{"id":2791,"date":"2005-05-27T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-27T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/05\/last-temptation-the-meta-movie\/"},"modified":"2005-05-27T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-27T17:16:00","slug":"last-temptation-the-meta-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/05\/last-temptation-the-meta-movie.html","title":{"rendered":"Last Temptation — the meta-movie!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Got the strangest thing in my e-mail today. You\u2019ll just have to read it for yourself:<\/span><\/p>\n

HEART of the BEHOLDER is Now Available on DVD<\/p>\n

HEART of the BEHOLDER is based on the true story of a young couple who refused to buckle to a fanatical religious group who demanded the removal of Martin Scorsese\u2019s controversial film, \u201cThe Last Temptation of Christ<\/a>,\u201d from the couple\u2019s chain of video stores.<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s employees and family endure intimidation, harassment, and death threats, but held their ground against the religious censorship. The religious group then blackmails the corrupt prosecutor with information about his hidden sex life. The couple loses their business and are personally ruined.<\/p>\n

After losing everything and hitting rock bottom, the couple get something the powerless seldom do \u2014 REVENGE.<\/p>\n

To Order Online go to http:\/\/www.customflix.com\/206725<\/p>\n

After 12 years of up and down development hell in Hollywood, it took the support of our Internet fans to finally get this movie made. HEART of the BEHOLDER is about the abuse of power \u2014 both religious and political and does not trash Christians or people of faith.<\/p>\n

For more information on our Cast and Crew go to http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/title\/tt0415838\/<\/p>\n

Matt Letscher \u2013 Mask of Zorro, Good Morning Miami
Sarah Joy Brown \u2013 3-time Emmy Winner
John Dye \u2013 9 seasons on Touched by an Angel
Jason Wiles \u2013 3rd Watch
Michael Dorn \u2013 Star Trek
Greg Germann \u2013 Ally McBeal
Anne Ramsay \u2013 Mad About You, The L Word
Tony Todd \u2013 Candyman, Platoon
Priscilla Barnes \u2013 Three\u2019s Company
Chloe Moretz \u2013 Amityville Horror<\/p>\n

For More Information on HEART of the BEHOLDER go to http:\/\/www.beholder.com\/index_fl.htm<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Flash-animation teaser and the live-action trailer both give the impression that this film will be pretty crappy \u2014 sort of the secularist version of those shrill, cheesy, low-budget end-times movies<\/a> \u2014 but I am mildly curious all the same. The fact that its cast includes Michael Dorn, he who has starred in more Star Trek<\/i> episodes than any other actor, kind of adds to the appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n

BTW, the film\u2019s story synopsis claims the main characters \u201copened the first videocassette rental store in St. Louis in 1981,\u201d but that seems a dubious detail, since it was reported two days ago<\/a> that the first video rental store was Movies Unlimited<\/a> in Philadelphia, which opened in 1978 and will be shutting down in a few weeks as its owners make the transition to a mail-order business.<\/p>\n

Oh, wait. The synopsis probably means that the characters opened the first St. Louis store, rather than that they opened the first store and it happened to be in St. Louis. Okay, never mind, then.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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