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The Spoon Benders - Hollywood's attention unwelcome
George Clooney portrays a character loosely based on Las Vegas resident John Alexander in a movie coming out this year. But being played by a Hollywood heartthrob isn't enough to make the retired Army colonel happy with the film. Alexander criticizes the 2004 book as "5 percent true and the rest extrapolated beyond belief."Alexander's 32-year military career included a stint as an intelligence officer with an "X Files" mission: exploring the use of psychokinesis and psychic abilities to create better soldiers and enhance intelligence collection. The movie, "The Men Who Stare at Goats," is based on a book with the same title, a reference to a belief that some military researchers were experimenting with the use of the mind to kill or injure goats. Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-16 |
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