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Related: About this forum“We have probably 160 lawyers”: HBO readies documentary on Church of Scientology
We have probably 160 lawyers: HBO readies documentary on Church of Scientologyby Sarah Gray at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/24/we_have_probably_160_lawyers_hbo_readies_documentary_on_church_of_scientology/
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In HBO is planning to release a documentary on the Church of Scientology, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wrights controversial book Going Clear. HBO collaborated with Oscar winner Alex Gibney on the film, and it will be released in 2015, according to the Hollywood Reporter and HBO is already preparing for pushback and a barrage of litigation. And this time, Nevins told THR, Well be ready.
From the Hollywood Reporter:
HBO long has championed documentary filmmaking. It commissioned the Scientology project nearly two years ago, right after the books January 2013 publication, when frequent collaborator Gibney brought it to the network. The film, which is expected to feature new revelations about the controversial religion and its famous followers Tom Cruise and John Travolta, almost certainly will draw an aggressive response from the notoriously litigious church.
We have probably 160 lawyers [looking at the film], says HBO Documentary Films president Sheila Nevins, who is bracing for protests as well. If the doc is finished in time, it likely will be submitted to the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Wrights book, which was met with a strong rebuttal from the Church of Scientology and threatening letters from lawyers, grew out of a profile on former Scientologist, director Paul Haggis, for the New Yorker.
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“We have probably 160 lawyers”: HBO readies documentary on Church of Scientology (Original Post)
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Nov 2014
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Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)1. At this point, I think it's just a matter of degrees...
...you can read the entire book "Bare Faced Messiah" online (http://www.xenu.net/archive/books/bfm/bfmconte.htm), and pretty much anything else you'd want is out there.
The only people who are going to be surprised or shocked by the documentary are the ones who haven't been paying attention.
olddots
(10,237 posts)2. the more you learn about scientology
The less you can believe people can fall for it .