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Airdate: Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie

ABC2 doco sees Louis Theroux trying to understand what life is like inside Scientology.

Louis Theroux documentary My Scientology Movie has its Free to Air premiere on ABC2 next week.

Theroux tries to understand what life is like inside Scientology, with the aid of former second-in-command, Mark ‘Marty’ Rathbun.

This screened on Pay TV a year ago.

Incomparable British broadcaster Louis Theroux is hilariously provocative in his first feature documentary, Louis Theroux: My Scientology Movie, created in collaboration with director John Dower and two-time Academy Award® winning producer Simon Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man, Man on Wire).

Following a long fascination with the religion, and with a lot of experience dealing with eccentric human behaviour, the beguilingly unassuming Theroux won’t take no for an answer when his request to enter the Church of Scientology’s Los Angeles headquarters is turned down.

Theroux’s insatiable curiosity motivates him to understand what life inside the Church is really like, and with the aid of former second-in-command at the Church, Mark ‘Marty’ Rathbun, he uses actors to replay incidents people claim they experienced with high profile members such as Tom Cruise and leader David Miscavige. In a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that the Church is also making a film about Louis Theroux.

Suffused with a good dose of humour and moments worthy of a Hollywood script, Theroux: My Scientology Movie is stranger than fiction.

Monday 13 November 8.30pm on ABC2.

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