In the fillming of George Luca’ debut film, the 1971 dystopian science fiction movie THX 1183, they
In the fillming of George Luca’ debut film, the 1971 dystopian science fiction movie THX 1183, they had trouble getting a hold of extras who were either already bald or where willing to shave their heads. To get around this, the production team hired a bunch of people from the nearby Synanon group to flesh out the numbers.Synanon began as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous for drug users when founder Charles Dederichobserved that the needs and rationale of people who used drugs differed from those who drank.However, things rapidly went off the rails when Synanon shifted into being an actual cult, with the technique that were nominally intended to help with recovery being used to brainwash people, everyone getting their heads shaved, and a host of criminal activity including putting a live rattlesnake in the letter box of a lawyer the cult were in a dispute with, which lead to the guy getting hospitailsed. -- source link
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