Rent From Hollywood to Heaven (1997)
3.0 of 5 from 48 ratings
18h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
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. - Actors:
- Georgette Dante, Edward B. Moates, Donna Raye, Gordon Terry, Tim Ormond, Jimmy Mulcay, Mildred Mulcay, Jack Horton, Billy H. Smith, Gene McFall, Peggy Ann Price, Cecil Scaiffe, Ronald Drake, Luther Perkins, Sleepy LaBeef, June Carr, Ron Ormond, Sam Tarpley, Harris Martin, Sonja Massey
- Directors:
- Ron Ormond, Allan Nixon
- Producers:
- Ron Ormond, June Carr, Estus W. Pirkle, Monnie Stanfield, Tim Ormond, Bill Packham
- Voiced By:
- Donna Raye
- Writers:
- Ron Ormond, Estus W. Pirkle, Tim Ormond, Orville H. Hampton, Paul Leslie Peil, Dick Davis, Forest Carpenter, Charles Glore, Bill Packham
- Aka:
- From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family 1951-1997
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Music & Musicals, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/06/2023
- Run Time:
- 1110 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New 2K restorations of 'If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?, 'The Burning Hell', and 'The Believer's Heaven' from original duplicate negatives
- New 2K restoration of '39 Stripes' from the only known surviving 16mm print
- New 2K restorations of 'It's About the Second Coming' from best-quality, surviving 16mm print elements
- Newly remastered presentations of 'Untamed Mistress', 'Please Don't Touch Me', 'White Lightnin' Road', 'The Girl from Tobacco Row', 'Forty Acre Feud', and 'The Exotic Ones' from rare surviving Standard Definition master tapes
- Standard Definition presentations of 'The Grim Reaper' and 'The Sacred Symbol', mastered from best-available sources
- Audio commentary with author and Ormond biographer Jimmy McDonough on 'Please Don't Touch Me' (2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough and actress, exotic dancer, fire eater, and carny queen Georgette Dante on 'The Exotic Ones' (2023)
- Audio commentary with documentarian Brian Rosenquist and Greg Pirkle, son of Baptist minister and Ormond collaborator Estus Pirkle, on 'If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?' (2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough, filmmaker Tim Ormond, and film restorationist Peter Conheim on 'The Burning Hell' (2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough and Ormond on 'It's About the Second Coming' (2023)
- Estus Pirkle Sermon (1970, 64 mins): rare and previously unreleased archival audio recording
- 'Edge of Tomorrow' (1961, 50 mins): June and Ron Ormond's 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 Ormond's rarely seen documentary in which the beloved western star reflects upon his life and work
- '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): Tim Ormond's short drama starring June Ormond in which two women meet under extraordinary circumstances
- Original theatrical trailer for 'White Lightnin' Road'
- Radio spots
- World premieres on Blu-ray
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- Untamed Mistress
- Please Don't Touch Me
- White Lightnin' Road
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- Forty Acre Feud
- Girl from Tobacco Row
- The Exotic Ones
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following:
- If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?
- The Burning Hell
- The Grim Reaper
- The Believer's Heaven
- Special Features - Disc 4:
- This disc includes the following:
- 39 Stripes
- It's About the Second Coming
- The Sacred Symbol
- Special Features
