THE INSIDER

     INT. A SURVEILLANCE VAN, LINCOLN, MONTANA - NIGHT

     And we see the FBI Agent, BILL ROBERTSON on the phone.

                         BILL ROBERTSON
               I promised you a three-hour heads-
               up...well, here it is.  Have a camera
               crew standing by in Helena, Montana on
               Tuesday and I'll give you a three-hour
               head start.  Alright?  By the way, that
               was a hell of a good show tonight...

     INT. LOWELL'S HOUSE, BERKELEY - NIGHT

                         LOWELL
                   (nods, trustworthy)
               Thank you, Bill.

     And he quietly hangs up.  And it's still.  Sharon's laid
     down, closing her eyes.  They lie close together.  After some
     moments, she opens her eyes and lets us know what she's been
     thinking...

                         SHARON
                   (understated)
               You won.

     This time he isn't droll.

                         LOWELL
               Yeah?
                   (a beat)
               What did I win?

     There's an odd look on his face, not the look of a victor.
     He shuts off the light.  And as they lie close together in
     the dark in each other's arms...

     WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FAMILIAR CBS EYE ON A TELEVISION SCREEN.
     AND THEN THE WORDS:  "SPECIAL REPORT."

     INT. MASTER CONTROL ROOM, CBS - DAY

     Lowell, entering through machine rooms, into a state-of-the-
     art Master Control Room.  On a wall are fifty or more
     monitors, in the humidity-and-temperature-controlled nexus of
     CBS operations.  And it's jammed with people, witnessing a
     fast-breaking, major news event.  Mike Wallace stands near
     Felling.  Lowell crosses past Felling and stands next to Mike
     Wallace.

     And we see footage of a handcuffed, bearded, barefoot
     Man...THEODORE KACZYNSKI, the UNABOMBER, being taken in by
     the FBI.  A director counts down.  Dan Rather launches...

                         DAN RATHER
               "Reporting from CBS World News
               headquarters in New York, good afternoon.
               There has been a major break in the case
               of the so-called 'Unabomber.'  CBS News
               has learned that a remote homesite
               outside Lincoln, Montana has been under
               FBI surveillance..."

                         BILL FELLING
               Thanks for this.  You know, we beat
               everybody.  ABC, NBC, CNN.

     Mike motions Lowell out into the corridor so they can be
     alone.

     INT. CORRIDOR, CBS - DAY

     The control room and crowd are seen through the glass wall.
     After some moments:

                         MIKE WALLACE
               That Canada story?  Still interest you?

                         LOWELL
                   (nods)
               Everything interests me.

     Mike nods...  Lowell puts his hands in his jacket pockets...
     After some moments...

                         LOWELL (CONT'D)
               I quit, Mike.

     Mike's startled.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               Bullshit.

     Lowell shakes his head "no."

                         MIKE WALLACE (CONT'D)
               C'mon, it all worked out.  You came out
               okay in the end...

                         LOWELL
               I did?  What do I tell a source on the
               next tough story?  Hang in with us.
               You'll be fine...maybe?

     They look at each other.  Lowell says to Mike, intimately,
     what he knows Mike knows...

                         LOWELL (cont'd)
               What got broken here...doesn't go back
               together again.

     Lowell's heartfelt regret.  He starts to leave.  They look at
     each other.

                         LOWELL (cont'd)
               So, uh...

     And Lowell moves off along the hallway, the monitors all
     showing CBS programming.  He doesn't even look back...

     A LEGEND APPEARS:

     CARD #1:

     SUBSEQUENT TO THE EVENTS DRAMATIZES HERE, THE TOBACCO
     INDUSTRY IN 1998 SETTLED THE LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST IT BY
     MISSISSIPPI AND 49 OTHER STATES FOR $246 BILLION.

     CARD #2:

     ALTHOUGH BASED ON A TRUE STORY, CERTAIN EVENTS IN THIS MOTION
     PICTURE HAVE BEEN FICTIONALIZED FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT.

     THE SOURCE OF THE DEATH THREATS AGAINST THE WIGANDS NEVER WAS
     IDENTIFIED AND NO ONE WAS EVER CHARGED OF PROSECUTED.

     CARD #3:

     IN 1996 DR. WIGAND WAS NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN KENTUCKY.
     CURRENTLY, HE LIVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

     CARD #4:

     LOWELL BERGMAN IS A CORRESPONDENT FOR THE PBS SERIES
     FRONTLINE AND IS ON THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
     JOURNALISM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY.

                              THE END