Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief

Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief

  • Director: Alex Gibney
  • Writer: Alex Gibney,Lawrence Wright
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: June 25, 2015
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78 : 1
  • Also known as: Going Clear
    • "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" is a 119-minute documentary produced by HBO Cable TV. The film was directed by Alex Gibbney and was released in the United States on March 20, 2015.
    The film is adapted from the work of the same name written by Lawrence Wright . Through interviews with eight former Scientology apprentices, learn about the history of Scientology, especially its connection with Hollywood   .

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    • Release date June 25, 2015
    • Filming locations Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies HBO Documentary Films, Jigsaw Productions, Sky Atlantic

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    $230,194

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    • By Katarina 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      when religion is lost

      People need faith, psychotherapy, family, work, secularization, eating, drinking, and having fun, can't satisfy us, secularization is not the way out, we always have faith, Nazis, fascism, nationalism, patriotism, all are beliefs in essence, Literary youth, geek culture, etc. are also a kind of belonging, and rock music also has this function. You have no choice but to obey. Christianity and Catholicism are also beliefs, but some are religious organizations. Some are loosely organized, like...

    • By Earnestine 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      when religion is lost

      People need faith, psychotherapy, family, work, secularization, eating, drinking, and having fun, can't satisfy us, secularization is not the way out, we always have faith, Nazis, fascism, nationalism, patriotism, all are beliefs in essence, Literary youth, geek culture, etc. are also a kind of belonging, and rock music also has this function. You have no choice but to obey. Christianity and Catholicism are also beliefs, but some are religious organizations. Some are loosely organized, like...

    • By Okey 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Believe in religion or not? This is a problem

      I'm still shocked...I didn't dare to believe what the former believers said. Later, Tom's performance on the platform at the conference was indeed a bit crazy, and I don't know if it was because Strong pressure controls the performance.

      Thinking of the recent incident of sexual assault by priests, religion has a good side, but it is too convenient for a group that makes people completely dependent on spirituality to do bad things. "Religion is like room after room" and every room...

    • By Ruthe 2022-03-25 09:01:15

      Believe in religion or not? This is a problem

      I'm still shocked...I didn't dare to believe what the former believers said. Later, Tom's performance on the platform at the conference was indeed a bit crazy, and I don't know if it was because Strong pressure controls the performance.

      Thinking of the recent incident of sexual assault by priests, religion has a good side, but it is too convenient for a group that makes people completely dependent on spirituality to do bad things. "Religion is like room after room" and every room...

    • By Giovani 2022-03-24 09:02:59

      Crisis of Faith

      When watching Scientology, the first half of it is dangerous, and the second half is absurd: the danger is that one can clearly see the shadows of various religious forms, how it is formed, and how human consciousness is tied to one paragraph; Turning around, it makes people feel that everyone who was once in it and then left it looked at their former self with shame, and every statement they made not only made a clear line with Scientology, but also kept materializing the original in the...

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    • By Halle 2023-08-03 10:36:11

      I feel like I haven't dug deep enough. It would be great if some domestic organizations could have similar...

    • By Cyrus 2023-06-08 01:48:51

      I am very curious about how many stars are involved in this cult. Everyone hopes for a savior to come when they are most vulnerable, so it is conceivable that this cult will survive for a long time, and there will be countless similar cults appearing. It's just that compared to some of the facts we learned from childhood and Scientology, they are still too young too simple, sometimes...

    • By Isom 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      Entering a cult is as deep as the...

    • By Edwardo 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      A brief introduction to the family history, some original believers exposed the dark side after leaving the church; star effect, confrontation with the US tax bureau, transformation from cult to...

    • By Fernando 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      Without going through the fact that I was almost pulled to the low-grade subspecies Scientology at the beginning of the year, I really can't understand why some people can believe in this kind of charlatanism. These people saw business opportunities from the trauma and self-doubt of others, and they deceived themselves into believing them, and they dared to confront the...

    Movie plot

    Scientology was founded by American science fiction writers in 1954The established "religion" has no definite doctrine. The church has huge assets and is still expanding, but the number of millions of believers once claimed has fallen to about 100,000. whenUpon his death, David Miskaviji took over as the head of the church. However, the two "teachers" of Scientology are masters of manipulating people's hearts, and their personal charm...
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    Director Alex Gibbney conducted detailed and complete interviews with eight former Scientology apprentices and used their oral narration as the main narrative of the film, interspersed with Scientology leader David Miskivitch and Hollywood artist and Scientology believer Thomas. Public speeches and media interviews by Cruise Mapother IV and John Travolta  .
    With the help of some precious video materials, Alex Gibbney explored the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Paul Haggis: I finally get to OT 3 and they give me the secret materials, which I've been hearing about all this time. They're hand written by Hubbard. You'd have to keep them in a locked briefcase, be very cautious because they would always say if this gets out it's dangerous to people. It can actually do them harm if they are not adequately prepared. And I read it and it doesn't make any sense... I think, I remember for one fleeting second thinking well maybe it's an insanity test. Maybe if we believe this they kick you out. You know? Maybe you're insane! That of course is not the case. They talk about, you know, the fact that the earth was created, that such and such of trillions of years ago and this guy, who's this space guy... and put them in volcanoes and then blow them up with A-bombs... And we have these lost souls all over us and we have to get rid of them. And I'm going what the fuck are you talking about? I mean, I'm down for the self-help stuff. I'm down for, ok, I can be clear, I can, you know, I can get rid of those, the negative emotions, but what the fuck is this?

    • Lawrence Wright: Scientology really is a journey into the mind of L. Ron Hubbard and the further you get into it the more like L. Ron Hubbard you become.

    • Paul Haggis: Cults, they prey on people, suggesting that, you know, you should be able to think for yourself and then tell you exactly how you have to think, or get out. And if you get out, there will be consequences.

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