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Paul Haggis on ‘Third Person’ and Leaving Scientology

Screenwriter and director Paul Haggis on his new film Third Person, his first since his public break with the Church of Scientology.

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By Kim Masters • Jun 21, 2014 • 28m Listen

Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis tells Kim Masters about the challenges of making the globe-trotting drama Third Person on tight budget, and why he was just as surprised as everyone else at the Oscar win for his 2005 movie Crash. Haggis also talks life in Hollywood after leaving and denouncing the Church of Scientology.

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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