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Tom Cruise: All the World's A Stage details some of Cruise's early life, and his role as head of the family after his father left to become "an itinerant hippy in California." The author chronicles Cruise's film career, including his first role in Endless Love in 1981, his breakthrough in Risky Business, and other popular films such as Top Gun, Jerry Maguire and the Mission: Impossible films. He cites Cruise's role as "Frank Mackey" in the film Magnolia as one of his best performances. Johnstone also writes about Cruise's relationships with Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, and the luxurious lifestyle maintained by Cruise and Kidman during their relationship. Johnstone puts Kidman in a sympathetic light regarding their 2001 divorce.
The book discusses Cruise's relationship with Scientology, and controversy in the media, including his public criticism of actress Brooke Shields, and his "TV sofa-bouncing." He also discusses the lengthy production of director Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, noting the fact that Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures allowed representatives from the Church of Scientology to frequent the film sets during production.
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