So a rich little man with white hair died. What has that got to do with the price of rice, right? And why is that woe to us?

— Howard Beale (Peter Finch)

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

You can hear this line at 01:03:42.611 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Ladies and gentlemen, the Network News Hour with Sibyl the Soothsayer!

- Jim Webbing and his It's-the-Emes Truth Department.

- Ms. Mata Hari and her Skeletons in the Closet.

- Tonight, another segment of Vox Populi. And starring the Mad Prophet of the Airways, Howard Beale!

- Edward George Ruddy died today. Edward George Ruddy was the chairman of the board of the Union Broadcasting Systems and he died at 11:00 this morning of a heart condition, and woe is us, we're in a lot of trouble.

- So a rich little man with white hair died. What has that got to do with the price of rice, right? And why is that woe to us?

- Because you people and 62 million other Americans are listening to me right now.

- Because less than 3 percent of you people read books.

- Because less than 15 percent of you read newspapers.

- Because the only truth you know is what you get over this tube. Right now, there is a whole and entire generation that never knew anything that didn't come out of this tube.

[...]

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