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'The Master' trailer: Philip Seymour Hoffman as a Scientology-esque leader

Watch the trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's haunting "The Master," starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams.
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Published: June 20, 2012 at 3:30 PM
By KATE STANTON, UPI.com

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader and prophet of a cryptic post-war religious organization called The Cause that bears a close resemblance to L. Ron Hubbard’s Church of Scientology.

Joaquin Phoenix plays drifter and Dodd follower Freddie Quell as he begins to question the belief system of his newly adopted religion.


L. Ron Hubbard in a 1950 photograph.

The trailer also features a creepy-sounding score by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood.

Amy Adams and Laura Dern also star.

“The Master” opens in October.

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