The Fisher King (1991)

Warren Olney: TV Anchorman

Quotes 

• Jack Lucas : [Jack turns on the television; his voice is heard on the news]  --They're evil! They're repulsed by imperfection, horrified by the banal, everything that America stands for, everything that you and I fight for, Edwin! They must be stopped before it's too late! It's us or them!

  TV Anchorman : It was Mr. Lucas's off-hand remark that seemed to have fatal impact on Mr. Malnick. Mark Saffron is on the scene.

  News Reporter : An after-work hotspot, Babbitt's is popular with single young professionals. Edwin Malnick arrived at the peak hour of 7:15, took one long look at the handsome collection of the city's best and brightest, then removed a shotgun from his overcoat, and opened fire.

  [clips are shown of the aftermath] 

  News Reporter : Seven people were killed before Mr. Malnick turned the gun on himself and shot a hole through his head.

  [Jack's face contorts in horrified shock as he sits down] 

  News Reporter : Representatives of radio cult personality Jack Lucas expressed regret, however, no formal comment has been made. Neighbors of Malnick said he was a quiet man who lived alone. "We scarcely knew he was there", said a woman who lived next door to Malnick for 11 years. But today, few will soon forget this lonely man who reached out to a world he knew only through the radio, looking for friendship and finding only pain and tragedy. Mark Saffron, Channel 7 News.

  Jack Lucas : [Jack clasps a hand to his mouth as the camera zooms in to his eyes, widened with shock] 

  [horrified] 

  Jack Lucas : Fuck...