Release date: 29 May 2023
Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set (World Blu-ray premieres)
Presented by Nicolas Winding Refn,From Hollywood to Heaventells 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 outrageThe Exotic Ones, and plunged into every area of showbiz. Whats 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 asThe 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 McDonoughs 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.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES
- New 2K restorations ofIf Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?,The Burning Hell, andThe Believers Heavenfrom original duplicate negatives
- New 2K restoration of39 Stripesfrom the only known surviving 16mm print
- New 2K restorations ofIts About The Second Comingfrom best-quality, surviving 16mm print elements
- Newly remastered presentations ofUntamed Mistress,Please Dont Touch Me,White Lightnin Road,The Girl from Tobacco Row,Forty Acre Feud, andThe Exotic Onesfrom rare surviving Standard Definition master tapes
- Standard Definition presentations ofThe Grim ReaperandThe Sacred Symbol, mastered from best-available sources
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with author and Ormond biographer Jimmy McDonough onPlease Dont Touch Me(2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough and actress, exotic dancer, fire eater, and carny queen Georgette Dante onThe Exotic Ones(2023)
- Audio commentary with documentarian Brian Rosenquist and Greg Pirkle, son of Baptist minister and Ormond collaborator Estus Pirkle, onIf Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?(2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough, filmmaker Tim Ormond, and film restorationist Peter Conheim onThe Burning Hell(2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough and Ormond onIts About The Second Coming(2023)
- Estus W Pirkle Sermon(1970, 64 mins): rare and previously unreleased archival audio recording
- Edge of Tomorrow(1961, 50 mins): June and Ron Ormonds lost portrait of UFO huckster Reinhold O Schmidt, presented from a rare VHS source
- 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
- Lash LaRue: A Man and His Memories(1992, 70 mins): Tim Ormonds rarely seen documentary in which the beloved western star reflects upon his life and work
- June Carr: The Virtual Vaudevillian(1997, 30 mins): Tim Ormonds loving portrait of his mother and collaborator, June Carr Ormond
- Forgotten Memories(1997, 20 mins): Tim Ormonds short drama starring June Ormond in which two women meet under extraordinary circumstances
- Original theatrical trailer forWhite Lightnin Road
- Radio spots
- New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited Edition exclusive 100-page book with an extended essay by Jimmy McDonough, Peter Conheim on the restorations, and full film credits
- Limited Edition exclusive art cards
- World premieres on Blu-ray
- Limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US
All extras subject to change
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