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Jun 30, 2010
Book Review // Scientology By James R. Lewis (Editor) [date unknown, somewhere in 2010] — International Journal of Cultic Studies (ICSA)
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International Journal of Cultic Studies (ICSA) Scientology By James R. Lewis (Editor) New York: Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN-10: 019533149; ISBN13: 9780195331493 (hardcover), $35 ($29.92, Barnes&Noble.com, Amazon.com). 464 pages. Editor James R. Lewis claims that his volume, Scientology, is unlikely to please anyone who “engages in the Scientology/anti-Scientology conflict, which is perhaps as it should be” (p. 5). In reality, it is most likely to please persons who take an uncritical view of Scientology. Contributors to this book make diverse comments about the Church of Scientology, but ...
Mar 24, 2010
In Germany, Scientology outrage over a critical film — TIME Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephanie Kirchner Source:
TIME Magazine In a scene in a new fictional movie about Scientology called Until Nothing Remains, one of the group's leaders is giving an impassioned speech to followers in Germany. The camera pulls in tighter on the man's face, and all of a sudden, he cries out "Clear Germany!" to a round of rapturous applause. No, he's not talking about pushing all non-believers out of the country - he's referring to "the state of clear," a condition characterized by an absence of painful, ...
Mar 11, 2010
Scientologists try to block 'intolerant' German feature film — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kate Connolly Source:
The Guardian (UK) Television network denies claims that Until Nothing Remains depicts group as totalitarian and unethical [Picture / Caption: "Tom Cruise, one of Scientology's most prominent members, was a controversial choice to play a Nazi resistance fighter in Valkyrie."] Germany's state broadcaster is locked in a row with the Church of Scientology which wants to block an upcoming feature film that depicts the controversial organisation as totalitarian and unethical. Bis Nichts Mehr Bleibt, or Until Nothing Remains, dramatises the account of a German ...
Jul 13, 2009
Un jour un destin: Tom Cruise [Unofficial English translation by Anonymous] — France 2More: Original French version
May 14, 2009
Der Scientology-Plan / Wie der Psychokonzern Deutschland erobern will [German, with unofficial English subtitles on Youtube] [English: The Scientology Plan / How the psycho-corporation plans to conquer Germany] — ZDF (Germany)More: Youtube part 2 , Youtube part 3 , original
Jan 23, 2009
Berlin District Posts Warning About Scientology — Spiegel Online
Jan 21, 2009
Hirnwäscher - Wie gefährlich ist Scientology? ["The Brainwashers - How Dangerous Is Scientology?" Unofficial translation] — ARD (Germany)
Jan 19, 2009
German critics maul Cruise as anti-Hitler hero — Agence France Presse (AFP)
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Agence France Presse (AFP) BERLIN (AFP) — German critics savaged Tom Cruise's portrayal of Adolf Hitler's would-be killer in "Valkyrie" ahead of the film's release here this week, but relished a homegrown hero getting the Hollywood treatment.
"Valkyrie" has been one of the most keenly awaited new releases in Germany this winter, thanks to the legendary status of its subject – Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg – and a string of controversies during its production.
Although expectations were low here for Cruise in the role ...
Dec 26, 2008
Is horrible 'Valkyrie' Tom Cruise's Nazi apologia? — FOX News
Oct 27, 2008
Cruise sells out — FOX News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Roger Friedman Source:
FOX News Tom Cruise sold himself out yesterday. Desperate to be able to sell his movie "Valkyrie" when it comes out on Christmas Day, Cruise made a rare appearance at Friday’s Friars Club roast of the "Today" show's Matt Lauer. Remember: In 2006, Cruise had a bitter moment with Lauer on NBC's "Today" about Scientology and the evils of psychiatry. It happened during the promotion of "Mission Impossible 3." In that live interview, Cruise called Lauer "glib" and famously told him he knew ...
May 13, 2008
'Valkyrie' release to be postponed — Spiegel
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Spiegel "Valkyrie," the Tom Cruise movie about the 1944 plot by German officers to kill Hitler, was beset by problems right from the start of filming in Berlin last year. Now reports say the release of the film has been put back until February 2009 to re-shoot scenes after test audiences were unimpressed. The release of "Valkyrie," the Hollywood movie in which Tom Cruise plays Adolf Hitler's would-be assassin Claus von Stauffenberg, has been delayed for the second time and is now ...
May 11, 2008
Tom Cruise's Adolf Hitler film put back into Hollywood bunker — The Times (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Brooks Source:
The Times (UK) The fortunes of Hollywood actor Tom Cruise have suffered a blow with the news that his next big film has been postponed until 2009. The release of Valkyrie, which tells the story of the 1944 assassination plot against Hitler, was first postponed from this summer to the autumn and is now not expected to appear until next year. “We were originally expecting the film to be released in June,” said a senior executive at one of Britain’s leading cinema chains. “I ...
Jan 22, 2008
Scientologists hit back at German newspaper over Cruise-Goebbels comparison — Daily Mail (UK)
Dec 28, 2007
Will studio success ride with Valkyrie? — Toronto Star (Canada)
Dec 17, 2007
Germany's Battle Against Scientology — TIME Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s):
Andrew Purvis Source:
TIME Magazine The interior ministers of Germany's 16 states have launched an investigation into the activities of the Church of Scientology, hoping to assemble evidence to support banning the U.S.-based organization from operating in Germany. But skeptics question whether such a move is politically and legally tenable — or wise. A similar move by state-level interior ministers in 1997 concluded in a report that "the Scientology organization, agenda and activities are marked by objectives that are fundamentally and permanently directed at abolishing the ...
Oct 7, 2007
The Hitler curse — Ynet
Type: Press
Author(s):
Eldad Beck Source:
Ynet Could footage of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg's execution in Tom Cruise's new film have been sabotaged by Berlin officials?
Eldad Beck
Published: 10.07.07, 19:44 / Israel Culture
Berlin - What is causing the series of mishaps taking place on the set of a movie starring Tom Cruise in the role of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg - the man who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler?
Over the weekend the movie's production team confirmed that footage for the movie entitled “Valkyrie," shot some ...
Sep 17, 2007
Cruise Film Gets German OK — TIME Magazine
Aug 8, 2007
Controversial Cult: German Parties Reject Bid to Ban Scientology — Spiegel
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Spiegel Senior politicians from Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition have rejected calls for a ban on the Scientology cult. A legal bid to outlaw it would fail because authorities haven't had time to build a proper case against the organization, they say.
Politicians from Germany's two ruling parties have rejected calls for Scientology to be banned in Germany.
A bid to outlaw Scientology may fail because Germany's domestic intelligence service is unlikely to have gathered enough evidence against it to back court action ...
Jul 23, 2007
Cruise is 'Goebbels of Scientology', says German church — The Independent (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tony Paterson Source:
The Independent (UK) The German Protestant Church compared the Hollywood film star Tom Cruise to the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels yesterday and claimed the actor was using his celebrity status to publicise the controversial Church of Scientology, of which he is a prominent member.
The criticism of Mr Cruise, who is in Germany to make a film about an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, was the most vitriolic in a series of attacks on the actor over his membership of Scientology - regarded ...
Jul 19, 2007
Cruise & Scientology — CNN
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anderson Cooper Source:
CNN [...] RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): He's played a top gun and secret agent. But it's his latest role, anti-Nazi war hero that's landed Tom Cruise in hot water. Germany is boiling over his religion. Filming began outside Berlin today, for a movie starring Cruise, as Count Klaus von Stauffenberg, a famed colonel who tried to kill Hitler. Back in 1944, Stauffenberg and his coconspirators were executed here at the defense ministry building. Cruise was planning to shoot scenes at the ...
Jun 26, 2007
Why Germany Hates Tom Cruise — TIME Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s):
Andrew Purvis Source:
TIME Magazine Tom Cruise may suit up nicely as an American flying ace or an acrobatic crime buster, but when it comes to portraying Germany's most beloved anti-Nazi, Germans would prefer a different actor, bitte . Cruise is due to play German officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, celebrated for trying to kill Hitler in 1944, but the German Defense Ministry has warned that if Cruise gets the role, Ministry sites will be off-limits to the filmmakers. The reason? Because Cruise, as the Defense ...
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