Tom Cruise and his fiance
actress Katie Holmes attend the fan screening of "Mission:
Impossible III" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood in
this May 4, 2006 file photo.
The Internet is aquiver over a video that reveals a
behind-the-scenes interview of Tom Cruise discussing The Church of
Scientology, and no, he doesn't jump up and down on a couch while
expressing his exuberance.
The video is a "Tom-Cruise-in-his-own-words"-type presentation
that was played at a Scientology awards dinner after Cruise
receives a Freedom Medal Award. The Church of Scientology has tried
to suppress these videos, claiming they are copyrighted so as to
stop them from being featured on video sharing site YouTube.
But even though the video has been taken off the site it has
already made its way to dozens of other websites and been re-posted
on YouTube. It has also been posted on file-sharing networks.
"These are the times now people. OK?" Cruise tells his audience
in the clip. "These are the times we will all remember. Were you
there? What did you do? I think you know that I am there for
you."
Tapping the lecture on each adverb, he then says: "And I do care
so very, very, very much. So what do you say?"
Wild roars answer his next question: "We gonna clean this place
up? K? Because we're counting on you. OK? Alright?".
He then pauses before saying, "To LRH" and saluting a giant
photo of Hubbard, accompanied by loud cheering from the
audience.
Another video on the same page features David Miscavige, the
leader of the Church of Scientology, at the same awards ceremony,
preaching to an enthusiastic audience.
(Xinhua/Agencies January 18, 2008)
