After Rich mentioned it here, I decided to watch it. While I agree that the initial sailor scenes reminded me of Pynchon, especially Freddie in the crow's nest, the rest of the movie made me think more of Pygmalion than Pynchon. Good indictment of Hubbard though... Rich - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l