The Making of 'The Mean Season' Page #4

ISN'T IT?

THIS STORY'S

GOING TO SELL:

A HELL OF A LO OF NEWSPAPERS

FOR SOMEBODY.

LEGALLY,

HOW FAR COULD:

OUR ASSES BE:

HANGING OUT?

DID YOU TELL HIM

YOU'D TRY TO PROTEC HIS IDENTITY IN ANY WAY?

NO.

DID YOU IMPLY:

YOUR CONVERSATION

WAS OFF THE RECORD

OR CONFIDENTIAL?

NO.

MAKE THEM:

COMFORTABLE.

WELL, WE

HAVE THREE:

IMPATIEN COPS OUTSIDE.

OH, LOVELY.

CAN WE GO:

TALK TO THEM?

I THINK:

WE BETTER.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

HOW MANY TIMES:

HAS HE CALLED?

TWICE.

WE WANT A STATEMEN FROM ANDERSON

AND TO LOOK:

AT HIS NOTES.

YOU KNOW BETTER:

THAN THAT.

BILL,

WE'VE GOT A GUY

WHO'S ANNOUNCED

HE'S GOING TO KILL SOMEONE.

WE'D LIKE

YOUR COOPERATION,

BUT IF WE HAVE TO,

WE'LL GET A SUBPOENA.

WHAT HAPPENED:

TO FREEDOM:

OF THE PRESS?

YOU'RE ABUSING

THE PRIVILEGE.

THAT'S YOUR

OPINION.

IF WE DON'T WRITE

ABOUT THESE GUYS,

AND GET THE PUBLIC

INVOLVED,

YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM.

WE'LL TAKE CARE

OF OUR END.

JOHN, WE CAN' BE REQUIRED

TO TURN OVER:

THE NOTES:

BY YOU:

OR THE STATE'S

ATTORNEY.

I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT I KNOW.

IF THIS SON OF A B*TCH

KILLS SOMEBODY ELSE,

I'LL TELL THE POS YOU HELD BACK

INFORMATION:

THAT COULD HAVE:

PREVENTED IT.

WE DIDN'T SAY WE WEREN' GOING TO COOPERATE.

WE WANT AN ARRANGEMEN THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH.

HOW ABOUT A TAP:

ON ANDERSON'S PHONE?

NO WAY.

YOU WON' NEED IT.

WE'LL GIVE YOU TAPES

OF THE CONVERSATIONS.

WHAT'S

THE DEAL:

HERE?

YOU GIVE US:

WHATEVER:

YOU GE:

EXCLUSIVELY,

BEFORE:

THE OTHER:

NEWSPAPERS.

NO. WE'VE ALL GO OUR RELATIONSHIPS

TO MAINTAIN.

SOLD.

??[Dramatic music]

[Malcolm on tape]

I JUST MIGHT NOT PRINT THIS.

[Killer on tape]

THEN YOU WILL BE MISSING

A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

I'LL CALL SOMEONE ELSE.

LOOK.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE

MY CONDUIT TO THE PUBLIC.

THERE MUST BE SOME KIND

OF PROFILE HERE, DOC.

WE NEED SOMETHING

TO NARROW THIS GUY DOWN.

I'M NOT A MIND READER.

I'M A SHRINK.

I CAN'T TELL ANYTHING

.

FROM ONE SHORT,

TAPED CONVERSATION

BUT ISN'T THERE

SOMETHING:

ANDERSON:

COULD DO:

TO KEEP:

THE BASTARD:

TALKING LONGER:

DRAW HIM OUT?

I THINK YOU'RE DOING

THE RIGHT THINGS

INTUITIVELY.

LISTEN TO HIM.

WHEN HE'S UNCLEAR,

ASK QUESTIONS.

I WOULDN' BE JUDGMENTAL,

AND I WOULDN'T PUS

H HIM INTO GIVING MORE

THAN WHAT HE WANTS

TO GIVE.

BE PATIENT.

BE A FRIEND.

[Car door shuts]

HEY, STEVE.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS

DOING OUT HERE?

GIVE US A BREAK.

THE MAN YOU:

TALKED TO--

THE KILLER.

DID THE KILLER:

INDICATE WHEN HE

WOULD CALL NEXT?

ANY SPECIFICS:

AT ALL, MAL?

.

HE WASN'T SPECIFIC

HE DIDN' SAY ANYTHING

THAT WOULD NARROW

IT DOWN, GUYS.

HOW LONG DID YOU

TALK TO HIM, MAL?

HOW LONG WAS IT?

HOW LONG WAS:

YOUR CONVERSATION?

NEITHER ONE WAS MORE

THAN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

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