Powerhouse Films under their Indicator label are releasing a blu-ray boxset, From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family 1951-1997 on the 12th June 2023 in the UK.
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FROM HOLLYWOOD TO HEAVEN: THE LOST AND SAVED FILMS OF THE ORMOND FAMILY 1951-1997 – LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY
This is a limited edition box set of 6,000 numbered units for the UK and US.
BLU-RAY TECHNICAL SPECS
- Discs: 4
- Region: Free
- Video: 1080p High Definition
- Aspect Ratio: –
- Audio: –
- Running Time: 18 hours 30 mins approx
- Rating: 15
EXTRAS
- Limited Edition Exclusive 100 Page Book
- 5 Art Cards
DISC ONE
- Newly Remastered Presentations of Untamed Mistress, Please Don’t Touch Me, and White Lightnin’ Road from rare surviving Standard Definition Master Tapes
- Original Mono Audio
- Audio Commentary with Author & Ormond Biographer Jimmy McDonough on Please Don’t Touch Me (2023)
- Edge of Tomorrow (ca.1961, 50 mins): June & Ron Ormond’s Lost Portrait of UFO huckster Reinhold O Schmidt, Presented From A Rare VHS source
- White Lightnin’ Road Theatrical Trailer
- White Lightnin’ Road Radio Spots
- New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
DISC TWO
- Newly Remastered Presentations of Forty Acre Feud, Girl from Tobacco Row and The Exotic Ones from Rare Surviving Standard Definition Master Tapes
- Original Mono Audio
- Audio Commentary with Actress, Exotic Dancer, Fire Eater, Georgette Dante & Biographer Jimmy McDonough on The Exotic Ones (2023)
- Forty Acre Feud Radio Spots
- Girl from Tobacco Row Radio Spots
- The Exotic Ones Radio Spots
- New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
DISC THREE
- New 2K Restorations of If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do?, The Burning Hell and The Believer’s Heaven from Original Duplicate Negatives
- Standard Definition Presentation of The Grim Reaper, Mastered from the Best-available Tape Source
- Original Mono Audio
- Audio commentary with Greg Pirkle, Son of Baptist Minister & Ormond Collaborator Estus Pirkle & Documentarian Brian Rosenquist on If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? (2023)
- Audio commentary with Actor-director Tim Ormond, Author Jimmy McDonough & Film Restorationist Peter Conheim on The Burning Hell (2023)
- Estus Pirkle Sermon (1970, 64 mins): Rare & Previously Unreleased Archival Audio Recording
- The Grim Reaper Radio Spots
- New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
DISC FOUR
- New 2K Restorations of 39 Stripes and It’s About The Second Coming from rare surviving 16mm prints
- Standard Definition Presentation of The Sacred Symbol, Mastered from the Best-available Tape source
- Original Mono Audio
- Audio Commentary with filmmaker Tim Ormond & Author Jimmy McDonough on It’s About The Second Coming (2023)
- A Tribute to Houdini (1987, 60 mins): Directed by Tim Ormond and featuring John Calvert Performing an Array of Tricks Inspired by Escape artist & Magician Harry Houdini
- Lash LaRue: A Man and His Memories (1992, 71 mins): Rarely Seen Documentary, Directed by Tim Ormond
- June Carr: The Virtual Vaudevillian (1997, 30 mins): Tim Ormond’s Loving Portrait of his Mother & Collaborator, June Carr Ormond
- Forgotten Memories (1997, 20 mins): Short Drama, Directed by Tim Ormond and starring June Ormond
- Forgotten Memories Production Footage (15 mins)
- 39 Stripes Radio Spots
- New English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
You can pre-order now on Blu-ray for £50.00 from Amazon. (Price correct as of 24.05.23).
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The boxset releases on 12th June 2023 in the UK.
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