Manos: The Hands of Felt (2014)

Director
Bob Koerner

Main cast
Nik Doner; S. Ann Hall; Jana Hutchison; Rachel Jackson; Raymond L. Williams

Genres
Comedy

Description
MANOS: The Hands of Felt is a puppet musical re-imagining of the cult classic MANOS: The Hands of Fate. The film's story of a family vacation gone horribly wrong combines with the backstage drama of a movie shoot gone horribly wrong to tell the bizarre tale of fertilizer salesman-turned-film director Harold P. Warren. With song and dance numbers. And puppets.


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