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Release Date:
30 April 1999 (USA)
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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
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Awards:
2 nominations
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(11 articles)
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A very pleasant surprise
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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 |
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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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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"
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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.
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Quotes:
Anton:
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today because you're all dead... and it's all my fault. Mom, Dad, you fed me, kept a roof over my head until I killed you. Which I guess doesn't make me a very good son. But, I'm gonna try to change.
[hand twitches]
Anton: Mick, Pnub I'll never forget all those times we sat around, watched TV and got really, really stoned. And all those other times we just... well I guess that's all we did.
[picks flowers from garden and throws them over the 'graves']
Anton: Amen.
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[hand twitches]
Anton: Mick, Pnub I'll never forget all those times we sat around, watched TV and got really, really stoned. And all those other times we just... well I guess that's all we did.
[picks flowers from garden and throws them over the 'graves']
Anton: Amen.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Dragon Nuts (#2.5)" (2006)
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Soundtrack:
Mindtrip
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As mentioned in the other comments, this movie is a awful lot better than it would first seem. Its still a rather brainless teen slasher flick, with the usual array of 2D characters ( the goofy friends, gorgeous love interest, aggressive hunk etc) and situations (school Halloween dance), but the great dialogue and great visual effects elevate it above the majority of other movies in the teen slasher style and doesn't do too much talking down to the audience. Where most other movies of this type give the audience 2 answers before a single question is answered Idle Hands has no fears about leaving things unanswered, where the viewer can make their own mind up (for once). Devon Sawa makes for a convincing and cute Anton, while Jessica Alba is all thats needed to keep the target audience of under 20's males glued to their seats. Don't get me wrong, this isn't up there with the likes of Lawrence of Arabia, but it never sets out to be; it's hilariously funny, satisfyingly gory and one hell of a lot better than you'd ever think. Go rent it, you'l be pleasantly surprised. Also, the soundtrack is great.