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		The novel Battlefield Earth is by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, of which Travolta is a member.
		Battlefield Earth takes place in the year 3000, and chronicles the human uprising against the Psychlos.
		Battlefield Earth also uses screen 'wipes' for transitions between scenes, something not really done since the seventies.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/battlefield_earth.html (612 words)

	BATTLEFIELD EARTH
		Terl (Travolta, The General’s Daughter) is the Psychlo Security Director of Earth who, as the film opens, finds out that his proposed transfer back to Psychlos has been postponed for several years.
		I’d like to comment on the other actors in the film, but Earth is one of those pictures where you’re not sure what anybody’s name is. And to make matters worse, Earth only covers half of Hubbard’s 1,000-plus page novel.
		Meanwhile, Johnnie (Barry Pepper, The Green Mile), one of Earth’s few remaining humans, decides he’s fed up with living in fear of the Psychlos and rides horseback to what used to be Denver to confront the aliens head-on.
	www.sick-boy.com /battlefieldearth.htm (529 words)

	Battlefield Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battlefield Earth is the title of both a science fiction novel written by Scientology founder L.
		The novel Battlefield Earth was first published in 1980 by St. Martin's Press, though all subsequent reprintings have been by Church of Scientology publishing companies Bridge Publications and Galaxy Press.
		Released in over 3,300 theaters, Battlefield Earth grossed $21,471,685 in the United States [2] and a total of $29,725,663 worldwide, falling far short of its $73 million production budget and $30 million in estimated marketing costs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battlefield_Earth (923 words)

	Earth
		Battlefield Earth: The Movie - Information on the film, interview of the director, credits of the three leading male actors.
		Earth Science Australia - Earth science resources, images, freeware for students and teachers as well as general information about earth science in Australia.
		Rammed Earth - Contains a description of the construction of a rammed earth house in Australia.
	www.nebulasearch.com /encyclopedia/article/Earth.html (389 words)

	BATTLEFIELD EARTH movie review (with photos and clips where possible)
		The film version of Battlefield Earth reportedly is based on only the first half of Hubbard's giant-sized novel (which I've managed to avoid reading).
		The actor is on the record declaring that Battlefield Earth is not Scientology propaganda.
		Running earth is a scheming Psychlo slimeball named Terl (Travolta), who plots ways to hoard the planet's gold for his own purposes.
	www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/b/battle.html (659 words)

	Review: Battlefield Earth
		(When the film comes out on video, this can be a party game.) Battlefield Earth makes movies like Supernova and Sphere seem like models of coherence.
		I read Battlefield Earth 17 years ago, shortly after it first hit the market (it was published in 1982, some 40 years after Hubbard's reputation as a writer was cemented).
		Everything good about Battlefield Earth has been stripped away, leaving behind the remnants of a cliché-riddled plot that echoes too many Doctor Who episodes and B-grade science fiction movies and characters who are too thin to be called two dimensional.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/b/battlefield.html (1128 words)

	Battlefield Earth Review - Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension
		Here we learn that the film’s full title is apparently Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000.
		Battlefield Earth is my train set, he seems to be saying, and no one was going to tell him that he was ruining the movie for the rest of us.
		Their solution was to design Battlefield Earth to be the first of two movies, with more to follow should the box office warrant it.
	www.jabootu.com /be.htm (18179 words)

	JoBlo reviews the movie "Battlefield Earth"
		But the countless faults of Battlefield Earth quickly wore through any good humor I brought with me to the theatre, leaving me, by film's end, a depressed, bleary-eyed wreck with a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.
		Battlefield Earth is one of the best sci-fi novels I've ever read, and one of the worst movies.
		Mix Star Wars with Chill Factor, sap out the originality and the fun, add in good special effects and make-up and you get Battlefield Earth.
	www.joblo.com /battlefieldearth.htm (2819 words)

	Battlefield Earth
		Summary: Two basic points must be made about the movie Battlefield Earth.
		He and all remaining humans on earth have been reduced to such an existence by an alien invasion that decimated the globe in a mere nine minutes.
		One comment implies that earth is a worse place than hell.
	pluggedinonline.com /movies/movies/a0001411.cfm (630 words)

	Amazon.com: Battlefield Earth (Spanish) (Dub) (2000) : Video
		Reading the "novel" version of Battlefield Earth, one can practically hear the hack-hack-hack of Hubbard's machete-like imagination at work, and the film is faithful to its source, believe me. The villains in this epic mis-adventure all come from the planet "Psychlo." That ludicrously dumb name alone should tell the world how clever the storyteller was.
		When Battlefield Earth was released in May 2000, this inept sci-fi epic qualified as an instant camp classic, prompting Daily Variety to call it "the Showgirls of sci-fi shoot-'em-ups." Other reviews were united in their derision, and toy stores were left with truckloads of Battlefield Earth action figures that nobody wanted.
		Yes, 'Battlefield Earth' is absolutely terrible and laughable, but it perhaps has an excessively grave reputation.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005AQMN?v=glance (2644 words)

	Battlefield Earth Tops Razzies - CBS News
		However, the sentiment against Battlefield Earth was more overwhelming than Showgirls, Wilson said.
		Worst director nominees were Joe Berlinger for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Steven Brill for Little Nicky, Roger Christian for Battlefield Earth, Brian DePalma for Mission to Mars and John Schlesinger for The Next Best Thing.
		(AP) On the eve of Hollywood's second most anxious moment, the Golden Raspberry Foundation picked contenders for 2000's worst movies with John Travolta's Battlefield Earth getting the most Bronx cheers.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2001/02/12/entertainment/main271419.shtml (462 words)

	Battlefield Earth
		For Battlefield Earth to be enjoyable it would take a pizza the size of Jupiter and more beer than has existed in the history of man. This film is not just bad not merely unpleasant, it assaults the senses.
		This technique is used all too often in Battlefield.
		The story is set in the year 3000 and the unkempt aliens, the Psychlos, enslave the human race.
	www.hometheaterinfo.com /battlefi.htm (842 words)

	Battlefield Earth v Yor? Movie Forum
		But there's one film that the critics seem to have forgotten (and perhaps, justifiably so) that Battlefield Earth evoked for me so vividly: 1982's Caveman vs. Spaceman cheese-a-thon: Yor, Hunter from the Future.
		While wincing through John Travolta's wearying pet project Battlefield Earth this afternoon--and trying to keep my chin from falling into my chest, mind you--I found myself thinking of all of the bad press and glib mudslinging I've read and heard against this controversial S.F. "saga" for the past few week.
		And that's almost a direct quote, folks [Battlefield Earth review
	www.movieforum.com /movies/titles/battlefieldearth/index.shtml (588 words)

	Mirago : Arts: Movies: Titles: B: Battlefield Earth: Reviews
		Film Lobby: Battlefield Earth - The special effects are pretty good, but the scriptwriting is dreadful.
		The DVD Journal: Battlefield Earth - Full review by a fan of science fiction who was disappointed to find that the movie really is as bad as the critics say.
		Salon: Battlefield Earth - Andrew O'Hehir guesses that L. Ron Hubbard's book must be ludicrous trash, but it can't possibly be as annoying and incoherent as the movie.
	www.miragorobot.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Arts/Movies/Titles/B/Battlefield_Earth/Reviews (588 words)

	Battlefield Earth FAQ
		Washington Post- 2nd review: A million monkeys with a million crayons would be hard-pressed in a million years to create anything as cretinous as "Battlefield Earth." This film version of L. Ron Hubbard's futuristic novel is so breathtakingly awful in concept and execution, it wouldn't tax the smarts of a troglodyte.
		Battlefield Earth is a sluggish, soporific dud,..." "Tyler, the leader of the uprising, is played by Barry Pepper (he was the sharpshooter in Saving Private Ryan), who tries hard to look stoic and noble but usually just seems to be wondering how he let his agent talk him into this.
		Clarity, meaning left in rubble of 'Battlefield Earth': Travolta laughs maniacally throughout, to denote that his 9-foot-tall, dreadlocked character is the villain.
	www.lermanet.com /reference/BatEarthfaq.htm (588 words)

	CBC.ca - Arts - Film - Battlefield Earth
		By this point, Steven Spielberg is such an effortless filmmaker that he can take material as dusty as the 1898 H.G. Wells book about aliens invading the earth and turn it into something erupting with new energy, terror and — hereâs something in short supply most Julys — intelligence.
		Somewhere in New Jersey, and all across the globe, freak lightning bolts spit down from churning grey skies, setting off a kind of small bowel explosion in the inner earth.
		The worldâs biggest celebrity is about five minutes away from pacing the town square with one of those end-is-nigh signs covered in tiny black handwriting while Katie walks three feet behind him in a white robe, and thatâs a more dramatically compelling transition than Anakin Skywalkerâs.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/film/battlefieldearth.html (588 words)

	Which is worse? Episode 1 or Battlefield Earth? - Movie Message Boards
		Then again, I've heard many a tale of horror and woe about Battlefield: Earth; I believe that if there exists a film of such vile, seething badness that it would make me wipe Episode One from my mind for all time, Battlefield: Earth might well be it.
		Oh oh oh...Dude..pm me your address and I will send you my copy of Battlefield Earth.....and when you are finished with it you can use it as a drink coaster...
		I so loathed Episode One that I can't imagine a film I would loathe with more unflinching intensity.
	www.movieorigins.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1163 (576 words)

	Battlefield Earth - The Movie
		The film was shot in Montreal through the fall of 1999, with nearly three months of live action filming taking place in several Quebec locations, including wild mountain exteriors, decaying prisons and ruined factories representing a desolate Earth of the year 3000.
		Battlefield Earth is vintage hard science fiction, done by a master storyteller."
		Bringing years of experience to the editing room, Robin Russell (The Big Hit) filled out the line up of one of the most creative production teams ever assembled for a major science fiction film.
	www.battlefieldearth.com /movie/movie.html (576 words)

	Battlefield Earth - The Subliminal Messages
		One thing that worried me is the months-old rumor indicating that Battlefield Earth would be a big-screen form of propaganda for the Church of Scientology, particularly since star/producer John Travolta is one of its followers.
		Some ironically complained that subliminal messages were not included after all, as it would have made it worth watching the film for the amusement factor alone.
		That act could have made it worth watching the film for the amusement factor alone.
	bernie.cncfamily.com /sc/battlefield_subliminal.htm (2579 words)

	BATTLEFIELD EARTH
		Terl (Travolta, The General’s Daughter) is the Psychlo Security Director of Earth who, as the film opens, finds out that his proposed transfer back to Psychlos has been postponed for several years.
		I’d like to comment on the other actors in the film, but Earth is one of those pictures where you’re not sure what anybody’s name is. And to make matters worse, Earth only covers half of Hubbard’s 1,000-plus page novel.
		Meanwhile, Johnnie (Barry Pepper, The Green Mile), one of Earth’s few remaining humans, decides he’s fed up with living in fear of the Psychlos and rides horseback to what used to be Denver to confront the aliens head-on.
	www.sick-boy.com /battlefieldearth.htm (529 words)

	Battlefield Earth Movie: Reviews
		The 20-page entry on the making of "Battlefield Earth" is meant to be the book's final chapter, using a case study of the film to illustrate all the points made in the preceding chapters.
		The makers of the film and its distributors maintain that "Battlefield Earth" has nothing whatsoever to do with the Church of Scientology and that it is intended to be nothing more than a big summer adventure, devoid of subterfuge.
		Jonathan Krane, who has been producing Travolta's films for 15 years, was also one of the producers on "Battlefield Earth," describes the film's genesis in a sample chapter for a book he is writing about filmmaking.
	www.holysmoke.org /be/be229.htm (969 words)

	Red Planet
		Red Planet is a film about the future demise of Earth, the human ability to survive and the ability to take a good idea and make a bad movie.
		Like Mission to Mars and Battlefield Earth, Red Planet is unsure of exactly what “it” wants to be.
		Red Planet could have been a good film if one plot had been followed or the characters been allowed to develop or the special effects had been just that - special.
	www.projections-movies.com /reviews/redplanet.html (354 words)

	pulp
		Battlefield Earth (1984) represented a compilation of all of his pulp science fiction themes, and the film version draws heavily upon this incredible legacy.
		Indeed “Battlefield Earth” has the look of a comic book, and its tremendous artistry is apparent from the very first shots through the last reel of the picture.
		Fiction.” Similar kudos and accolades were pronounced on the motion picture as George Lucas, Billy Bob Thornton, and hundreds of other members of Hollywood’s elite declared their approval, but none were as prescient.
	www.towson.edu /~flynn/pulp.htm (1421 words)

	Full Sail: Film School
		As they say in film schools across the country (and weâre paraphrasing), âAnyone can make a better movie than Battlefield Earth.â Ok, they might not really say that, but if youâve been looking for a college that can show you how, welcome to Full Sail.
		Full Sailâs Film Degree Program covers the entire filmmaking experience, as you work with students united by their love of movies.
		And the whole time, youâll be using these newfound skills to actually create films.
	www.fullsail.com /index.cfm/fa/degree.overview/dp_id/3/Film (154 words)

	Full Sail: Film School
		As they say in film schools across the country (and weâre paraphrasing), âAnyone can make a better movie than Battlefield Earth.â Ok, they might not really say that, but if youâve been looking for a college that can show you how, welcome to Full Sail.
		Full Sailâs Film Degree Program covers the entire filmmaking experience, as you work with students united by their love of movies.
		And the whole time, youâll be using these newfound skills to actually create films.
	www.fullsail.com /index.cfm/fa/degree.fi/film-overview (154 words)

	LIGHT VIEWS FILM REVIEW: BATTLEFIELD EARTH
		Anyone with a moderate appreciation of science- fiction films will recognize most of director Roger Christian's visual flourishes, including a chase through several plates of glass right out of Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner." The list goes on and on, until you realize that "Battlefield Earth" is a $70 million reproduction and not an original.
		Based on the weighty 1980 tome by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the film version of "Battlefield Earth" is lifeless and dull.
		The film is set in the year 3000, 1,000 years after the Psychlos first attacked Earth and enslaved mankind.
	www.lightviews.com /battlefieldearth.htm (943 words)

	ProWrestlingForum -> Top 10 Worst Movies
		Namely, "Inchon" was produced by Rev. Sun Myung Moon (he of the mass marriages) and his Reunification Church, while "Battlefield Earth" was based on a novel by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology.
		The egomaniacal auteur, whose contract stipulated that the film be no longer than three hours, ended up shooting 1.5 million feet of film, enough for several feature-length movies.
		Once billed as the most expensive film of all time (and might still be champion), this Joseph Mankiewicz-directed historical costume epic stars Taylor as Cleopatra and Burton as Marc Anthony.
	www.prowrestlingforum.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=45 (2597 words)

	CNN.com - At the Razzies, it's a Bennifer sweep - Feb. 28, 2004
		There was some consolation for the artistic vandals responsible for "Gigli." The record for most Razzies, now in their 24th year, still belongs to "Showgirls" and "Battlefield Earth" which amassed seven each.
		The awards themselves, a handcrafted gold spray-painted golf-ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled reel of Super 8 film, are handed out on the eve of the Academy Awards in a less-than-glittering ceremony in a conference room at a Sheraton hotel in Santa Monica, California.
		The latter film was also cited as worst sequel.
	www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/28/razzies.reut (546 words)

	DVD review of Breaker Morant: Masterworks Edition - DVD Town
		The entire film is painted in earth tones, ranging from pale khaki to dirt brown, with flesh tones popping and crackling in the middle of the spectrum.
		The film always maintains a cool distance from its subject, preferring to let Morant be defined mostly by the words of others, either in the courtroom or on the battlefield.
		Where “Morant” is sober and realistic, “Paths of Glory” embraces exaggeration and parody, though both films wind up in the same, tragic place.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/breakermorantmasterworkseditio/14618/2558 (1367 words)

	University Wire: FILM REVIEW: Mars still lifeless in lackluster 'Red Planet'@ HighBeam Research
		It does not stretch the boundaries of the scientifically implausible, as those boundaries were left in tatters by "Mission to Mars." Standards of taste, coherence and basic decency were shredded by "Battlefield Earth." There...
		FILM REVIEW: Mars still lifeless in lackluster 'Red Planet'
		"Red Planet" raises the overall quality of such movies made this year, but only because the average was so abysmally low.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:36524811&refid=holomed_1 (227 words)

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