Heart of the Beholder

Heart of the Beholder

The movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see!

2005 · 106 min · ★ 5.2 · Drama

Based on the true story of a family who opened the first videocassette rental stores in St. Louis in 1980. The family was ruined by a corrupt prosecutor who had been blackmailed by a religious group because the family refused to remove Martin Scorsese's controversial film, "The Last Temptation of Christ", from their stores.

Directed by Ken Tipton · Written by Ken Tipton

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