11 Injured At Tom Cruise Film Shoot

11 Extras Fall Off A Truck ; Cruise Not On Set During Weekend Filming

(AP)  Eleven extras were injured during the filming of a new movie starring Tom Cruise, police said Monday.

The 11 men, along with a companion who escaped injury, fell off the back of a truck on Sunday night. Police said in a statement that a bolt on a side panel of the truck apparently came loose as the vehicle turned.

Germany's Bild daily reported that Cruise himself was not involved in the weekend filming.

The extras were taken to a hospital, where all but one of them required only outpatient treatment. Filming work was stopped.

The movie, provisionally titled "Valkyrie," stars Cruise as Germany's most famous anti-Hitler plotter, Col. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg.

His casting has attracted controversy in Germany because Cruise is one of the best known adherents of Scientology, which the German government considers a commercial enterprise that takes advantage of vulnerable people.

Some critics maintain that one of its members should not be playing what some consider one of the Nazi era's few heroes.

The weekend accident happened during filming of scenes around the Finance Ministry, which was once the Nazis' aviation ministry.

[generey]

Story is more about the movie; not of the 11 injuries. Propaganda.

[grumpas]

To bad he is in it. I won''t go to it due to that fact.

[rushlimpdrug]

In the picture, which one is Tom?
I''ll see the movie, was he in "Scary Movie"?

[extremophil]

THANK GOD no one famous was hurt...only a bunch of no-counts. Thank you Lord, thank you Lord....

[jetlizhan]

i thought he was so adorable in ''risky business'' & ''top gun'', but since he''s gotten so weird and flipped slam out - i don''t care for him and do not go see his movies.

[karlimhof]

where is our american stauffenberg, when we need him the most...?

[aldewitt-2009]

Cruise and Scientology... L. Ron Hubbard created his own religion on a lark. I doubt he ever intended anyone to follow it. But, people who are willing to believe that they are their own God are easy to delude and therefore easy to convert. Pretty Boy Tom is a perfect example.

The movie will be a downer; we all know how it ends. Hitler survived. And we know what happened to the Colonel.

And, a word to the wise. The comment that someone posted here about "our own Colonel" (or words to that effect) might well be understood to be a suggestion that someone harm the president. It''s okay to disagree with the president, but it is a crime to advocate violence. Those kinds of comments come to the attention of the Secret Service and can subject the poster to a visit from some guys who have NO sense of humor about that subject. So, be careful.

[sgtrds]

I see Tom is playing a man in this movie. Nothing like playing against type.

[soldat44]

Thanks to Hitler the Vatican gets billions of dollars every year in the form of a tax on German people.

Catholic blood money.

The Catholic religion would be nothing without all of its stolen money.

Napoleon removed the power of the Vatican and limited their power to the small compound that they currently reside.

Posted by george2221 at 10:15 AM : Aug 20, 2007

Peace be with you.

[viscor]

Scientology..... " conventional religions (e.g. Catholicism)" it%u2019s all the same. Some say, oh but Scientology is a CULT. Webster%u2019s defines %u201Ccult%u201D as:

1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents

The third entry uses the words %u201Cunorthodox%u201D and %u201Cspurious%u201D. I think we can agree that the use of these words clearly depend on the eye of the beholder. Cult %u2026 religion %u2026.. it%u2019s all the same.

[rushman71]

Cult %u2026 religion %u2026.. it%u2019s all the same.

Posted by viscor

So you are saying Satanism (which everyone can define as a cult) is the same as Roman Catholicism (a religion)? Give me a friggen break!!!

[bxjohnson]

Yeah, well I''m Brian Johnson and I''m a chicken licker!! Thats going to be my new religion!!

[boston1954]

The movie might be good...you never know.
Posted by jh6379 at 10:37 AM : Aug 20, 2007
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Maybe so, but I would not spend $9.75 to see Cruise in ANYTHING!!

[bkylws]

Is the article about people getting injured on a movie set or about religion? I got confused reading all the comments.

[godseyesore-2009]

Read the article.

[shanev137]

All the jealous Tom Cruise haters come out of the woodwork. LOL

[nordeck52]

Organized religion is, by definition, a cult. A cult is defined as: a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.; A system or community of religious worship and ritual; a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader; etc, etc. I''m not saying that Christianity, Islam, and all the other world religions are all the negative connotation of cults, but I am saying that they are still cults. Not all of them are negative or bad, for example. Every religion/cult has it''s extremist members, but this does not mean that all members of that religion/cult are extremists. Just as all squares are rectangles, rectangles are not squares (look up geometry if that confused you..).

The definitions of the word ''cult'' came from dictionary.com by the way.

[rushlimpdrug]

Those critics in Germany are a rough group.
Maybe they would have prefered:
1. Will Smith;
2. Barney;
3. Antonio Banderas;
4. Homer Simpson

[questionnews]

For those that have some knowledge of Scientology.

Xenu, the evil galactic war lord found out that Tom was trying to evict the thetians in these people and was fighting for the rights of these thetians to illegally enter & occupy the bodies of these extras. These people are just combat casulties in the great war for control of the human race. They should approach the galactic UN & demand compensation.

[rushlimpdrug]

Questionnews-
WOW.
I think I''ll go back to the future now.
That McFly, he''s such a pushover you know.

[cyberdjs4]

"His casting has attracted controversy in Germany because Cruise is one of the best known adherents of Scientology, which the German government considers a commercial enterprise that takes advantage of vulnerable people."

Most religions take advantage of the weak and vulnerable because they don''t ask questions.

Nobody seems to care about the fact that Cruise is portraying a hero who fought the Nazis.
People what to *** about his personal beliefs because they don''t want to learn something new.

Rock on, Tom.

[questionnews]

For the biggest gut busting laugh you have had in a while, type in Xenu in Wikipedia and start reading. It may not be the most bizarre religion/cult character or story out there, but its dang funny.

[lorinkundert]

I lost all respect for Tom when I saw how he turned a young, vibrant actress into a Stepford Wife.

[jacksteen1]

One poster here asks if the article is "...about injuries on a movie set or about religion ?"

Another poster claims that any naysayers should learn "...something new" about $cientology.

Funny how the $cientologist apologist/damage prevention squad comes out whenever their shining ''star,'' freakazoid dyslexic dwarf Tiny Tom Cruise gets himself in dutch over yet another boorish quote about his ill-conceived cult''s ideas about alternative reality in the 21st Century....or, now, how his slap-dash ''production company'' has found itself liable for eleven injuries on the set of their "let''s try to resuscitate Tiny Tom''s career" movie in Deutschland.

His career is in the PAST TENSE, cult members. He has lost whatever "star" appeal he once may have had.

We sincerely don''t care - and will stay away IN DROVES from this yawner just like we did from "Mission Improbable - Tom''s Wedding!"

Go to www.xenu.net for further info on this sinister cult of lies and death.

[jacksteen1]

One poster here asks if the article is "...about injuries on a movie set or about religion ?"

Another poster claims that any naysayers should learn "...something new" about $cientology.

Funny how the $cientologist apologist/damage prevention squad comes out whenever their shining ''star,'' freakazoid dyslexic dwarf Tiny Tom Cruise gets himself in dutch over yet another boorish quote about his ill-conceived cult''s ideas about alternative reality in the 21st Century....or, now, how his slap-dash ''production company'' has found itself liable for eleven injuries on the set of their "let''s try to resuscitate Tiny Tom''s career" movie in Deutschland.

His career is in the PAST TENSE, cult members. He has lost whatever "star" appeal he once may have had.

We sincerely don''t care - and will stay away IN DROVES from this yawner just like we did from "Mission Improbable - Tom''s Wedding!"

Go to www.xenu.net for further info on this sinister cult of lies and death.

[jacksteen1]

One poster here asks if the article is "...about injuries on a movie set or about religion ?"

Another poster claims that any naysayers should learn "...something new" about $cientology.

Funny how the $cientologist apologist/damage prevention squad comes out whenever their shining ''star,'' freakazoid dyslexic dwarf Tiny Tom Cruise gets himself in dutch over yet another boorish quote about his ill-conceived cult''s ideas about alternative reality in the 21st Century....or, now, how his slap-dash ''production company'' has found itself liable for eleven injuries on the set of their "let''s try to resuscitate Tiny Tom''s career" movie in Deutschland.

His career is in the PAST TENSE, cult members. He has lost whatever "star" appeal he once may have had.

We sincerely don''t care - and will stay away IN DROVES from this yawner just like we did from "Mission Improbable - Tom''s Wedding!"

Go to www.xenu.net for further info on this sinister cult of lies and death.

[jacksteen1]

One poster here asks if the article is "...about injuries on a movie set or about religion ?"

Another poster claims that any naysayers should learn "...something new" about $cientology.

Funny how the $cientologist apologist/damage prevention squad comes out whenever their shining ''star,'' freakazoid dyslexic dwarf Tiny Tom Cruise gets himself in dutch over yet another boorish quote about his ill-conceived cult''s ideas about alternative reality in the 21st Century....or, now, how his slap-dash ''production company'' has found itself liable for eleven injuries on the set of their "let''s try to resuscitate Tiny Tom''s career" movie in Deutschland.

His career is in the PAST TENSE, cult members. He has lost whatever "star" appeal he once may have had.

We sincerely don''t care - and will stay away IN DROVES from this yawner just like we did from "Mission Improbable - Tom''s Wedding!"

Go to www.xenu.net for further info on this sinister cult of lies and death.

[questionnews]

Yo Jack!

Did you mean to post so many times? Or, did that dang "publish" button appear to malfunction so you hit a few times?

[rushlimpdrug]

Posted by JackSteen1 - tell us how you really feel about Tom Cruise and $cientology. I usually don''t go to the movies to understand someones religious beliefs or too see if they are dwarfs or giants.
It''s entertainment some people go to see movies for ENTERTAINMENT.
What church does Homer Simpson go to?

[nggr]

ooo, i think those 11 dudes are due for an audit now. then mabey re-enact the experiance using clay.

[sgtrds]

What church does Homer Simpson go to?

Posted by rushlimpdrug at 08:52 PM : Aug 20, 2007

The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism and the minister is Reverend Timothy Lovejoy. Not eveyone on the show goes there though as some attend African Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield.

[sgtrds]

How do people get so duped by fake religions?
Posted by riteaidbob at 01:13 AM : Aug 21, 2007

All religions are fake religions. they all started out as cults. They all have stories that are only possible with miracles or magic or other mysticism. Look at each of them dispassionately and everyone of them will make you laugh at their absurdity. Scientologists think that humans came here in space ships shaped like 707''s without the wings. Is that any more odd then that a god made a man out of clay and dust and then made a woman out of that man''s rib? All religions are a joke upon close examination. Actually the examination doesn''t have to be close at all. They''re all absurd of their face.

[meboard]

Oh...I thought Tom Cruise jumped on somebody!!!

[rushlimpdrug]

The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism and the minister is Reverend Timothy Lovejoy. Not eveyone on the show goes there though as some attend African Methodist Episcopal Church of Springfield.
Posted by SgtRDS

NOw knowing this I will no longer go to see any of his movies or watch any of his tv programs as this is not a true religion.
Furthermore he is actually fatter and shorter than they make him appear. It is all done with camera tricks.
Homer is a fraud! People should check into his beliefs.
(am I off subject?)

[kommoncents-2009]

rushlimpdrug you are a moron. I have met Tom Cruise and although I am no fan of his, I have to correct your statement that he is "short & fat and they use camera tricks..." Yes, he is short, about 5''8" but he is not fat, and the camera ADDS 10 pounds, it can''t make you look thinner.

[rushlimpdrug]

Posted by kommoncents

I was talking about Homer Simpson

[ralan40]

I figured the extras were crushed by Tom''s overinflated sense of self-worth...

[ralan40]

I figured the extras were pushed aside by Tom''s overinflated sense of self worth...

[jacksteen1]

I don''t understand CBS at all - - why would they think we were interested in a "photo essay" about the filming of the latest $cientology cult training film starring Tiny Tom Curise ? Yet they offer to show us one - right on the left hand margin of your entertainment page here.

The media has fallen for the $cientologist cult''s attempts to use them as pawns in a public relations game.

Keep the cult out in the news under any circumstances.

www.xenu.net