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Ticket to Heaven
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5013037014082
Format: NTSC
Theatrical Release Date: October 09, 1981
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Rating:  - "Nananananananana leader, leader, leader!"
This is an excellent dramatization of how an ordinary man (an atheist Jew no less!) fell under the influence of a religious cult- modeled on the Moonies- and how he was eventually rescued and deprogrammed. It's a gripping movie, featuring several now-famous actors before they were well-known. I think it's an important movie for the light it shines on the workings of our weak, needy human psyche and the accusing finger it points at all groups which employ spiritually and mentally manipulative tactics ... Read More
Rating:  - Deserving a remastered DVD release
TICKET TO HEAVEN is a most effective film, one that flew through theaters far too quickly on its initial run (thanks for the tip, Siskel & Ebert), shedding light on any number of obsessions. The focus is on a religious cult, but could as easily center around any pursuit where, with all the attractive chaff winnowed away, the end aim is making money for the top dogs or ideals. Where membership comes with a strident urging to include friends and relations.
As Linc Strunc (R.H. Thomson's ... Read More
Rating: - Great film, deserves to be better known....
This film is very difficult to find on VHS and/or DVD. I saw it in a DVD store for 10 bucks a few years ago, so I picked it up. The film is a terrifying, intense, very realistic one, depicting with great accuracy the truth about cults. Nick Manusco gives an excellent performance as David, the young man who gets caught up in the cult. He has just broken up with his girlfriend, and decides to visit a friend of his in southern California. David doesn't know that his friend is in a cult. They program ... Read More
Rating: - A gutsy expose on how religious cults work
You have to hand it to the Canadians for having the guts to make such a true-to-life movie about cults: how they recruit, how they brainwash, how they make money. A little more contrast between the blind euphoria of the lower-tier cultists and the opulent, materialistic ways of the upper echelon would have been nice. And the movie was obviously made on a shoestring budget, which no doubt is hard to accept for someone raised on Hollywood production values. But Hollywood would NEVER make a film like this ... Read More
Rating: - Eerie deja vu
In the late 70's I got caught up in the Moonie cult for a time in Northern California. This is a very accurate portrayal of the moonies of that time and place, right down to the rickety converted chicken coop they had their talks in, the cult member who follows you everwhere, the "choo choo yay pow" cheer. (Yes they really did use that!) The enforced conformity, The famous dodge ball game with chanting. Deadly accurate.
Though the material is dated, and the ranch in the countryside where The ... Read More
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