Hackett is clearly forcing a confrontation.
2 seconds sound clip from the Network (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:32:41.676 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Nelson Chaney tells me Beale may actually go on the air this evening.
- As far as I know, Howard's going to do it.
- You going to sit still for this, Ed?
- Yes.
- I think Hackett's overstepped himself.
- There's some kind of corporate maneuvering going on, Max.
- Hackett is clearly forcing a confrontation.
- That would account for his behavior at the stockholders' meeting.
- However, I think he's making a serious mistake with this Beale business.
- I suspect CCA will be upset at Hackett's presumptuousness. Certainly Mr. Jensen will.
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