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Group threatens legal battle against Battlefield Earth

Title: Group threatens legal battle against Battlefield Earth
Date: Thursday, 17 August 2000
Publisher: KOAT Albuquerque
Main source: showbizdata.com

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FactNet, a group battling Scientology, warned Thursday that "lawsuits may soon be flying" over MGM's upcoming release of Battlefield Earth, based on a sci-fi novel by Scientology's late founder L. Ron Hubbard and starring the group's most outspoken celebrity, John Travolta. In a statement, FactNet charged that Scientology "has placed subliminal messages in the BattleField Earth film master to surreptitiously recruit new members from the movie audience," that it secretly financed the film, that it will use the film to recruit ... [Read the rest at showbizdata.com]