kleinbl00, you need to get some of your hollywood buddies to make this film. This is stranger than fiction stuff that I was previously unfamiliar with. The Korean War, Religious cults, sex rituals, cocaine, major US politicians, big business etc. This story has all the makings of a blockbuster, that it is actually true is the icing on the cake. This was a good read insom, thanks for posting.
Yeah, Moon & Crew had a really spooky relationship with power. They were also litigious as fuck and prone to violence. The Moonies have been off the radar for the same reason the Scientologists were - fear. It wasn't until Anonymous decided to go "you know, fuck that" against scientology that they became a viable target. If I were to invest the necessary time this story deserves I'd invest it in my buddy Marvel.
You forgot the most important character: BIDEN!
major US politicians about covers that. Plus Orin Hatch etc. Also, I found the Joe Biden connection to be thin at best. But it's ironic that his nephew went in to a business venture with the Moon family because being a lobbyist was potentially too controversial. -There's got to be some irony there, right?
But...dude...it's Hollywood. You gotta up the screen time for goofy Biden for comedic value!
Tangentially, there is no way that this film would get made because it doesn't center around white people. If it did, it would already be a major bio-pic. Asians are one of, if not the most under-represented ethnicities in Hollywood. What an amazing story though.Hong claimed that, when she was seven months pregnant with her fifth child, she found Steve doing cocaine at East Garden and tried to flush it down the toilet. Steve “smashed his fist into my face, bloodying my nose,” Hong later recalled. “He wiped my blood on his hand, then licked it off. ‘Tastes good,’ he said. ‘This is fun.’”
There's no need for embellishment or "goofy Biden" when you have characters and dialog like that.