It will be awesome if they win an Oscar.

....and that seems to have already started.

Oscars are VERY often given to not the best product. Being nominated is enough of an honor.



I mean, if "Amadeus" can win for its tacky ugly sophomoric costumes over costumes from like "The Bostonians" or "Passage to India".... who cares who wins? (that's when I stopped watching or caring)

Tells me all I need to know.

while his 'friends' and peers try not to snigger at the memory of him sitting in his little soldier suit and claiming that only $cientology can save the world.

i.e., the Cruise performance during the El Ron birthday party in "Going Clear." When David Miscarriage was awarding Cruise "$cientology's highest medal." I need to watch that documentary again.

Travolta's appearance in his "soldier suit" reminded me of one thing - his awesome $cientology superpowers haven't helped him one bit when it comes to doing a Southern accent. He can't do that accent and shouldn't even try - he doesn't sound Southern, he sounds like a drunk and possibly brain-damaged dope from New Jersey. (I think those clips were shot during the making of "The General's Daughter.&quot

I was hoping for more clips from "Battlefield Earth." Which at least did one service for humanity - it consumed a huge chunk of Travolta's personal fortune which he can't spend to promote $cientology.

The production company knew that "B.E." would be a giant gobbling space turkey, and wisely insisted that Travolta put his own money into it.

Does he owe Travolta a lot of money or something?

If I was a member of that cult I sure wouldn't want to be sitting in the audience when they show the clips.

This must win.

Also read that Leah Remini has been talking trash about Scientology on her reality show.

when it is condemned by people who they consider outsiders. If they have the truth, it really shouldn't matter to them what others say about them.

But I suppose when you have some bizarre beliefs, it is good to keep them secret.

is they extorted the IRS into giving them religious status in the 90s. Without that they would be bankrupt. There are fewer than 25,000 active Scientologist in this country. And that number is falling.

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/scientologists-how-many-of-them-are-there-anyway-6717701

Take away the IRS status and they shrink onto oblivion. Perhaps this movie will make the government rethink their bad decision.

When I saw the film, my thought was "Why isn't Miscavige in jail?"

Disgusting and outrageous. Tax all religious institutions, they're all the same scam.

The documentary is excellent. I hope it wins an Oscar.

If there's two things I admire about Mr. Hubbard it is his ability to replicate the draw of more traditional religions for his own transparent and personal gain, then get the government to subsidize the whole thing based on nothing more than "If you're going to subsidize those religions, you have to subsidize mine."

Sadly, the IRS lost the only plausible chance it's ever had or going to have to pull the tax-exempt status from all religion. A missed opportunity, to say the least.

but if you saw the film, you know that in the 90s Mscavige walked into the office of the IRS, who were about to pull their status and bankrupt them, and extorted a decision to let them have religious status.
And it seems they are still too cowardly to revisit this.

at the awards and hope he doesn't have to sit near the inner sanctum .