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'Resources Related to Cults, Coercion, Abuse and Recovery' by Wieber

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Description: The materials on this list were accumulated as an attempt to answer the question, "What the f**k happened?" Almost every person, upon exiting a cult asks that question in just that way with that particular expletive. The degree of pain, bewilderment, frustration, sense of loss, wasted years, betrayal and so on could not be expressed without it. It is hoped that these materials will provide an understanding, to those who have never been in a cult, of cults and the mechanism involved in the capture, indoctrination, control, and abuse of individuals who become involved in cults and who, in effect, have their lives stolen from them by cults. Additionally it is hoped that those who have been in a cult will gain that understanding and achieve some degree of recovery from having been in a cult.
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The night of the hunter
by Charles Laughton; Paul Gregory; James Agee; Robert Mitchum; Lillian Gish; Shelley Winters; Davis Grubb; United Artists Corporation.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;
 DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment Inc., ©2000.

Notes:
Mitchum's performance here demonstrates to a great extent the personality characteristic of cult leaders.
2.
Replicas
by Gary Numan; Tubeway Army (Musical group)
 Music CD : CD audio : Rock music
Language: English
Publisher: [London?] : Beggars Banquet, ©2008.

Notes:
Gary Numan's relationship with Scientology is mysterious. Some songs, especially CD bonus tracks have words and concepts that only a person beyond basic courses and likely on staff would know. The way the words are used indicates a critical view.
3.
Bedazzled
by Peter Cook; Dudley Moore; Stanley Donen; Eleanor Bron; Raquel Welch; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
 DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2007.
4.
Bedazzled
by Trevor Albert; Harold Ramis; Larry Gelbart; Peter Tolan; Brendan Fraser; Elizabeth Hurley; Frances O'Connor; Bill Pope; Craig P Herring; David Newman; Dudley Moore; Peter Cook; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Regency Enterprises.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
 DVD video
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2001], ©2000.

Notes:
Yes, when you join a cult you do make a deal with the devil, or something quite analogous to it. The good things you get are just as flimsy, twisted and insubstantial as those depicted in this film.
5.
Pinocchio
by Walt Disney; Ben Sharpsteen; Hamilton S Luske; Mel Blanc; Don Brodie; Walter Catlett; Marion Darlington; Frankie Darro; Cliff Edwards; Dickie Jones; Charles Judels; Jack Mercer; Patricia Page; Christian Rub; Evelyn Venable; Fred Moore; Frank Thomas; Milt Kahl; Vladimir Tytla; Ward Kimball; Art Babbitt; Eric Larson; Wolfgang Reitherman; Ted Sears; Otto Englander; Webb Smith; William Cottrell; Joseph Sabo; Erdman Penner; Aurelius Battaglia; Leigh Harline; Ned Washington; Paul J Smith; Carlo Collodi; RKO Radio Pictures.; Walt Disney Productions.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
 DVD video : Animation : Juvenile audience : NTSC color broadcast system
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2009.

Notes:
The sequence that starts with Pinnochio meeting the fox and cat, going to Pleasure Island and that ends with escaping is very much analogous to the way a person is found, captured, indoctrinated and abused by a cult.
6.
The departed
by Martin Scorsese; William Monahan; Brad Pitt; Brad Grey; Graham King; Leonardo DiCaprio; Matt Damon; Jack Nicholson; Mark Wahlberg; Martin Sheen; Ray Winstone; Vera Farmiga; Anthony Anderson; Alec Baldwin; Wenqiang Zhuang; Howard Shore; Zhaohui Mai; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Plan B Entertainment.; Initial Entertainment Group.; Vertigo Entertainment (Firm); Huan Ya zong yi ji tuan (Hong Kong); Warner Home Video (Firm);
 DVD video
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]

Notes:
Nicholson's performance in this film perfectly captures the essence of a psychopathic personality. To a lesser extent his manipulation of Matt Damon's character is very much the way cult members are manipulated by cult leaders.
7.
The Truman Show
by Scott Rudin; Andrew Niccol; Edward S Feldman; Adam Schroeder; Peter Weir; Jim Carrey; Laura Linney; Noah Emmerich; Natascha McElhone; Holland Taylor; Ed Harris; Paramount Pictures Corporation.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
 Bluray Video : Blu-ray disc  Visual material
Language: English
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2008]

Notes:
This is cited frequently as being what it is like in a cult. Although Truman is treated better than cult members the deceptions and control involved are very close to those that are done to cult members.
8.
The chronicles of Narnia. / The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
by Mark Johnson; Philip Steuer; Ann Peacock; Andrew Adamson; Christopher Markus; Stephen McFeely; Georgie Henley; Skandar Keynes; William Moseley; Anna Popplewell; Tilda Swinton; James McAvoy; Jim Broadbent; Kiran Shah; James Cosmo; Judy McIntosh; Elizabeth Hawthorne; Patrick Kake; Harry Gregson-Williams; C S Lewis; Walt Disney Pictures.; Walden Media.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
 Bluray Video : Blu-ray disc  Visual material
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2008]

Notes:
The relationship here between Edmund and the White Witch closely parallels the way a person is contacted by a cult, manipulated into becoming a cult member, used by the cult and then treated by the cult when they leave.
9.
Snapping : America's epidemic of sudden personality change
by Flo Conway; Jim Siegelman
 Book
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Stillpoint Press, 2005.
10.
The bad seed
by Mervyn LeRoy; John Lee Mahin; Eileen Heckart; Nancy Kelly; Patty McCormack; Maxwell Anderson; William March; Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967); Warner Home Video (Firm);
 DVD video
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video Inc., [©2004]

Notes:
This film very well demonstrates the psychopathic personality. If you get the DVD be sure to watch it with the commentary.
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