{"product_id":"from-hollywood-to-heaven-the-lost-and-saved-films-of-the-ormond-family-limited-edition-blu-ray","title":"From Hollywood To Heaven: The Lost And Saved Films Of The Ormond Family (Limited Edition BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresented by Nicolas Winding Refn,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Hollywood to Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the extraordinary story of a truly unique American filmmaking family.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Exotic Ones\u003c\/em\u003e, and plunged into every area of showbiz. 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