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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Terri Hughes (written by) &
Ron Milbauer (written by)
Release Date:
30 April 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
The touching story of a boy and his right hand. more
Plot:
Lazy Anton's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
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User Comments:
Great mix of horror and humor more (181 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Devon Sawa | ... | Anton Tobias |
 | Seth Green | ... | Mick |
 | Elden Henson | ... | Pnub |
 | Jessica Alba | ... | Molly |
 | Vivica A. Fox | ... | Debi LeCure |
 | Christopher Hart | ... | The Hand |
 | Jack Noseworthy | ... | Randy |
 | Katie Wright | ... | Tanya |
 | Sean Whalen | ... | McMacy |
 | Nicholas Sadler | ... | Ruck (as Nick Sadler) |
 | Fred Willard | ... | Dad Tobias |
| Connie Ray | ... | Mom Tobias |
 | Steve Van Wormer | ... | Curtis |
| Kelly Monaco | ... | Tiffany |
 | Timothy Stack | ... | Principal Tidwell |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
El diablo metió la mano (Argentina) (video title) (Mexico) (DVD title) (Spain) [es]
As Mãos do Diabo (Portugal) (video title) [pt]
Die Killerhand (Germany) [de]
Giovani diavoli (Italy) [it]
La main meurtrière (Canada: French title) [fr]
La main qui tue (France) [fr]
Levottomat kädet (Finland) [fi]
To heri pou skotonei (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated R for horror violence and gore, pervasive teen drug use, language and sexuality.
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Runtime:
90 min | 92 min | Argentina:92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Certification:
Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #36158) | Greece:K-13 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) | Finland:K-18 (original rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-18
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When Anton kills the two police officers, Pnub shouts out "Go, go Buffalo". This is a reference to a deleted scene in which Anton remembers the two police officers as "the head and ass of the school mascot, Go, go Buffalo" more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Anton disconnects the blue mouthpiece to his "asthma inhaler" and begins to light up, however the mouth piece is knocked out of his hand when Mick reaches through the ground and grabs Anton. When Anton stands up, the blue mouth piece is still attached. more
Quotes:
Mick: Yeah, I was a little bitter about the getting killed by my best friend thing, but I've had time to get over it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Psych: The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable (#3.4)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Core (In Time) more
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For reasons unknown, I couldn't see Idle Hands when it was released into theatres last year in 1999. I didn't get a chance to see it until it came out on tape in August later of that year. The plot centers around Anton Tobias(Devon Sawa), he's 17, he hasn't been to school in 6 months, he's in love with Molly(Jessica Alba) a girl who has lived across the street from him for lord knows how long, and he smokes pot with his friends Mick(Seth Green) and Pnub(Elden Henson). Anyway, Anton wakes up one day to find that his parents have disappeared, (although it takes him about two days to realize this). This goes to show you should stop smoking pot all the time. It isn't long before Anton discovers his horribly mutilated parents and that his right hand has been possessed by Satan. His hand soon kills his best friends Mick and Pnub. With the help of a priestess Debi(Vivica A. Fox) and a local headbanger (Jack Noseworthy) Anton comes up with a few odd ways of keeping his hand occupied from its homicidal tendencies such as listening to heavy metal and needle point.
Let me just say that this movie is hilarious. I should also say that this movie is also one of the grossest and goriest movies I've ever seen. There are quite a few hilarious moments as well as a few shocking ones.
Vivica A. Fox's name says it all and Jessica Alba isn't bad to look at either.
10/10