The Exotic Ones

Jimmy McDonough

The Exotic Ones
Format
Hardback
Publisher
FAB Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
24 August 2023
Pages
360
ISBN
9781913051181

The Exotic Ones

Jimmy McDonough

June. Ron. Tim. Together they were the Ormond Organization, a Nashville mother-father son trio who cranked out a wild bunch of movies, from Lash LaRue westerns to the stripper-gore-musical outrage The Exotic Ones, then finally... Baptist extravaganzas. The Ormonds plunged into every area of showbiz, from vaudeville to drive-in movies to Christian filmmaking. They did it all on a shoestring - by themselves, with no studio to back them. Theirs was a glittery world like no other. Populated by inebriated cowboys... spook-show mentalists... non-acting country stars... UFO testifiers... men in gorilla suits... egocentric magicians... fire-breathing, mud-wrestling ex-strippers... sweaty preachers... rockabilly monsters... pint-sized evangelists. Not to mention a con artist or ten. At the height of their frenzied career Ron and June experienced a spiritual awakening after their private plane crashed on the way to a premiere. The Ormonds turned their back on secular show business to make a series of shocking, surreal religious pictures, including an unbelievable trio of films for Baptist preacher Estus Pirkle, including The Burning Hell, which made millions without ever being shown in an actual movie theater. The inside story on the three Ormond-Pirkle religious pictures has never been told - until now. Forensic biographer Jimmy McDonough interviewed June Ormond extensively and she revealed things she told no other soul. June was the guiding force of the family, a woman who held her own in the cutthroat male-dominated world of low-budget independent film. Her commentary is hilarious, brutally honest and at times heart-breaking. Presented by Nicolas Winding Refn, THE EXOTIC ONES is a landmark work by Jimmy McDonough, and a beautifully designed feast for the eyes.

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