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导演： 希德尼·鲁麦 
主演： 罗伯特·杜瓦 Russ Petrant Walter Cronk 费·唐纳薇 Lance Henrik John Chancel Betty Ford ...
产地： 美国 
类型： 剧情 
颜色： 彩色
分级： Australia:M Finland:K-16 Sweden:15 UK:15 USA:R ...
对白： 英语 
上映日期： 1976年11月27日 (New York City, New York)
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 1975年，纽约。 
　　 霍华德·比尔曾经是美国联合广播公司（UBS）《无线新闻》节目的王牌主播，但最近几年，随着妻子离世，他的精神状态和事业都在向低谷滑落。由于节目收视率持续下跌，公司决定在两周后解雇他。新闻部主管麦克尔·舒马赫是霍华德多年的老朋友，他不得不亲自把这个消息告诉霍华德，然后，他们一起去酒吧解酒浇愁。情绪沮丧的霍华德突然说自己要在电视上自杀，麦克尔玩笑说，好，那我们可以就势做一个专门报道凶杀、灾难和战争的节目，就叫《一周恐怖要闻》，收视率一定大涨。 
　　 谁也没想到，在第二天的电视直播里，霍华德竟然真的宣布说自己要在一周后的节目里自杀。这一失态举动引来媒体一片哗然，UBS电视网高层更是十分震怒，刚刚接管了UBS的美国通讯公司主席弗兰克·哈克特，在电视网主管们面前大发雷霆，然而敏锐的麦克尔却注意到，这个野心勃勃的新任总裁的矛头并非单纯指向霍华德，而是他负责的整个新闻部。最近一年，新闻部节目收视下降，亏损严重，弗兰克·哈克早就有心对其开刀。果然，在第二天上午的董事会上，弗兰克·哈克特擅自宣布将新闻部降级，麦克尔恼羞成怒，找到UBS原总裁尼尔森，然而已经没有实权的尼尔森对此也爱莫能助。 
　　 晚上的新闻直播，原计划是让霍华德为前一天的失态向观众作出合理解释，然而深感前途无望的霍华德却再次大放厥词，言辞激烈地表达了对当代美国国民精神状态的不满和愤怒，而麦克尔当时就在现场，心情复杂的他并没有阻止霍华德，反而借霍华德的愤慨之词，出了一口恶气。 
　　 戴安娜·克里斯特森是UBS一位富有野心的年轻女制片人，她是一个工作狂，思维敏锐、遇事果断，且善于利用男人，她正在策划一个相当冒险的电视节目——利用恐怖分子（一伙自称革命者的武装无政府组织）自己拍摄的行动录像，作一个类似今天“真实电视”的系列暴力节目。她对“霍华德事件”非常感兴趣，发现可以加以利用，于是找来最近两天的收视率调查结果，去说服和自己关系暧昧的UBS主席弗兰克·哈克特。令人深感意外的是，霍华德“丧心病狂”的直播，意外造成收视率的直线上升，弗兰克·哈克特也觉得有利可图，于是决定支持此事。在第二天电视网高层的早餐例会上，他以强硬的态度压倒了保守派和反对者，UBS决定让霍华德继续他的“马戏表演”。 
　　 这一事件到此算是圆满结束，戴安娜和麦克尔之间却发生了新的意外。一天夜里，戴安娜突然来到麦克尔的办公室，借口对《无线新闻》提建议，以当年的崇拜者和女学生的身份向美国新闻界元老麦克尔调情，麦克尔抵挡不了戴安娜充满激情的诱惑，同意和她一起吃晚餐，随后，他们顺理成章地睡在了一起。麦克尔发现，戴安娜是充满了新闻细胞的新一代电视人，她极度危险，但同时也充满了活力和魅力。 
　　 霍华德·比尔的节目越做越疯狂，虽然收视率一直都在上涨——正处于70年代中期极度压抑和道德失衡的美国观众，显然非常认可他的这种疯狂表演，但麦克尔却清醒地认识到，自己的这个老朋友其实已经精神失常，他强烈要求停止这个节目，早就对他不满的弗兰克·哈克特趁机把他开除了。渐渐失控的霍华德突然无故失踪了整整一天，他在大雨中被淋地湿透，赶到电视台的时候节目已经开始，他冲进直播室对着镜头咆哮，建议电视节前的观众和他一起嚎叫，以宣泄内心的愤怒和压抑。有趣的是，美国各地的观众果然都收到了霍华德的这一“召唤”，一时间，似乎整个美国都在把头伸出窗外，在夜幕下疯狂的喊叫。麦克尔看着这疯狂的一幕，哭笑不得。这期节目播出后，UBS《无线新闻》的收视率再次狂飙。 
　　 戴安娜开始具体执行她“真实电视”计划，通过中间人，她已经和一个臭名昭著的武装无政府组织接触并正式签约，由这些恐怖分子负责向电视网提供片源，所得利润则按合同分成。她把几个极具煽动性的节目捆绑在一起，对《无线新闻》进行了大胆的改版，将暴力、占卜等等和霍华德的“空中疯狂预言家”共冶一炉，这个大胆出位的新闻节目，迅速成为了UBS的支柱。 
　　 麦克尔主动找到戴安娜，他已经无可救药地爱上了这个危险的女人，两人再次走到一起。戴安娜的确是个异乎常人的工作狂，对电视新闻有着超越时代的敏感，但她实在不是一个合格的女人，因为即使是在做爱的时候，她也无法停止喋喋不休的对工作的狂热展望，但麦克尔，还是义无反顾地和她住在了一起。直率的麦克尔选择了向妻子摊牌，虽然他非常坦城，但妻子听到这个消息后还是感到非常愤怒和痛苦。麦克尔搬出了自己的家，和戴安娜住在了一起。 
　　 UBS和恐怖分子进一步细化了他们的合同，与此同时，UBS则召开了一年一度的表彰大会，戴安娜成为公司新的副主席，她的事业达到了前所未有的高峰。然而就在酒会当天，霍华德却在节目里一语道破美国联合广播公司高层和阿拉伯人“非法交易”的内幕，他号召美国民众声讨此事，并向白宫发电报施加压力。第二天，白宫竟然真的收到来自美国各地的几百万份电报，作为UBS执行主席的弗兰克·哈克特再次暴跳如雷，他担心总裁亚瑟·杰森先生会为此事炒自己鱿鱼，可是没想到，神秘的幕后老板亚瑟·杰森，却要求立刻面见霍华德。 
　　 在亚瑟·杰森幽暗的会议室，霍华德听到了一个真正的现代大资本家最赤裸裸的演说，杰森有关垄断、独裁和弱肉强食的理论大大刺激了他，他深深为此而折服，并荒唐地以为自己见到的其实就是上帝本人。霍华德回到自己的节目，将昨天节目里对资本主义大财阀的抨击轻松一笔勾销，转而谈论空洞的存在哲学，并将类似话题一直延续了下去。他的谈话内容越来越令人沮丧，越来越不着边际，节目失去了大批年轻观众，收视率也出现了大幅度下滑。 
　　 这时候，麦克尔和戴安娜不理智的婚外恋情也终于濒临崩溃，他们几乎天天都在争吵，终于不得不承认，彼此在生活和新闻道德上存在着严重分歧，他们依然对对方怀有爱意，但却又互不妥协，结局就只好是分手。 
　　 新一轮的调查结果显示，霍华德的节目已经对UBS的整体收视造成了威胁，UBS高层终于决定砍掉这个节目，但总裁杰森坚决不同意。权衡利弊之下，UBS高层主管们竟然策划了一次骇人听闻的谋杀直播——霍华德在直播现场中被两名刺客枪杀，杀手就是戴安娜另一个节目里的那伙无政府主义者。霍华德真的在直播现场被枪杀了，但有关电视收视率的战争仍然没有结束，画外音平静地说：“这就是霍华德·厄尔的故事，第一个因为收视率低而惨遭杀害的案例。”

This story is about Howard Beale, the "Network News" anchorman on UBS TV.

In his time, Howard Beale had been a mandarin of television...

the grand old man of news...

with a HUT rating of 16 and a 28 audience share.

In 1969, however, his fortunes began to decline.

He fell to a 22 share.

The following year, his wife died, and he was left a childless widower...

with an 8 rating and a 12 share.

He became morose and isolated, began to drink heavily.

On September 22, 1975, he was fired...

effective in two weeks.

The news was broken to him by Max Schumacher...

who was the president of the News Division at UBS.

The two old friends got properly pissed.

I was at CBS with Ed Murrow in 1951.

Must've been 1950.

I was at NBC. Associate producer.

Morning news. I was just a kid-- 26 years old.

Anyway, they were building the lower level of the George Washington Bridge.

We were doing a remote from there.

And nobody told me.

7:00 a.m., I get a call.

"Where are you? You're supposed to be on the George Washington Bridge?"

I jump out of bed, throw my raincoat over my pajamas.

I run downstairs and out into the street...

hail a cab and say to the cabbie...

"Take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge."

The cabbie turns around and says--

He says, "Don't do it, buddy.

You're a young man. You've got your whole life ahead of you."

Didn't I tell you that before?

I'm gonna kill myself.

Shit, Howard.

I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air...

right in the middle of the seven o'clock news.

You'll get a hell of a rating, I'll guarantee that.

Fifty share easy.

- You think so? - Sure.

We could make a series out of it. "Suicide of the Week."

Why limit ourselves? "Execution of the Week."

"Terrorist of the Week."

They'll love it.

Suicides. Assassinations.

Mad bombers.

Mafia hit men.

Automobile smashups.

"The Death Hour."

"A great Sunday night show for the whole family."

It'd put fucking Disney right off the air.

Let's do the Lenin deportation at the end of three.

- Strong enough to bump? - At one, then.

I'll do a lead on Sarah Jane Moore to May Berry in San Francisco.

The film I saw was of the chief of detectives.

I think we've got ten seconds on the shooting itself.

The whole thing is 1:25.

- What does that come out? - About 4:50.

- Can we use Squeaky Fromme? - Let's do that at two.

Squeaky boarded the airport bus.

You using a map on him for San Francisco?

I'd prefer newspapers.

What've we got left?

Gun control. Patty Hearst affidavit.

Guerillas in Chad. OPEC in Guiana.

Hello, Howard. How are you?

Don't forget, Howard, we're not using the 16.

The first attempt on President Ford's life was 18 days ago...

and again yesterday in San Francisco.

In spite of the two attempts, Mr. Ford says...

he will not become a prisoner of the Oval Office...

a hostage of would-be assassins.

The American people are good people.

Democrats, lndependents, Republicans and others.

- How do you get mixed up that type? - I don't know.

If you're so hot, why go to strangers? What's wrong with me?

Ready two.

Two. Cue Howard.

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like at this moment...

to announce that I will be retiring from this program in two weeks' time...

because of poor ratings.

Since this show is the only thing I had going for me in my life...

I have decided to kill myself.

I'm going to blow my brains out on this program a week from today.

Ten seconds to commercial.

Tune in next Tuesday.

That should give the public relations people a week to promote the show.

We oughta get a hell of a rating out of that.

Fifty share easy.

- Listen. Did you hear that? - What was that about?

Howard said he was going to blow his brains out next Tuesday.

- What are you talking about? - Didn't you hear him?

Howard said he was going to kill himself next Tuesday.

What do you mean Howard said he was going to kill himself next Tuesday?

He was supposed to do a tag.

He said, "Tune in next Tuesday. I'm going to shoot myself."

What's going on?

He just said he was going to blow his brains out.

What the fuck's going on?

- They wanna know what's going on. - I can't hear you.

- Turn the studio mike on. - We're on in 11 seconds.

- Ten seconds. - What are you doing? Have you flipped?

- We better get him off. - Get him off.

- Get your fucking hands off me! - Turn the sound off!

He's going on live!

- Key two. - We're in trouble down here.

Go to standby!

Lou, can't we clear out the lobby? There must be 100 people there.

- How am I gonna clear 'em out? - Every TV station and wire service!

I could barely get in.

- Arthur, anything? - Not so far.

Frank Hackett just walked in. We had to abort the show.

So far over 900 fucking phone calls...

complaining about the foul language.

- What page are you putting it on? - Hackett just walked in.

- ABC again. - Tell 'em to go fuck themselves.

That goes for you, too, Marty.

You're off the air.

- He wants to talk to you. - Who's replacing Beale?

- We're flying Snowden up. - Everybody hold it.

Let's see how the other networks handle this.

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