THE INSIDER

                         LOWELL
               Do you think we could talk about the
               taping?  Tomorrow's taping, just so we
               can get it out of the way and order...

                         MIKE WALLACE
               Yeah, well, questions will go toward what
               work you did there, why you were fired.
               And others will deal...

                         LIANE
                   (not sure she quite heard)
               ...taping?
                   (beat)
               What are you taping?

                         WIGAND
               I'm doing an interview.

                         LIANE
                   (whispers)
               An interview!  Do you know what they will
               do to us...!  I thought...  Sorry.

     But she suddenly gets up and leaves, hurrying out of the
     dining room.  And Jeffrey oddly doesn't move.

                         LOWELL
                   (trying to intervene)
               Liane, this is a preliminary...
                   (after a beat)
               You didn't tell her we were taping?
               What did she think she was coming to New
               York for?

                         WIGAND
               ...to talk about it.  To think about it.
               I had a plan to ease her into it.  But, I
               really - I didn't know how to do that...

     Jeffrey abruptly crosses to the nearby Bar.

                         LOWELL
               Oh, man.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               Who are these people?

                         LOWELL
                   (frustrated)
               Ordinary people!  Under extraordinary
               pressure, Mike.  What the hell do you
               expect?  Grace and consistency?

     And Lowell leaves the table.  And as Mike Wallace sits at the
     table, looking around, wondering what the fuck he's doing
     there.

     INT. THE BATHROOM, NEW YORK HOTEL - NIGHT

     Liane folds her arms protectively across her chest...

     INT. A STUDIO, CBS - MORNING

     And we see a small TAPING STUDIO separated by flats and black
     curtains from other CBS News sets.  Cameras are set up.

     INT. THE STUDIO, CBS - DAY

     And we enter mid-scene on Jeffrey in a more formal demeanor,
     sitting in a chair, Mike Wallace sitting across from him,
     under the lights, taping an interview.  Lowell, off camera.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               You heard Mr. Sandefur say before
               Congress that he believed nicotine was
               not addictive...?

                         WIGAND
                   (nods)
               ...I believe Mr. Sandefur perjured
               himself because I watched those
               testimonies very carefully.

     Lowell's reaction.  Jeffrey's statements are stunning and
     powerful revelations...and dangerous ones to make.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               All of us did.  There was this whole line
               of people...whole line of CEOs up there
               all swearing.

                         WIGAND
               Part of the reason I'm here is I felt
               that their representation clearly
               misstated, at least within Brown &
               Williamson's representation, clearly
               misstated...what is common language
               within the company...we are in the
               nicotine delivery business.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               And that's what cigarettes are for...?

                         WIGAND
               A delivery device for nicotine.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               A delivery device for nicotine.  Put it
               in your mouth, light it up, and you're
               gonna get your fix...

                         WIGAND
               You're gonna get your fix...

                         MIKE WALLACE
               You're saying that Brown & Williamson
               manipulates and adjusts the nicotine fix,
               not by artificially adding nicotine, but
               by enhancing the effect of nicotine
               through the use of chemical elements such
               as ammonia...

                         WIGAND
                   (nods)
               The process is known as "impact
               boosting..."  While not spiking nicotine,
               they clearly manipulate it.  There's
               extensive use of this technology, know
               as "ammonia chemistry."  It allows for
               the nicotine to be more rapidly absorbed
               in the lung and therefore affect the
               brain and central nervous system.

     INT. THE STUDIO, CBS - LATER

                         WIGAND
               The straw that broke the camel's back for
               me and really put me in trouble with
               Sandefur was a compound called
               "coumarin."  When I came on board at B&W,
               they had tried to transition from
               coumarin to a similar flavor that would
               give the same taste, and had been
               unsuccessful.  I wanted it out
               immediately.
               I was told that it would affect sales, so
               I should mind my own business.  I
               constructed a memo to Mr. Sandefur
               indicating I could not in conscience
               continue with coumarin in a product that
               we now knew, we had documentation, was
               similar to coumadin, a lung-specific
               carcinogen...

                         MIKE WALLACE
               And you sent the document forward to
               Sandefur?

                         WIGAND
               I sent the document forward to Sandefur.
               I was told that we would continue to work
               on a substitute, we weren't going to
               remove it as it would impact sales, and
               that that was his decision.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               In other words, you were charging
               Sandefur and Brown & Williamson with
               ignoring health considerations
               consciously...

                         WIGAND
               Most certainly.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               And on March 24, Thomas Sandefur, CEO of
               Brown & Williamson had you fired.  And
               the reason he gave you?

                         WIGAND
               Poor communication skills.

                         MIKE WALLACE
               And, do you wish you hadn't come forward?
               You wish you hadn't blown the whistle?

                         WIGAND
               Yeah, there are times I wish I hadn't
               done it.  There are times I feel
               compelled to do it.  If you asked me
               would I do it again?  Do I think it's
               worth it?  Yeah, I think it's worth it.

     INT. A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASS, LOUISVILLE - AFTERNOON

     Not too many kids paying attention.  Meanwhile, Jeffrey has
     written his name on the blackboard.

                         WIGAND
               Hi.

                         KIDS
                   (in unison)
               Hi.

                         WIGAND
               My name is Jeff Wigand.  You can call me
               Mr. Wigand; you can call me Dr. Wigand--I
               have a Ph.D. in biochemistry and
               endocrinology; you can call me Jeff...
                   (beat)
               Anything else you want to call
               me...you'll have to do so in private...
                   (a few kids smile)
               Okay...  I find chemistry to be magical.
               I find it an adventure.  An exploration
               into the building blocks of our physical
               universe...
                   (beat)
               So, how many of you have taken chemistry
               before?

     Nobody raises their hands.

                         WIGAND (CONT'D)
                   (easy smile)
               Okay...I've never taught it before, so
               we're gonna be fine.

     A couple of laughs...  And we feel Jeffrey, for the first
     time is in a milieu that suits him.

                         WIGAND (cont'd)
               Our first experiment is...
                   (holds up cigarette lighter)
               ...going to be measuring the molecular
               weight of butane...

     INT. SCRUGGS' OFFICE

     Scruggs' office is decorated with watercolors of Phantom jets
     and A-6s as Scruggs takes off his glasses...

                         CHARLENE
               He's on line three.

     INT. HIGH SCHOOL CORRIDOR

     Jeffrey Wigand is on a pay phone in the corridor crowded with
     students...

                         RICHARD SCRUGGS
               Hello.

                         WIGAND
               Mr. Scruggs, Jeff Wigand.  Lowell Bergman
               said I should give you a call...

     INT. SCRUGGS' OFFICE

                         RICHARD SCRUGGS
               My co-counsel, Ron Motley, and I have
               filed a lawsuit against the tobacco
               industry on behalf of the State of
               Mississippi to get the state reimbursed
               Medicaid costs for treating people with
               smoking-related illness.
                   (beat)
               If you'd be interested in talking to us,
               we'd certainly like to talk to you...

                         WIGAND
               When should we do this?

     EXT. WIGAND'S HOUSE #2, LOUISVILLE - TWILIGHT

     Jeffrey drives up the block and onto his driveway.  Seeing a
     MAN in a suit, an ear piece in his ear, disappearing around
     the corner of his house, Jeffrey leaps out of the car.  But
     the front door's open.  So instead of chasing after, he runs
     inside...

     INT. THE WIGAND'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - DAY/TWILIGHT

     And he sees another Man is in the living room...

                         WIGAND
               Who the hell are you?!  What are you
               doing in my house?!

     And he sees Lowell enter from the dining room...

                         LOWELL
               It's okay, Jeff.

                         SECURITY GUARD
               Mr. Wigand, you need to speak to...

                         LOWELL
                   (wry)
               It's okay.  You got your own security
               now...

     Wigand catches his breath.

                         WIGAND
               Lowell, I can't afford --

                         LOWELL
               ...they "volunteered."  A friend owns a
               large security company.

                         TALIFARO
               How are you doing, Mr. Wigand?  I'm Jon
               Talifaro.  There'll be three of us on
               detail.

                         LIANE
                   (crossing through)
               I'm going to the store.  Please explain
               our new "houseguests" to your children.

     And Wigand looks at Lowell...  Barbara comes into the living
     room and holds onto her father's leg.

                         WIGAND
               I called Richard Scruggs in
               Mississippi...

                         LOWELL
               I heard.

                         WIGAND
               I'm going to be a witness for them in
               their litigation.  So I'm going to fly to
               Pascagoula to give a deposition...