UPDATE: the 3rd upload is now online and runs fine.
*IMPORTANT:
Not only does the clip appear mysteriously out of sync on YouTube, more than 30 seconds of the report is missing from the clip I uploaded. The part where Scientology believes that "the Lisa Mcpherson Trust is a hate group, whose mission is to spread hateful propaganda" is missing. The original clip is 3:11 long, but it's mysteriously shortened to 2:39. Notice the clip stops playing at 2:38. I'll try to upload the clip again. Is this YouTube or is this Scientology?*
"The Church of Scientology has obtained an injunction against the showing of the independent film The Profit. Scientology was facing a lawsuit for the abuse and wrongful death of one of its members, Lisa McPherson, who died while being held against her will at the cult's headquarters in Clearwater, Florida. The supposed purpose of the injunction was to prevent influencing the jury pool in that upcoming trial.
However, Senior Circuit Judge Robert E. Beach did not stop there. He crossed out the proposed language limiting the scope of the injunction to the geographical jurisdiction of his court. The injunction he issued in April 2002 applied worldwide. It has completely prevented release of the film. This type of denial of First Amendment rights is unprecedented in the history of US cinema.
The McPherson case eventually settled in 2005, and the injunction became moot. However, Minton had by that time been crushed by Scientology and is now their tool. A power of attorney document he signed in 2005, giving his attorney Thomas McGowan authority to handle matters related to The Profit, was co-signed by Mike Rinder, the then head of Scientology's Office of Special Affairs. It is Scientology, through Minton's attorney McGowan, that is blocking release of The Profit, as can be seen in this 2005 letter:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/TheProfit/mcgowan-2007-02-21-p...
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/TheProfit/mcgowan-2007-02-21-p...
The Profit was written and directed by Peter Alexander, who spent 20 years in the Scientology cult and gave over $1 million to the organization. Alexander is a former executive at Universal City Studios, and was the creator of several famous theme park rides, including Back to the Future, Jaws, and ET. He and his crew suffered intense harassment from Scientology agents while making the film. Alexander's ex-wife, Scientologist Jolie Kanat (author of the book "Bittersweet Baby") continues to abet the cult in its harassment campaign against him via their hate site, "Religious Freedom Watch". When The Profit debuted at Cannes in 2001, all the copies of the trailers were stolen."
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/TheProfit/
http://theprofit.org/index2.html
Kirstie Alley
Anne Archer
Jennifer Aspen
James Stacy Barbour
Lynsey Bartilson
Beck
Jason Beghe (ESCAPED)
Catherine Bell
Karen Black
Sonny Bono
David Campbell
Nancy Cartwright
Kate Ceberano
Erika Christensen
Jeff Conaway
Chick Corea
Tom Cruise
Sky Dayton
Doug Dohring
Jason Dohring
Bodhi Elfman
Jenna Elfman
Richard Elfman
Doug E. Fresh
Kenton Gray
Paul Haggis
Isaac Hayes
Katie Holmes
Nicky Hopkins
Tyler Hynes
Mark Isham
Milton Katselas
Jason Lee
Geoffrey Lewis
Johnny Lewis
Juliette Lewis
Christopher Masterson
Danny Masterson
Lisa McPherson
Jim Meskimen
Sofia Milos
Elisabeth Moss
Haywood Nelson
Corin Nemec
Marisol Nichols
Judy Norton
James Packer
Eduardo Palomo
Don Pearson
Michael Peña
David Pomeranz
Laura Prepon
Lisa Marie Presley
Priscilla Presley
Kelly Preston
Leah Remini
Patrick Renna
Ernie Reyes, Jr.
Giovanni Ribisi
Marissa Ribisi
Ruddy Rodriguez
Pablo Santos
Billy Sheehan
David Singer
Reed Slatkin
Michelle Stafford
Ethan Suplee
John Travolta
Greta Van Susteren
Persia White
Edgar Winter
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Scientology calls The Profit a Very Bad Movie. News Clips.by scientologeez5,460 views
i want to see this film to , these cults are truly messed up and throw in celebs and you get rice krispies
DainEllis 1 year ago
Where can I find this movie? Why this movie scared them so? It seems that hurts Scientology. They just can´t resist the critics and questions.
Primogenito1979 3 years ago
Why does this happen in FL and not CA?
Florida has much more rigorous asset protection laws to protect bad people and companies from civil litigation.
That's why OJ moved there.
djangst 3 years ago
I really want to see this film.
kilocharley 3 years ago
This was originally 3:11 minutes long, but "mysteriously" missing is the part where Scientology believes the "Lisa McPherson Trust is a hate group, whose mission is to spread harmful propaganda".........hmmmmm
glgs44 4 years ago 2