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From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family

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  • Release Date: Monday, 29 May 2023
  • Country of Release: United Kingdom
  • MSRP: £49.99
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Untamed Mistress | Please Don't Touch Me | White Lightnin’ Road | Forty Acre Feud | Girl from Tobacco Row | The Exotic Ones | If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? | The Burning Hell | The Believer’s Heaven | The Grim Reaper | 39 Stripes | It’s About The Second Coming | The Sacred Symbol
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Presented by Nicolas Winding Refn, From Hollywood to Heaven tells the extraordinary story of a truly unique American filmmaking family. For almost half a century, June, Ron and Tim Ormond, a Nashville mother-father-son trio, cranked out a wild bunch of movies, from Lash LaRue westerns to the stripper-gore-musical outrage The Exotic Ones, and plunged into every area of showbiz. What’s more, they did it all on a shoestring, totally independently, with no studio to back them. At the height of their frenzied career, Ron and June experienced a spiritual awakening when their private plane crashed on the way to a premiere. From then on, they turned their back on secular show business to produce a series of shocking, surreal religious pictures, including an unbelievable trio of films for Mississippi Baptist preacher Estus Pirkle – films such as The Burning Hell, which made millions, despite never being shown in an actual movie theatre. Produced by Powerhouse Films in association with byNWR, and released to coincide with FAB Press’ publication of forensic biographer Jimmy McDonough’s awe-inspiring tome on the extraordinary life and work of the Ormond Family, this strictly limited, individually numbered Blu-ray box set contains thirteen feature films, a host of new and archival extra features – including five new audio commentaries and a collection of rarely seen short films – as well as a set of art cards and a fully illustrated 100-page book, newly written by McDonough.
  • Year: 1956-1984
  • Time: 900 total min.

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Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (4 Discs)
Total: 4 Discs
Regions:
A/B/C (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.60:1
1.33:1
1.66:1
1.37:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: , Booklet, Collectible
  • Audio commentary with author and Ormond biographer Jimmy McDonough on Please Don’t Touch Me (2023)
  • Audio commentary with actress, exotic dancer, fire eater, and carny queen Georgette Dante and biographer Jimmy McDonough on The Exotic Ones (2023)
  • Audio commentary with Greg Pirkle, son of Baptist minister and Ormond collaborator Estus Pirkle, and documentarian Brian Rosenquist on If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? (2023)
  • Audio commentary with filmmaker Tim Ormond and author Jimmy McDonough on It’s About The Second Coming (2023)
  • Limited edition exclusive 100-page book with an extended essay by Jimmy McDonough, Peter Conheim on the restorations, and full film credits
  • Edge of Tomorrow (ca.1961, 50 mins): June and Ron Ormond’s lost portrait of UFO huckster Reinhold O Schmidt, presented from a rare VHS source
  • Forty Acre Feud radio spots
  • Audio commentary with actor-director Tim Ormond, author Jimmy McDonough, and film restorationist Peter Conheim on The Burning Hell (2023)
  • A Tribute to Houdini(1987, 60 mins): directed by Tim Ormond, and featuring John Calvert performing an array of tricks inspired by celebrated escape artist and magician Harry Houdini
  • Limited edition exclusive set of five art cards
  • White Lightnin’ Road theatrical trailer
  • Girl from Tobacco Row radio spots
  • Estus Pirkle Sermon (1970, 64 mins): rare and previously unreleased archival audio recording
  • Lash LaRue: A Man and His Memories (1992, 71 mins): rarely seen documentary, directed by Tim Ormond, in which the beloved western star reflects upon his life and work
  • White Lightnin’ Road radio spots
  • The Exotic Ones radio spots
  • The Grim Reaper radio spots
  • June Carr: The Virtual Vaudevillian (1997, 30 mins): Tim Ormond’s loving portrait of his mother and collaborator, June Carr Ormond
  • Forgotten Memories (1997, 20 mins): short drama, directed by Tim Ormond and starring June Ormond, in which two women meet under extraordinary circumstances
  • Forgotten Memories production footage (15 mins)
  • 39 Stripes radio spots

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Untamed Mistress
Please Don't Touch Me
White Lightnin’ Road
Forty Acre Feud
Girl from Tobacco Row
The Exotic Ones
If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?
The Burning Hell
The Believer’s Heaven
The Grim Reaper
39 Stripes
It’s About The Second Coming
The Sacred Symbol
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