a.. Art Nelson convinced several investors that he was making a big budget
horror film and appeased them by offering them small parts for the price
of
a few hundred dollars each, in exchange for a share in the profits. (This
explains why so many people are eaten by the creature to allow the
investors
their moment of glory.) Just before the film's release, Nelson vanished
with
a few lawsuits hanging over him, and he hasn't been heard from since.
a.. Entire film is narrated because, while filming a scene on Lake Tahoe,
Nevada, director Art Nelson accidentally knocked the sound recording
equipment into the lake. There wasn't enough money in the budget to
replace
it, so Nelson narrated the movie himself in postproduction.
(My entries in the IMDB.)
Jonah Falcon
"Dennis Kuhn" <doctor9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Lane Meyer" <LMeyer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>...
> > Anyone remember the first scene with the kids kissing at the start of
> > "Manos"? There's a song playing on the car radio, and Crow says "Ugh,
sounds
> > like Jerry Reed!". But it actually sounds like Michael Nesmith of the
> > Monkees singing. I know he's from Texas, and the Monkees hadn't
started
when
> > Manos was made.....do ya think?
> >
> > I don't know, random thought.
>
>
> Just got the Un-MSTed Manos from Amazon yesterday night,
> coincidentally. (Late Christmas present from the wife. Gotta love
> her!)
>
> Haven't had a chance to play the whole thing, but if memory serves,
> ALL of the source (car radio) music sounded like it was performed by
> the group that did the so-called musical score for the movie,
> including that ****rley Bassey soundalike.
>
> I'll have to listen carefully to see what I can discover.
>
> I can say this so far: the picture quality of the DVD is not any
> better than what anyone saw on MST3K. There are even distortion lines
> at the bottom of the picture, indicating the VHS source tape was
> either wonky, or they were using cheap grade hardware to capture the
> video.
>
> Dennis
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