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Jonathan "Jon" Lansdale (Michael Caine) is a comic illustrator whose marriage is on the rocks. He lives from the local Southern popularity of a super-hero he has been drawing for ten years, Mango. His wife Anne Lansdale (Andrea Marcovicci) doesn't seem too happy, as she gets bored living in a small town outside Reno and wants to go back to school.
Sep 25, 2007 · Based upon Brandel's "The Lizard's Tail", this Stone film features a great performance by the usually obstinate Michael Caine, and the scene where he gets his hand torn off is sensationally bloody! The film lifts and lulls in spots, but I didn't find it boring it all, as a piece of film history it is an interesting view.
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Oliver Stone. Director, Screenplay. Marc Brandel. Novel. Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Apr 25, 2021 · April 25, 2021. Orion Pictures / Warner Bros. Forty years after its release, I’ll give you reasons why you need to watch The Hand (1981), starring Michael Caine. This unpolished gem of a psychological thriller came at a time when the horror movie market became saturated. Lost in 1981, amid horror staples like The Evil Dead, The Howling ...
Synopsis. Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
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Purchase The Hand on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Three-time Academy Award winner Oliver Stone directs Academy Award winner Michael Caine in the role of Jon Lansdale, a successful comic book artist who loses his drawing hand in a grisly accident. Unable to adjust to life without his hand or his career, Lansdale becomes obsessed with the belief that his severed hand is ...
A cartoonist (Michael Caine) loses his hand in a car accident, but it comes back to crawl around and kill people. Michael Caine sure did make sure strange career choices. The year before he made The Island and in 1981 he made The Hand. Directed by the one and only Oliver Stone. Don’t be expecting any hard hitting political dramas.
