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deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 8/26/2008

'Valkyrie' Nazi Extras Sue Tom Cruise's Studio

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There's more bad news for the movie studio part-owned by Tom Cruise. Last summer, 11 extras dressed in Nazi army uniforms fell out of the back of a World War II-era troop carrier truck as it swung around a corner in central in Berlin during the filming of Tom Cruise's biopic Valkyrie, sending the actors [...]

• TheHype

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  Ah, I'm just happy that we're in a day where the headline is about Nazi extras suing someone...

  Posted 8/26/2008 respond (flag)

• Robyn74

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  I love the first comment on the article itself. Nazi's always acting the victim, hilarious!

  Posted 8/26/2008 respond (flag)

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