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"Tom Cruise and Church of Scientology officials are reportedly upset by implications made about Scientology in The Master.  The upcoming drama from Cruise&amp;#039;s Magnolia director Paul Thomas Anderson centres on the charismatic leader of a faith-based organisation, a character widely believed to be based on Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard.   It was previously reported that Anderson had screened the film for Cruise, who &amp;quot;had issues&amp;quot; with its content, and the New York Daily News now reports that Church of Scientology officials are angry about the film&amp;#039;s implications. Specifically, they reportedly object to one scene in which Hoffman&amp;#039;s character is said to be &amp;quot;making [the religion] up as he goes along&amp;quot;, taking this as a slight against Hubbard. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the leader, with Joaquin Phoenix starring as the aimless young man who becomes his second-in-command. Spokespeople for Cruise declined to comment, while Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw said: &amp;quot;No-one in the church has seen the film, and we have no comment.&amp;quot; It was reported that Cruise was trying to put a stop to the film while it was still in pre-production. The Master hits cinemas in the US on October 12, and comes to the UK on November 9. Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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