Heart of the Beholder(2005)
The movie Hollywood doesn't want you to see!
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.
Movie: Heart of the Beholder
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Vesta
Miss Olivia
Diane Howard
Rudy
Marci
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Detective Dennis Murphy
Molly
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