I would also like to thank Dave “Bio” Baranek, Dominic Carman, Janet Carroll, Eileen Collins, Richard Corliss, Richard Crouse, Garth Drabinsky, General Jefferson D. Howell, Dayna Steele Justiz, Michael O’Keefe, and Frederic Raphael. Their insights and memories added valuable perspective to the narrative.
I am grateful for the indefatigable and inspirational support of my publisher, Sally Richardson; editor, Hope Dellon; and publicist, John Murphy.
Andrew Morton
London
January 2009
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INDEX
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Abrams, J. J.
Abre los ojos (Open Your Eyes)
Access Hollywood
Acustar
Aitken, Jonathan
Alba, Jessica
Alexander, Jolie
Alexander, Peter
Alias
Alien
Alley, Kirstie
All the Right Moves
Amenábar, Alejandro
American Beauty
American Buffalo
American Pie
American Psychiatric Association
Anderson, Kevin
Anderson, Paul Thomas
Angeli, Michael
Anthony, Marc
Apocalypse Now
Archer, Anne
Archer, Jeffrey
Armel, Nancy
Armitage, Richard
Armstrong, Curtis
Armstrong, Gerry
Arnold, Gary
Arnot, Asta
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
Ashby, Hal
Asner, Jules
Assists for Illnesses and Injuries (Hubbard)
Aucoin, Lionel
Auditing, Scientology
confidentiality of
“gang bang,”
Australia, Scientology in
Avnet, Jon
“Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing”
Bacon, Kevin
Baio, Scott
Balaguer, Luis
Baldwin, Alec
Ball, Lucille
Bandy, John “JB”
Baranek, Dave “Bio”
Barnaby Jones
Barnett, Flo
Barnett, Shelly. See Miscavige, Shelly
Barresi, Paul
Basinger, Kim
Bass, Ron
Batman Begins
Batman Forever
Batson, Susan
Battlefield Earth
BBC
Beatrice, Princess of York
Becker, Harold
Beckham, Brooklyn
Beckham, David
Beckham, Romeo
Beckham, Victoria
Behar, Richard
Being There
Belgium, Scientology in
Berenger, Lisa
Berenger, Tom
Beslow, Bill
Big Red (porn star). See Hamilton, Nathan
Billy Bathgate
Birdy
Birie, Meghann
The Black Book of Scientology (Caberta)
Blade Runner
Blanchett, Cate
Blaylock, Nancy
Bloch, Paul
Bloom, Orlando
The Blue Room
Bocelli, Andrea
Boehman, John
Bold
Bolívar, Simón
Bolstad, Maureen
Bonderoff, Jason
Bondurant, Bob
Bono
Bono, Chastity
Bono, Sonny
Boogie Nights
Born on the Fourth of July
Bosworth, Kate
Boucher, Byron
Bowers, Nan Herst
Boxoffice
Bradbury, William
Bradford, Kyle. See Slater, Chad
Branagh, Kenneth
Brest, Marty
Brett, Mickey
Brickman, Paul
Britain, Scientology in
Britt, Shelly
Broeker, Pat
Brown, Bryan
Brown, Jim
Brown, Mike
Bruckheimer, Jerry
Bunte
Burlinson, Tom
Burton, Tim
CAA. See Creative
Artists Agency
Caberta, Ursula
Cage, Nicolas
Cagle, Jess
California
Campion, Jane
Canada, Scientology in
Cano, Nacho
Capshaw, Kate
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Carella, Cathy
Carman, Dominic
Carman, George
Carpenter, John
Carrabino, John
Carrey, Jim
Carroll, Janet
Carty, Joe
Chaplin, Charlie
Chapman, Michael
Charles, Prince of Wales
Charlton, Janet
Cheers
Cheney, Dick
Cher
Child Dianetics
CHiPs (TV show)
Christman, Tory
Christopher, James
Clarkson, Wesley
Clausewitz, Karl von
Clay, Lacey
Clearsound system
Clifford, Corinne
Clinton, Bill
A Clockwork Orange
Clooney, George
Coats, Dan
Cocktail
Cocoon
Cohen, Sam
Cold Mountain
Coleman, Paul
Collateral
The Color of Money
Columbia space shuttle
Conant, Jennet
Congressional Mental Health Caucus
Connolly, John
Cooper, Paulette
Coppola, Francis Ford
Corbo, Angelo
Corea, Chick
Corliss, Richard
Cornwell, Patricia
Couric, Couric
Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Cronenberg, David
Crowe, Cameron
Jerry Maguire direction by
Vanilla Sky direction by
Crowe, Russell
Cruise, Connor Antony Kidman (son)
adoption of
Scientology and
Cruise, Isabella Jane Kidman (daughter)
adoption of
Scientology and
Cruise, Mary
Cruise, Suri (daughter)
Cruise, Tom. See also filmography, Cruise; girlfriends, Cruise; Scientology, church of; wives, Cruise
acting, in school, by
adoption by
agents of
ancestral history of
athletic abilities of
award nominations for
awards won by
birthing methods used by
birth of
childhood of
children of
dyslexia of
family’s cohabitation with
father’s death and
fertility and
flying lessons by
Good Samaritan deeds by
Lauer/Today show interview with
lawsuits by
Miscavige, David, relationship with
9/11’s influence on
Oprah Winfrey appearances by
parent’s divorce and
political lobbying by
production companies of
publicists of
race-car driving by
school years of
Scientology practice by
Scientology recruitment by
seminary studies of
sexuality of
skydiving by
space flight interest by
stage work by
Cruise/Wagner Productions
Cruz, Eduardo
Cruz, Penélope
Cruise’s relationship with
political lobbying by
Scientology and
Cult Awareness Network
Daily News
Dalai Lama
Damon, Matt
D’Andrea, Bill
Daniels, Vince
Danielson, John
Darmody, Aden
Darmody, Catherine Mapother (Cass)
cohabitation with Cruise of
Cruise childhood and
Scientology and
Darmody, Liam
Davies, Laura
Davis, Michael
Davis, Tom
Dawson’s Creek
Day-Lewis, Daniel
Days of Thunder
Dead Calm
Death of a Salesman
De Fina, Barbara
De Mornay, Rebecca
Denby, David
Deneuve, Catherine
De Niro, Robert
Dennison, Sally
De Palma, Brian
Depp, Johnny
Dergarabedian, Paul
Der Spiegel
DeVette, Lee Anne Mapother
Cruise’s childhood and
Cruise’s employment of
Holme’s employment of
Kidman’s relationship with
Scientology and
The Devil Is a Gentleman (Hallman)
De Wolf, Ronald
Diana, Princess of Wales
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (Hubbard)
Dickerson, James
Diff’rent Strokes
Dillon, Matt
DiSabatino, Richard
Dolman, Bob
Don’t Look Now
Doran, Lindsay
Douglas, Michael
Doven, Michael
Dr. Phil
Dr. Strangelove
Drabinsky, Garth
Duigan, John
Duvall, Shelley
Dynasty (TV show)
Earth Communications Office
Eastwood, Clint
Ebert, Roger
Echoes of an Era
Edward Scissorhands
Eisner, Michael
ElAttrache, Neal
Elfman, Jenna
Ellison, Jill
Endless Love
Entertainment Tonight
Epps, Jack
Estevez, Emilio
as Cruise’s best man
E-Street
Eugenie, Princess of York
Everett, Rupert
Eyes Wide Shut
Fairbanks, Douglas
The Falcon and the Snowman
Falk, Andrew
Fame (television show)
Far and Away
Farquharson, David
Farrow, Mia
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
FBI
A Few Good Men
Fiducia, James
Fields, Bert
filmography, Cruise
All the Right Moves
Born on the Fourth of July
Cocktail
Collateral
The Color of Money
Days of Thunder
Endless Love
Eyes Wide Shut
Far and Away
A Few Good Men
The Firm
Interview with the Vampire
The Last Samurai
Legend
Lions for Lambs
Losin’ It
Magnolia
Minority Report
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
The Outsiders
Rain Man
Risky Business
Taps
Top Gun
Vanilla Sky
War of the Worlds
Fink, Mitchell
Fink, Robert
The Firm
Fitzgerald, Jim
Flavin, Jennifer
Flavin, Tricia
Fleming, Charles
Foley, Scott
Forbes
Ford, Eric
Forster, Kevin
Fortunato, Paul
Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education
Four Brothers
Foxx, Jamie
France, Scientology in
St. Francis boarding school
Franks
, Bill
FreeKatie.net
Freeman, Geoff
Fuera de Serie (Out of the Ordinary)
Furness, Deborra-Lee
Gabriel, Trip
Galliano, John
Gandow, Thomas
Garlock Robert
Garner, Jennifer
Garris, Dave
Gaudreau, Shirley
Gauli, Kathy
Gauli, Lorraine
Gauli, Sean
Geffen, David
Geldof, Bob
Gerard, Frank
Germany, Scientology in
Ghost
Giannoccaro, Louise Funke
Gibson, Amy
Gibson, Babydol
Gibson, Tobe
Gilbert, Melissa
Gilmour, David
girlfriends, Cruise. See also wives, Cruise; specific girlfriends
Armel, Nancy
Cher
Cruz, Penélope
De Mornay, Rebecca
Gilbert, Melissa
Vergara, Sofía
Zoeren, Diane Van
The Glass Menagerie
Glen, Iain
The Globe
Go
Goba, Gary
Gobel, Glen
The Godfather
Godspell
Godwin, Frances
Goebbels, Joseph
Gold Base Scientology compound
Golden Era Productions
Goldman, William
Goldstein, Richard
Gooding, Cuba, Jr.
Good Morning, Vietnam
Goodwin, Christopher
Gots, Ronald E.
GQ
The Graduate
Graham, Marcus
Gray, Tom
Grazer, Brian
Grey, Brad
Gribbon, Frank
Grisham, John
Gross, Edward
Gualtieri, Pat
Guggenheim, Barbara
Guinness Book of World Records
Gushee, Phil
Guys and Dolls
Hackman, Gene
Hallett, Bob
Hallman, J. C.
Hamilton, Nathan
Hanford, John
Hanks, Tom
Hanson, Curtis
The Hard Way
Harker, Susannah
Harper’s Bazaar
Harrington, Kate
Harry & Son
Hartnett, Josh
Haskell, Robert
Hauer, Rutger
Havel, Vaclav
Hawkins, Brennan
Hawn, Goldie
Hayes, Isaac
Heldal-Lund, Andreas
Henry Munro Middle School
Hill Street Blues
Hines, Bruce
Historical Dictionary of American Slang
Hitler, Adolf
Hobbs, Laurie
Hoffman, Dustin
as Cruise’s best man
Hoffman, Lisa
Hoffman, Philip Seymour
Hogg, David
Hollywood Education and Literacy Project
Holmes, Kathy
Holmes, Katie
birthing method used by
child of
Cruise’s relationship with
films/TV shows by
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