www.revelationfilmfest.org Dir: John Dower Year: 2015 Country: UK Duration: 99mins Audiences will be familiar with Louis Theroux’s offbeat, slightly quizzical, style from his cult BBC television series currently broadcast on ABC and in My Scientology Movie the journalist turns his attention to the Church of Scientology. View production, box office, & company info, ITV Turns ‘The Ipcress File’ Into TV Series Penned By ‘Trainspotting’s John Hodge; Joe Cole, Lucy Boynton, Tom Hollander Star, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Gets Spanish Commission at Atresmedia – Global Bulletin, Altitude, Lightbox Team For First Theatrical Princess Diana Doc ‘Diana’; HBO/Sky Take TV Rights, IMDb Indie Picks: March's Art-House Selections, Self - Former Inspector General, Church of Scientology. 1:48. Was this review helpful to you? Louis Theroux meets a Boer man in South Africa, espousing surprising opinions. Louis Theroux meets patients battling for their lives in LA's most famous hospital. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. How on earth did Louis Theroux keep a straight face during this? Louis Theroux talks to GQ about My Scientology Movie, his first feature length film, Jimmy Savile, and what really happened when BBC Panorama's John Sweeney lost it at some Scientologists. Contains views some may find offensive. Louis Theroux. The film which takes an unconventional approach, after the Church of Scientology refused to cooperate in making the documentary. In 1998, at 28 years old, the first episode of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends aired on BBC2. Related Videos. In a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that the Church is also making a film about Louis Theroux. In these first special programmes (2003), Louis Theroux returned to American themes, working at feature-length, this time with a more serious tone than in his earlier Weird Weekends work. People that know nothing about scientology will find this movie to be a little bit confusing, and people that know about scientology will find the movie a little bit boring. BBC Documentarian Louis Theroux’s new film is entitled My Scientology Movie. Louis Theroux, who's working on a documentary about the Church of Scientology, is going to be the subject of a documentary -- by the Church of Scientology. Louis Theroux spends a week with the eccentric broadcaster and charity fundraiser Sir Jimmy Savile and attempts to get behind the public persona. The film takes an unconventional approach to the subject matter, featuring young actors "auditioning" for parts playing high-profile Scientologists in scenes recreating accounts from ex-members about incidents involving senior church management. For example, Louis and the Brothel takes a sympathetic look at the sex workers working at a legal brothel in Nevada whereas Under the Knife takes a more critical look at the world of plastic surgery. Alex Gibney's Going Clear does a way better job, tackling the same subject. The Church of Scientology responded by putting the filmmakers under surveillance and denouncing the film. Documentary films presented by Louis Theroux. 56 of 77 people found this review helpful. Louis Theroux traces the fortunes of different people living in South London suffering from alcoholism. This FAQ is empty. Louis Theroux visits three American cities and examines a uniquely devastating human crisis in each - opioid and heroin addiction in Huntington, sex trafficking in Houston, and murder in Milwaukee. Add the first question. ( Louis Theroux attempts to gain access into the world of Scientology / BBC/BBCWorldwide ) Louis meets the Phelps family, who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality. Doing press for his film, Louis Theroux talked negatively about Alex Gibney's Going Clear, calling it a "talking heads" movie, and that My Scientology Movie used a more interesting approach. 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