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A comic book artist loses his hand, which in turn takes on a murderous life of its own.A comic book artist loses his hand, which in turn takes on a murderous life of its own.A comic book artist loses his hand, which in turn takes on a murderous life of its own.
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- 3 nominations
Edward Marshall
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- (as Ed Marshall)
- Director
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- TriviaSir Michael Caine said in a television interview that the only reason he did this movie was to earn enough money to put a down payment on a new garage he was having built.
- GoofsThe Christmas carol "Deck The Halls" is heard on the soundtrack but the skipping record shown on the turntable is 'Fight Dirty' by the British pop band Charlie.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
- SoundtracksUnion City Blue
Performed by Blondie
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Not the best, but good
OK, the murders weren't gory (Just strangling), it was slow at sometimes, but still an enjoyable movie. I mean, Idle Hands was gory, funnier, fast-moving, has a great soundtrack, and better, but it's still a great flick.
The story is about a cartoonist played by Michael Caine who shows his girl a lizard's tail (The name of the story the movie is based on) which is still moving which fore-shadows what happens later in the movie. Then in an automobile accident, he loses his hand. They can't find it, so they give him a robot hand for a replacement. And the hand he lost was the hand he draws and writes with, so they have to have a replacement. He complains the artist is not as good as him and they find a recent cartoon scribbled on. And then there's the murders. A bum (played by director Oliver Stone) is killed by the hand (In a brilliant black and white sequence). Then Caine moves to some place to teach and cheats on another girl. Then other murders happen.
I won't give away what else happens. If you want a psychological thriller about a killing hand, rent this (Or And Now the Screaming Starts). But if you want a killer hand and a comedy, see Idle Hands (Don't listen to critics).
The Hand: B+ Idle Hands: A-
The story is about a cartoonist played by Michael Caine who shows his girl a lizard's tail (The name of the story the movie is based on) which is still moving which fore-shadows what happens later in the movie. Then in an automobile accident, he loses his hand. They can't find it, so they give him a robot hand for a replacement. And the hand he lost was the hand he draws and writes with, so they have to have a replacement. He complains the artist is not as good as him and they find a recent cartoon scribbled on. And then there's the murders. A bum (played by director Oliver Stone) is killed by the hand (In a brilliant black and white sequence). Then Caine moves to some place to teach and cheats on another girl. Then other murders happen.
I won't give away what else happens. If you want a psychological thriller about a killing hand, rent this (Or And Now the Screaming Starts). But if you want a killer hand and a comedy, see Idle Hands (Don't listen to critics).
The Hand: B+ Idle Hands: A-
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Box office
- Budget
- CA$6,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,447,576
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $566,736
- Apr 26, 1981
- Gross worldwide
- $2,447,576
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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