Exclusive: Halperin Film Premiere Fiasco Confirmed To Be Sabotage
Clip from "His Highness Hollywood" interview with ex-Scienologist Michael Pattinson
After an exhaustive investigation into the tech nightmare author Ian Halperin endured on the opening of his new film, "His Highness Hollywood," a representative from the National Arts Club, Greg Singer confirmed the film's equipment was tampered with just prior to the opening of the movie.
Singer, the tech official on duty that evening for the NAC, had this to say about the circumstances which led to the final version film being scrapped after three failed attempts:
"It [the tampering] was a professional job. Someone tampered with the screen projection system. All the settings were changed and the laptop was inspected before the screening. There was a system check for viruses, and the computer came back 100% clean. When we investigated the laptop after the screening, there was a virus infecting the laptop. Someone was definitely out to sabotage the evening."
I asked Ian how many people he invited to the premiere and he estimated about 30, including select members of the media. Ian said he was keeping the numbers small and exclusive out of concern for any possible attempts by groups targeted in the film, namely the Church of Scientology, from preventing the screening of the film.
As stated in Glosslip's earlier post on the event, there were 200 people at the screening, with at least 70 turned away. Ian said he didn't know how word got out, but was initially thrilled at the turn out. I did some checking on my own and saw on the NAC's website the event listed on their calendar of events. So really, anyone in the public could have been privy to this information.
Prior to the book's release Ian did some publicity for his projects, plus there are several excerpts of the film available on YouTube with Ian going in undercover at the ScientologyCelebrity Center in, and the most damaging part is Ian's interviews with ex-Scientologist Michael Pattinson. Pattinson has attempted to sue the Church for damages related to spending close to $500,000 on auditing and spiritual training to cure him of his "homosexuality.
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