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Idle Hands

Idle Hands

The touching story of a boy and his right hand.

19996.21h 32m

Overview

Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.

Directed by Rodman Flender
Written by Terri Hughes, Ron Milbauer
Produced by Suzanne Todd, Andrew Licht, Jennifer Todd
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $4.2M

Top Cast

Devon Sawa

Devon Sawa

Anton

Seth Green

Seth Green

Mick

Elden Henson

Elden Henson

Pnub

Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba

Molly

Vivica A. Fox

Vivica A. Fox

Debi

Jack Noseworthy

Jack Noseworthy

Randy

Christopher Hart

Christopher Hart

The Hand

K

Katie Wright

Tanya

Sean Whalen

Sean Whalen

McMacy

Nicholas Sadler

Nicholas Sadler

Ruck

Themes & Keywords

atticknitting needlenoise complaintcrawling handangel costumetrowelbass guitaristpriestess

About Idle Hands

Idle Hands is a comedy, horror, fantasy, romance film released in 1999 exploring themes of attic, knitting needle, noise complaint, crawling hand, angel costume, trowel. Directed by Rodman Flender, it stars Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson. Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.

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