Battlefield Earth battle heating up!
Don't mention Scientology or kiss the box office bye-bye.
(National Post Online)
Washington Post article Nov 28, 1999
Hollywood Confidential, Battlefield Down
Battlefield Earth given "NO Chance" at box office
IFuse, Battlefield Earth set Creeps out the Crew
Travota Promotes BattleField Earth through Scientology Centers
What he does not want you to know!
Also see Chud, Battlefield Earth, Lets get the Hell Outta Here
BattleField Earth not expected to do well. ( New York Post Online)
Westwards, Off Limits Look who's talking now.
A Globe article on another Travolta movie alleged to have subliminal advertising.
The Scoop on MSNBC by Jeannette Walls, Watch the Movie Join Scientology, This article was at http://www.msnbc.com/news/377746.asp?cp1=1#BODY but now is gone and not available at this time in the archive.
Just when I thought I had heard it all, the following appeared in a CompuServe discussion on Battlefield Earth's "bestseller" status:
I have a relative who participated in this. She and other Scientologists would go to B. Dalton's and buy multiple copies of BE with church money in order to cheat its way onto the best seller lists. This is what the claim of "one of the best selling science fiction novels" comes from.
- My experience with Children of God/The Family, Part XI
[May 6, 1999] - Common Declaration of the European Conference
[April 24, 1999] - F.A.C.T.Net's new direction
[April 8, 1999] - F.A.C.T.Net settles Scientology lawsuit
[March 19, 1999]
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