Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography (50 page)

While Tom and his agents have actively discouraged those who wished to examine the claims he has made about his childhood and schooldays, the fact that so many of his former teachers, school friends, and others were happy to reminisce, usually with much affection, about the boy they called Maypo, helped build an authentic portrait. I am most grateful to Asta Arnot, Lionel Aucoin, Bryon Boucher, Kathy Burns, Cathy Carella, Angelo Corbo, Diane Cox, Lorraine Gauli-Rufo, Sean Gauli, Amy, Babydol, and Tobe Gibson, Glen Gobel, Sam LaForte, Alan, Irene, Jennifer, Murray, and Scott Lawrie, Jonathan Lebendiger, Dr. Kevin McGrath, Carol McLaurin, Nancy Maxwell, Cathy Mindel, Nancy Price, Marilyn Richardson, Wendy Santo, Pamela Senif, Krystyna Smith, Pennyann Styles, Phil, Ron, and Vinnie Travisano, Sharon Waters, and Val Wright.

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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The index that appeared in the print version of this title was intentionally removed from the eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

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