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From: sewbeit@nosuchaddress.ca
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:07:02 GMT, LC@dinkerson.com (Ladies Choice)
wrote:
>In article , kmoiarty35@shaw.
ca
>says...
>>
>>
>>Unfortunately, thanks in part to a movie viewing public that too often
fails
>>to distinguish between reality and mere entertainment... case in point the
>>profound effect on public perceptions to do with mental illness and its
>>medical treatment, the movie classic, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest",
has
>>had... in most of North America, mental hospitals are either permanently
>>closed down or functioning only in a state of decline or 'impending-
closure
>>limbo', as many communities inaccurately regard them as inhumane,
>>'politically incorrect' dinosaurs of the past. As a direct result,
>>illness-compromised people such as the above (apparent) case are being left
>>undertreated as well as unprotected from, both, their illness-related
>>extreme-lack-of-judgement and the criminal/predatorial-user element taking
>>advantage of them.
>>
>
>I don't think you can blame the movie 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' for
all
>of that. The Scientologists have made it their life's mission to shut down
>mental institutions.
What? You mean:
Nearly 40 years later, Scientology has arrived in Hollywood in a big
way. The list of celebrity Scientologists now includes Cruise, Kidman,
Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, Anne Archer, Juliette Lewis,
Kelly Preston, John Travolta, Mimi Rogers, Karen Black, and Kirstie
Alley. There are dozens of lesser-known Scientologists in show biz as
well: Lee Purcell (big Wednesday), Jeff Pomerantz (General Hospital),
Geoffrey Lewis (Juliette's dad, who was in Every Which Way but Loose,
among other movies), Judy Norton-Taylor (The Waltons), Nancy
Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson), child TV actor Vonni Ribisi
(My Two Dads), Michael Wiserman (Predator 2), Kimberly Kates (Bill &
Ted's Excellent Adventure), Michael D. Roberts (Rain Man), and Gary
Imhoff (the forth-coming Thumbeliina). Then there are the
behind-the-scenes talents: Dick Tracy screenwriter Floyd Mutrux;
composer Mark Isham (A River Runs Through It); actor and acting
teacher Manu Tupou (Hawaii); and director Dror Soref (The Seventh
Coin), who cut his teeth on Scientology films and now has a deal with
Paramount. Scientology even claims one of Hollywood's most successful
acting teacher, Milton Ketselas, who heads the Beverly Hills
Playhouse. People who have drifted trough Scientology include Jerry
Seinfeld, Patrick Swayze, Top Gun producer Don Simpson, Harvey Heber
(brother of CAA cofounder Bill Heber), actor Brad Pitt, and Ernest
Lehman, screenwriter of The Sound of Music.
may be involved in this??
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