beatty's intro really adds to the set-up. Thank you. ♥
Absolutely one of the greatest monologues in cinematic history that also still rings so true till this day.
Just remembered that he passed. One of many of his incredible performances.
R.I.P.
It's absolutely terrifying that this scene is still so potent in 2024.
to this day, one of - if not the - greatest monologues ever written
Ned Beatty was absolutely brilliant in this scene !!!
Great Film! It was decided by the writers guild as "One of the top 10 Screenplays OF ALL TIME!"
Great time to revisit this great movie. Thank you.
Impressive acting. Even more impressive dialogue/monologue. Truth.
Just saw this movie for the first time last night and I thought this scene was one of the best. The cinematography is mesmerizing and the commentary is actually quite timeless and poignant to this day, if not even more relevant.
Wherr can I find this movie?
Now that's what you call talented acting. Well done Ned and Peter.
Ned Beatty should be remembered by this perfect true performance!! RIP Mr. Beatty
1937 - 2021
RIP and thank you for this brilliant performance sir!
One of the most brilliant performances by Ned Beatty !
This scene has me in its grip every time I watch it. Totally shattered any preconceptions I had about Ned Beatty.
One of the greatest and most prophetic movies ever made. This movie explained to American's what would happen as a result of the network news no longer being funded by taxpayer dollars and instead having to rely on corporate sponsorship. Prior to March 1975 there were zero commercials during the news as the govt. prior to 1975 thought the only way for the news to be truthful and impartial was through public funding and they were 100% spot on.
What happened in March 1975?
60 Minutes found its spot in the Sunday night lineup in 1968.
I think he was referring to British television.
@@ashcarrier6606There are no adverts during British news.
@LegoJoe99 Ah, yes. I remember reading a few years back that because of BBC news being taxpayer-funded, it avoids the sensationalism American news uses because they depend on ratings. Unfortunately, the BBC is not therefore immune to leftwing bias.
Network and Nightcrawler is a great double feature
Yaaaas. Nightcrawler is the millennial realization of Network... Where the influencer/TMZ monetary culture understands that human tragedy is monetized.
Ohh dude, great call!
When did noghtcrawler get made
Nightcrawler? Ooh, tell me about Nightcrawler! I've never heard of it, is it good?
What is Nightcrawler?
Such an astonishing 5 minutes of absolute authority , power , pacing and clarity of a scene from Ned , Im torn between this , and the relationship break- up delivery William gives to Faye as the most impactful and lasting scenes and dialogue Ive ever seen on film, that continues to apply to modern life.
“There are no nations,
there are no peoples,
there is no America,
there is no democracy.”
I thought he was going to break out in a waltz.
His speech had a good beat. You can dance to it.
First convulsive chaos then the masses will gladly surrender their illusions of freedom,, individuality and self-determination to any ideology,party or person that will ensure their survival, safety and sustenance with a modest level of material comfort
*"The world is a business Mr. Beale"*
Love Ned Beatty! Always turned in an excellent performance, as reliable as a Swiss watch. Rest easy, Ned.
Just watched this film for the first time and this was the scene when it all clicked. This is the scene that turned this into my favorite movie.
I could almost see President Trump being sat down in front of the CEO of Amazon/Apple/Google etc... and receiving this same speech as our dear Howard Beale does in this scene.
"You, Mr. Trump, are an old man who thinks in terms of nations and people. There are no Mexicans! There are no Koreans! There are no Russians! There is only one systems of currency: dollars, euros, pounds, yen, yuan, rubles, and sheckles. You get out your little phone and tweet 140 characters about making America great again. There is no America to make great. There is only Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple, Verizon, Amazon, Walmart, and McDonalds. Those are the new nations. You think the Saudis care about the Koran? No, they tap their apps and run spreadsheets like us. And someday all humanity will, and you will preach this evangel. Why? Because you used to be on TV, dummy. "
President Trump is an excellent businessman. Far better at it then this guy.
I think it would be Trump who would be giving them the speech
@@NJGuy1973 That's hilarious! And very clever!
@@jamesbrowning206That's what makes Network awesome. It could have been released last week.
Greetings from March 2022
Yeah. Exactly.
NED BEATTYS FINEST MOMENT ON FILM,IMO.
It will live forever.....because its true.....
@@littleraspberry4640 that was a maga love story
Little Raspberry Yes, Squeal like a Pig! Oink oink! He kind of looks like a Pig, don’t he? Squeal! Boy! Hooey! No! Dont touch me! 🐖
There was Deliverance.
Probably one of the most underrated movies in history. A master piece.
Here again replaying after the news of Ned Beatty's death. I never replayed a scene so much besides action scenes or epic scenes but this scene was truly "epic" and now on the other hand we celebrate the "epic" life of Mr. Ned Beatty, I hope he now can rest in piece learning that he once became a prophetic voice that has been becoming truer each day.
¡¡¡ IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE BROUGHT ME HERE !!! ¡¡¡THANK YOU!!!