Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief(162)

80 Aum’s membership: Lifton, Destroying the World to Save It, p. 6.

81 with resources close to $1 billion: Ibid., p. 37.

82 “Hitler was thinking”: Russ Baker, “Clash of the Titans,” George, April 1997.

83 friends or clients of Fields: Bertram Fields, response to Lauren Wolf queries.

84 “fact-finding mission”: David Hudson, “Scientology’s ‘Holocaust,’ ” Salon Daily Clicks, Feb. 25, 1997.

85 “Individuals and businesses throughout”: Testimony of John Travolta, “Religious Intolerance in Europe Today,” hearing before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission), Sept. 18, 1997.

86 “He said he wanted to help”: Josh Young, “Bill Clinton’s Grand Seduction,” George, March 1998.

87 “Scientology point person”: Ibid.

88 The Germans were puzzled: Stephen A. Kent, “Hollywood’s Celebrity-Lobbyists and the Clinton Administration’s American Foreign Policy toward German Scientology,” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 1 (Spring 2002).

89 “This is not a church”: Jennifer Tanaka, “Hollywood versus Germany over Scientology,” Maclean’s, Jan. 20, 1997.



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8. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY


1 “mother school”: Interview with Lauren Haggis.

2 “I guess I’m not supposed”: Ibid.

3 “Oh, yeah”: Interview with Alissa Haggis.

4 Miscavige was hopeful: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun. Anna Schecter, “Tom Cruise’s Former Scientology Auditor Speaks about Cruise/Kidman Divorce,” Rock Center with Brian Williams, July 11, 2012. The church issued a denial that Kidman was considered a Suppressive Person; see Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know: Marriage, Scientology-Style,” Vanity Fair, October 2012.

5 “He was not in good shape”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

6 She had suffered a miscarriage: Meryl Gordon, “Nicole Kidman Tells It Like It Is,” Marie Claire, Nov. 11, 2007.

7 “Nic knows exactly”: Dickerson, Nicole Kidman, pp. 146–47.

8 He paired Cruise with: Interview with Jason Beghe. Cruise’s attorney says, “Mr. Cruise may have had a chance encounter with Jason Beghe at the Celebrity Center, but had no meeting with him.”

9 He had known Cruise: Interview with Tommy Davis.

10 reporting directly to Shelly Miscavige: Interview with Claire Headley.

11 Rathbun assigned Davis to: Interview with Jason Beghe.

12 One of the issues: One Day One Destiny, French documentary produced by Magneto Presse, 2009.

13 “Tommy told them over and over”: Dana Kennedy, “Katie Holmes ‘Biggest Nightmare’ in Scientology History, Say Experts,” Hollywood Reporter, July 4, 2012.

14 Rathbun’s auditing sessions: Interview with Tom De Vocht. Marc Headley told Vanity Fair that there were cameras behind a piece of furniture and in a lamp recording Cruise’s sessions: “There were two views—one close-up of the E-Meter dial and the other a long shot over Marty’s shoulder, showing Tom Cruise holding the cans.” Maureen Orth, “What Katie Didn’t Know,” Vanity Fair, Oct. 2012.

15 “I think I’m done”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

16 “I have never met”: 2004 International Association of Scientologists Freedom Medal of Valor Ceremony.

17 Cruise poured millions: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 290.

18 “would understand the details”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun; www.themortonreport.com/celebrity/notables/exclusive-bill-clinton-tom-cruise-plotted-to-use-tony-blair-to-gain-tax-breaks-for-scientology/.

19 Later, Cruise went to: Interview with Mike Rinder.

20 In 2003, he met: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 286.

21 “Bush may be an idiot”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

22 “They don’t die easily”: Interview with Paul Haggis.

23 “I think you’ll discover”: Ibid.

24 “You’ll win an Academy Award”: Interview with Deborah Rennard Haggis.

25 “That’s great”: Interview with Paul Haggis

26 While he was still editing: Haggis would share screen credit with William D. Broyles, Jr.

27 “It’s really remarkable to me”: Interview with Paul Haggis.

28 He accompanied the star: Headley, Blown for Good, p. 118.

29 “It was a joke”: Interview with Tommy Davis, who said Haggis “apologized profusely.”

30 funded a school: Jana Winter, “Will Smith Funds Private Scientology School,” FoxNews.com, May 30, 2008.

31 Cruise called a meeting: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 289.

32 Erika Christensen: www.zimbio.com/Erika+Christensen/articles/3/Surprising+Celebrity+Scientologist+9+Erika.

33 No one had been more instrumental: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 266.

34 “Have a good show”: Interview with Allen Barton.

35 “Scientological McCarthyism”: Allen Barton letter to Jenna Elfman, June 1, 2004.

36 After Cruise rallied the: Interviews with Tom McCafferty and Art Cohan.

37 Katselas refused: Interviews with Art Cohan and Allen Barton.

38 Miscavige even wondered: Morton, Tom Cruise, p. 337.