Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard

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Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard

Poster Caption reads:
"Cultural icon and the founder of est and its successor program, the Forum, pulls back the curtain on his life, his ideas and what forced him to leave the country."
Directed by Robyn Symon
Produced by Symon Productions and
Eagle Island Films
Written by Robyn Symon
Starring Werner Erhard
Laurel Scheaf
Randy McNamara
Don Lattin
Jane Self
Michael Jenson
Warren Bennis
Cinematography Horacio Marquinez
Release date(s) 2006
Running time 64 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget USD$ Unknown
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Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard is a 2006 film documentary about the controversial past of Werner Erhard. The film was written and directed by Robyn Symon. Prior to making this film, Robyn Symon had no relationship with Werner Erhard and had not participated in any of his programs. Her's was a purely cold, factual documentary interest. It was only well into the making of this biography that she got interested in Werner's work and subsequently became a Landmark Forum graduate. The film stars Werner Erhard as himself, as well as Landmark Forum Leaders and past executives within Erhard Seminars Training and Werner Erhard and Associates : Laurel Scheaf and Randy McNamara.

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[edit] Notes on cast members

[edit] Warren Bennis

Warren Bennis took the EST Training in London, in 1979. He served as a consultant[1] to Werner Erhard and Associates in the 1980's.

[edit] Don Lattin

Don Lattin was the Religion Writer for The San Francisco Chronicle. He wrote an article[2] in 1990 entitled: Ex-Employees Describe Abuse In Suit Against est's Erhard.

[edit] Randy McNamara

Randy McNamara is a Landmark Forum Leader[3] within Landmark Education. As of August 1973, McNamara was an Est Trainer[4] within Werner Erhard's Erhard Seminars Training[5].

[edit] Laurel Scheaf

Laurel Scheaf first began working for Werner Erhard in 1967, going door-to-door with Erhard selling books for Grolier Society Inc. in San Francisco. She then helped recruit customers for his Mind Dynamics course[6]. She later was president of Erhard Seminars Training, while leading Erhard Seminars training courses[7]. She is currently a "Landmark Forum Leader."[8]

[edit] Jane Self

Jane Self wrote the book 60 Minutes and the Assassination of Werner Erhard, in 1992. Self admitted in her book[9] that she was an active participant in Werner Erhard's coursework.

[edit] Recognition

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[edit] Film/Television

[edit] Werner Erhard Biographies

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Return of Werner Erhard: Guru II, Los Angeles Magazine, May, 1988, Vol 33; No 5; Sec 1; pg 106, Mark MacNamara, San Francisco, CA
  2. ^ Ex-Employees Describe Abuse In Suit Against est's Erhard, Don Lattin, The San Francisco Chronicle, April 3, 1990, News; Pg. A4.
  3. ^ Faculty, Landmark Education, Randy McNamara.
  4. ^ The Graduate Review, publication: est, an educational corporation, July/August 1980.
  5. ^ This Is It, est, Twenty Years Later, Quest Magazine, Summer 1998
  6. ^ A Door to Door Mind Salesman, Ch. 4., Pressman, Steven, Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. ISBN 0-312-09296-2
  7. ^ Espy M. Navarro & Robert Navarro, Self Realization, The est and Forum Phenomena in American Society, Xlibris Corporation, October 2002, ISBN 1401042201
  8. ^ Photo at Landmark Education, Faculty Photos, Laurel Scheaf, Landmark Education Corporate Website
  9. ^ 60 Minutes and the Assassination of Werner Erhard, Jane Self, Breakthru Publishing, Houston, Texas, 1992, p.3.

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