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Battlefield Earth (taglined as Take Back the Planet and subtitled on-screen as A Saga of the Year 3000) is a 2000 American science fiction film based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. It was directed by Roger Christian and stars John Travolta, Barry Pepper, and Forest Whitaker.
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- Left: Jerry Seinfeld. Seinfeld was never officially a member of the organization, but he did explain on the WTF With Marc Maron podcast that he took a course way back in the day.
- In it: Michael Peña. Peña — who has a long list of credits including End of Watch and Ant-Man — says he first joined Scientology because he feared he was drinking too much, and there was a program called Purification Rundown that helped him quit drinking.
- Left: Laura Prepon. Prepon joined Scientology around 1999, and was still in the organization when she joined the cast of Orange Is the New Black. However, she revealed in a 2021 interview with People that she is "no longer practicing Scientology," and hadn't been for about five years, meaning she quit sometime around 2016.
- In it: Elisabeth Moss. Moss — perhaps most famous for her role in The Handmaid's Tale — has been a Scientologist since before she was even a teenager.
A Scientologist is an adherent of the doctrines and beliefs of Scientology. Some adherents of the belief system of Scientology practice independently in what is often referred to as free zone Scientology. The Church of Scientology organization claims "SCIENTOLOGIST is a collective membership mark indicating membership in a church and church ...
- The head of Scientology allegedly oversaw the film’s direction. Despite the Church of Scientology declaring multiple times that Battlefield Earth had nothing to do with their faith, former members of the church have reported that many higher-ups in the organization played a vital role in the development of the film.
- The film was originally going to be made back in the ‘80s. The 1980s is a decade known for turning out a number of outlandish sci-fi and action films, including such cult classics as Escape from New York and Repo Man.
- Even Tom Cruise allegedly thought the film was a bad idea. If you had to guess one celebrity that would have been fully onboard with this film other than John Travolta, it would probably have been Tom Cruise.
- It bankrupted the production company. After it was discovered that Franchise Pictures falsely reported that its production costs were $31 million more than they actually were, the company was sued by Intertainment AG and forced to pay over $120 million in damages.
You can't say "Battlefield Earth notwithstanding" in a discussion about Pepper's career. It decimated his credit as a leading man and forever relegated him into being an extraordinarily talented supporting actor.
Battlefield Earth: Directed by Roger Christian. With John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates. It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos.
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Sep 6, 2012 · Barry Pepper plays Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, a human rebel who fights against the alien invaders in Battlefield Earth, a 2000 sci-fi movie based on a novel by L Ron Hubbard, the founder of scientology. The film was a critical and commercial flop, but it has some remarkable things, such as the stupid aliens, the overacting and the John Travolta.
