I wouldn't interfere with the actual news itself, but TV is showbiz, Max. And even the news has to have a little showmanship.

8 seconds sound clip from the Network (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:36:09.818 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- He's too kvetchy. He's being irascible. We want a prophet, not a curmudgeon. He should do more apocalyptic doom. I think you should take on a couple of writers to write some jeremiads for him.

- I see you don't fancy my suggestions.

- Hell, you're not serious, are you?

- Oh, I'm serious.

- The fact is I could make your Beale Show the highest-rated news show in television, if you'd let me have a crack at it.

- What do you mean, have a crack at it?

- I'd like to program it for you. Develop it.

- I wouldn't interfere with the actual news itself, but TV is showbiz, Max. And even the news has to have a little showmanship.

- My God, you are serious.

- Oh. I watched your 6:00 news today. It's straight tabloid.

- You had a minute and a half of that lady riding a bike naked in Central Park.

- On the other hand, you had less than a minute of hard national and international news. It was all sex, scandal, brutal crimes, sports, children with incurable diseases and lost puppies.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

Hell, they already own half of England! So listen to me. Listen to me, goddamn it. The Arabs are simply buying us.
So if you want the truth, go to God. Go to your gurus. Go to yourselves. Because that's the only place you're ever gonna find any real truth.
It is the exalted flow of the space-time continuum save that it is spaceless and timeless and... of such loveliness.

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

 

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy