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Free press? Press is free... for anyone who owns one. Larry Tisch has a free press.
Get some perspective, Lowell.
Get some perspective, Lowell.
I got perspective.
I got perspective.
No, you do not.
No, you do not.
From my perspective, what's been going on and what I've been doing is ridiculous. It's half-measures.
From my perspective, what's been going on and what I've been doing is ridiculous. It's half-measures.
You're not listening. Really know what you're going to do before you do it.
Well, it isn't "cigarettes are bad for you"...
Hardly new news.
Hardly new news.
No shit.
No shit.
What's this?
Lowell.
"Put the corporation at risk"...? Give me a fucking break!
"Put the corporation at risk"...? Give me a fucking break!
Lowell.
Lowell.
These people are putting our whole reason for doing what we do... on the line!
These people are putting our whole reason for doing what we do... on the line!
Lowell!
Lowell!
What?
What?
I'm with Don on this.
What do...
I did not burn you. I did not give you up to anyone!
I did not burn you. I did not give you up to anyone!
This is my house... In front of my wife, my kids?! What business do we have?
This is my house... In front of my wife, my kids?! What business do we have?
To straighten something out with you. Right here. Right now.
To straighten something out with you. Right here. Right now.
So, you didn't mention my name? You haven't talked to anybody about me?
So, you didn't mention my name? You haven't talked to anybody about me?
Why am I gonna mention your name?
Why am I gonna mention your name?
How did Brown & Williamson know I spoke to you...?
How did Brown & Williamson know I spoke to you...?
How the hell do I know about Brown & Williamson?
How the hell do I know about Brown & Williamson?
It happened after I talked to you. I do not like coincidences!
It happened after I talked to you. I do not like coincidences!
And I don't like paranoid accusations! I'm a journalist. Think. Use your head. How do I operate as a journalist by screwing the people who could provide me with information before they provided me with it?
And I don't like paranoid accusations! I'm a journalist. Think. Use your head. How do I operate as a journalist by screwing the people who could provide me with information before they provided me with it?
You came all the way down here to tell me that?
You came all the way down here to tell me that?
No. I did not. Big Tobacco is a big story. And you got something important to say. I can tell. But, yes. I did. I came all the way down here to tell you: story, no story, fuck your story, I don't burn people.
Seven dwarfs?
The seven CEOs of Big Tobacco... they got up in front of Congress that time... it was on television...
The seven CEOs of Big Tobacco... they got up in front of Congress that time... it was on television...
...and swore under oath that they know nothing about addiction, disease...
...and swore under oath that they know nothing about addiction, disease...
It was on C-SPAN. Yeah.
It was on C-SPAN. Yeah.
Okay, so, here you are... you go to work for tobacco. You come from corporate cultures where research, really, creative thinking, these are core values. You go to tobacco... Tobacco is a sales culture. Market and sell enormous volume. Go to a lot of golf tournaments. The hell with everything else. What are you doing? Why are you working for "tobacco" in the first place?
Okay, so, here you are... you go to work for tobacco. You come from corporate cultures where research, really, creative thinking, these are core values. You go to tobacco... Tobacco is a sales culture. Market and sell enormous volume. Go to a lot of golf tournaments. The hell with everything else. What are you doing? Why are you working for "tobacco" in the first place?
I can't talk about it. The work I was supposed to do... might have had some positive effect. I don't know... it could have been beneficial. Mostly, I got paid a lot. I took the money. My wife was happy. My kids had good medical. Good schools. Got a great house. I mean, what the hell is wrong with that...?
The internet said you did graduate work in Wisconsin, then went to UC La Jolla with Professor... Marcus?
Marcuse. Yeah. He was my mentor. He had a major influence on the New Left in the late '60s... and on me, personally.
Marcuse. Yeah. He was my mentor. He had a major influence on the New Left in the late '60s... and on me, personally.
Next to your father?
Next to your father?
My father? What the hell's that got to do with my father?
My father? What the hell's that got to do with my father?
Is that why you became a journalist? Then you get to ask all the questions?
Is that why you became a journalist? Then you get to ask all the questions?
You charge by the hour?
You charge by the hour?
My father was a mechanical engineer... most ingenious man I ever knew.
My father was a mechanical engineer... most ingenious man I ever knew.
Well, my father left us when I was five-years old. He was not the most ingenious man I ever knew... Let's get back to Brown & Williamson. If you decide to go on "60 Minutes," I got to know everything about why you got fired.
Well, my father left us when I was five-years old. He was not the most ingenious man I ever knew... Let's get back to Brown & Williamson. If you decide to go on "60 Minutes," I got to know everything about why you got fired.
Why?
Why?
They're gonna dig up stuff from your past, they're gonna throw it at you. I got to know what they're gonna throw. You understand?
They're gonna dig up stuff from your past, they're gonna throw it at you. I got to know what they're gonna throw. You understand?
I drink. A couple of occasions more than I should have. I was cited for shoplifting once. But it was a mistake... I pushed Liane one time. We were both stressed out because of the pressure. She went to her mother's. I got fired because when I get angry I have difficulty censoring myself. And I don't like to be pushed around!
I drink. A couple of occasions more than I should have. I was cited for shoplifting once. But it was a mistake... I pushed Liane one time. We were both stressed out because of the pressure. She went to her mother's. I got fired because when I get angry I have difficulty censoring myself. And I don't like to be pushed around!
I'm not pushing you around! I'm asking you questions.
I'm not pushing you around! I'm asking you questions.
I'm just a commodity to you, aren't I? I could be anything. Right? Anything worth putting on between commercials...
I'm just a commodity to you, aren't I? I could be anything. Right? Anything worth putting on between commercials...
...to a network, probably, we're all commodities. To me? You are not a commodity. What you are is important.
Jeff, call the FBI right away...
They do this with impunity!
They do this with impunity!
Jeff...
Jeff...
They get to go home at night. What does it cost these people to do this to us? Nothing?! My girls are crying, so fuck them! I want to tape! I'm done thinking about it.
Oh, you know what we do or do not need to know? Since when have you become a media expert?
What do you want to do, Lowell, look up my ass, too...!
Yes. Did you lie about being on the American Judo Team in the Olympics?
What?
What?
Some public relations guy got a hold of a tape of an interview... where you're saying you were on the American Judo Team in the Olympics...?
Some public relations guy got a hold of a tape of an interview... where you're saying you were on the American Judo Team in the Olympics...?
What kind of shit is this? I was not on the team, I sparred with the Olympic Team... okay?
You manipulated me into this...!
That's bullshit, Jeff!
That's bullshit, Jeff!
You greased the rails!
You greased the rails!
I greased the rails for a guy who wanted to say yes. I helped him to say yes. Alright. You're not a robot, Jeff! That's all. You got a mind of your own, don't you?
I greased the rails for a guy who wanted to say yes. I helped him to say yes. Alright. You're not a robot, Jeff! That's all. You got a mind of your own, don't you?
"Up to you, Jeffrey. That's the power you have, Jeffrey. Vital insider information the American public need to know." Lowell Bergman, the hot show who never met a source he couldn't turn around.
"Up to you, Jeffrey. That's the power you have, Jeffrey. Vital insider information the American public need to know." Lowell Bergman, the hot show who never met a source he couldn't turn around.
I fought for you... and I still fight for you.
I fought for you... and I still fight for you.
You fought for me...?! ...you manipulated me... into where I am now... staring at the Brown & Williamson Building. It's all dark. Except the 10th floor! That's the legal department. That's where they fuck with my life!
You fought for me...?! ...you manipulated me... into where I am now... staring at the Brown & Williamson Building. It's all dark. Except the 10th floor! That's the legal department. That's where they fuck with my life!
Jeffrey, where you going with this? So where you goin'? You are important to a lot of people, Jeffrey. You think about that. You think about them.
What's happening?!
He doesn't seem to be listening...
He doesn't seem to be listening...
Alright, now listen to me. I want you -- I want you to tell him, in these words: get on the fucking phone...!
Alright, now listen to me. I want you -- I want you to tell him, in these words: get on the fucking phone...!
I can't say that!
I can't say that!
No, you can. Tell him to get on the fucking phone!
Hold on a minute, Lowell... ...somebody... may be following me. I don't know. They came on the property...
What do you mean followed you? Did you call the police?
What do you mean followed you? Did you call the police?
I don't want to be paranoid... I mean, maybe it's a game. Some kind of mind game.
I don't want to be paranoid... I mean, maybe it's a game. Some kind of mind game.
Well, what do you really think, though?
Well, what do you really think, though?
I don't know what the fuck I really think! Are they doing it? Is some crank doing it? Are they doing it to make me feel paranoid? Are they doing it for real and don't give a shit what I think? I don't know! I don't fucking know.
Object to the form of the question!
It acts as a drug on the body?
It acts as a drug on the body?
Object to the form!
Object to the form!
It acts as a...
It acts as a...
Object!
Object!
There an echo in here? Your objection's been recorded. She typed it into her little machine over there. It's on the record. So now I'll proceed with my deposition of my witness. Does it act as a drug?
There an echo in here? Your objection's been recorded. She typed it into her little machine over there. It's on the record. So now I'll proceed with my deposition of my witness. Does it act as a drug?
Dr. Wigand. I am instructing you... ...not to answer that question in accordance to the terms of the contractual obligations undertaken by you not to disclose any information about your work at the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. And in accordance with the force and effect of the temporary restraining order that has been entered against you to by the court in the State of Kentucky! That means you don't talk! Mr. Motley, we have rights, here...
Dr. Wigand. I am instructing you... ...not to answer that question in accordance to the terms of the contractual obligations undertaken by you not to disclose any information about your work at the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. And in accordance with the force and effect of the temporary restraining order that has been entered against you to by the court in the State of Kentucky! That means you don't talk! Mr. Motley, we have rights, here...
Oh, you got rights and lefts! Ups and downs and middles! So what?! You don't get to instruct anything around here! This is not North Carolina, not South Carolina nor Kentucky. This is the sovereign State of Mississippi's proceeding. Wipe that smirk off your face! Dr. Wigand's deposition will be part of this record. And I'm going to take my witness' testimony! Whether the hell you like it or not! Answer the question, Dr...
Do you think I'm going to end up like Herb Myerson, with a colostomy bag instead of a family?
Got any symptoms?
Got any symptoms?
Yes. The inability to experience pleasure.
Yes. The inability to experience pleasure.
Oh. That. Don't waste time with your queen.
Oh. That. Don't waste time with your queen.
What?
What?
The Center Counter Defense. The thing is not to move your queen too early.
The Center Counter Defense. The thing is not to move your queen too early.
She can't really love that idiot, can she?
She can't really love that idiot, can she?
What?
What?
Marylin Rexroth. She came into my office and signed a pre-nup with Howard Doyle.
Marylin Rexroth. She came into my office and signed a pre-nup with Howard Doyle.
Doyle Oil? A Massey Pre-nup? She loves him.
Doyle Oil? A Massey Pre-nup? She loves him.
He's the wrong man.
He's the wrong man.
Miles! Don't waste time with someone else's queen, either.
All right, Miles. Let me tell you everything you THINK you know. I was married to Rex for a long time. I was an excellent wife, a partner, a lover, a hostess and a friend. There was only one thing I did wrong during the five years we were together. I got five years older. Think he should be able to ditch me for that?
He wants a reconciliation.
He wants a reconciliation.
See the tape. Then we can discuss reconciliation. Rex screwed up and I nailed his ass. Now I'm going to have it mounted and have my girlfriends over to throw darts at it. Then I'm getting on with my life. That's all I'm after.
See the tape. Then we can discuss reconciliation. Rex screwed up and I nailed his ass. Now I'm going to have it mounted and have my girlfriends over to throw darts at it. Then I'm getting on with my life. That's all I'm after.
Gotcha.
Gotcha.
What is it you're after, Miles?
What is it you're after, Miles?
Oh, I'm a lot like you -- just looking for an ass to mount.
Oh, I'm a lot like you -- just looking for an ass to mount.
Well, don't look at mine!
Comfy!
What do you want?
What do you want?
I want to nail you ass.
I want to nail you ass.
Are you threatening me, because I'm sure that's a violation of the terms of your bail.
Are you threatening me, because I'm sure that's a violation of the terms of your bail.
I'm reporting you to the IRS.
I'm reporting you to the IRS.
The IRS? They owe me. I'm expecting a refund.
Forgery and Fraud?
You used his credit card.
You used his credit card.
He told me to -- he said he wanted me to --
He told me to -- he said he wanted me to --
Quite a little shopping spree. How do you spend six figures in less than six hours? Oh, never mind I've seen it before. I've seen everything.
Quite a little shopping spree. How do you spend six figures in less than six hours? Oh, never mind I've seen it before. I've seen everything.
Do you think he set me up? Do you think that was his intention?
Do you think he set me up? Do you think that was his intention?
Like I know his intention? Or yours for that matter? I should join Sam. I'm too old for this bullshit.
Like I know his intention? Or yours for that matter? I should join Sam. I'm too old for this bullshit.
He never even asked. He just assumed --