Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads “Network” (Sidney Lumet, 1976) – Howard Beale (Peter Finch) has a discussion with chairman Arthur Jensen (Ned Beatty) about the realities of the world by Morgan-Moonscar
noxvillewy on April 29, 2026 8:48 pm Amazing scene, and ridiculous to think that Ned Beatty won an Oscar nomination basically for this scene alone.
PaulsRedditUsername on April 29, 2026 9:06 pm I have never seen Ned Beatty in a movie where he wasn’t awesome. He plays so many different kind of parts and is totally real in every one.
sudomatrix on April 29, 2026 9:34 pm If it were me instead of Howard Beale: “Umm I’m sorry, I started daydreaming after you closed the curtains. What did you say?”
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AND YOU….WILL….ATONE!!!
Goddamn Paddy Chayefsky was an *amazing* writer.
Fantastic movie
Amazing scene, and ridiculous to think that Ned Beatty won an Oscar nomination basically for this scene alone.
I have never seen Ned Beatty in a movie where he wasn’t awesome. He plays so many different kind of parts and is totally real in every one.
Brave New World is what he describes. So menacing.
If it were me instead of Howard Beale: “Umm I’m sorry, I started daydreaming after you closed the curtains. What did you say?”