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Related: About this forumLouis Theroux’s 'My Scientology Movie'
The most controversial film selected for this years Tribeca Film Festival, Vaxxed, will probably get more media attention than any other, which is a shame considering that Vaxxed isnt actually going to premiere there after festival founder Robert DeNiro was pressured to de-select it due to its controversial subject matter. The other film that tackles a hotly debated and enduringly polarizing topic is Louis Therouxs My Scientology Movie.
For those of you unfamiliar with Louis Theroux, hes the son of writer Paul Theroux and an accomplished television documentarian for the BBC. Hes one of those journalists who appears in his own films, a la Michael Moore, except far more polite and much skinnier. The conceit of My Scientology Movie is that hes supposedly casting actors in Los Angeles to re-enact scenes featuring Scientology leader David Miscavage and main man Tom Cruise. His partner in most of this is ex-Scientologist Marty Rathbun, who is as much the star of the film as Theroux himself is. They manage to cast a remarkably good Miscavage, and the three of them feature heavily as Theroux engages with cult members who are trying to prevent the film (or at least thats the implication).
Andrew Perez as David Miscavige, MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE. Courtesy Red Box Films
Theroux claims more than once that hes interested in the teachings of Scientology, but he doesnt actually do anything to uncover any of the positives of the organization, should there be any. The film certainly shows that the cult is a good client of English law firm Carter Ruck, self-described as One of the UKs best-known law firms.
...http://disinfo.com/2016/04/louis-therouxs-scientology-movie/
For those of you unfamiliar with Louis Theroux, hes the son of writer Paul Theroux and an accomplished television documentarian for the BBC. Hes one of those journalists who appears in his own films, a la Michael Moore, except far more polite and much skinnier. The conceit of My Scientology Movie is that hes supposedly casting actors in Los Angeles to re-enact scenes featuring Scientology leader David Miscavage and main man Tom Cruise. His partner in most of this is ex-Scientologist Marty Rathbun, who is as much the star of the film as Theroux himself is. They manage to cast a remarkably good Miscavage, and the three of them feature heavily as Theroux engages with cult members who are trying to prevent the film (or at least thats the implication).
Andrew Perez as David Miscavige, MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE. Courtesy Red Box Films
Theroux claims more than once that hes interested in the teachings of Scientology, but he doesnt actually do anything to uncover any of the positives of the organization, should there be any. The film certainly shows that the cult is a good client of English law firm Carter Ruck, self-described as One of the UKs best-known law firms.
...http://disinfo.com/2016/04/louis-therouxs-scientology-movie/
Video here: http://video.ew.com/v/114509408/my-scientology-movie-watch-an-exclusive-clip-from-the-tribeca-doc.htm
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Louis Theroux’s 'My Scientology Movie' (Original Post)
progressoid
Apr 2016
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(9,356 posts)1. Theroux also lived with the Fred Phelps family.
Of Westboro Baptist Church fame. This was several years ago, when the young woman who recently repudiated the church was still a teen.
He did a great documentary about it, "The Most Hated Family In America:"
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drm604
(16,230 posts)2. That video is seriously disturbing.
They have such a smug certainty. And Fred Phelps was such a nasty and unpleasant person to deal with.
I feel so bad for those children.
Even Sean Hannity hates these people. The Phelps are the one unifying force in America. I have never heard anyone say anything good about them, and I live in Texas