An old article was recently brought back to my attention. I believe this was my first interview about Manos, The Hands of Fate. It was titled “Growing up, Manos”, published in Mimosa Magazine August 2003 and written by Manos Historian Richard Brandt. From the time of the initial airing of MST3000 in 1993 until I discovered that Manos actually had a historian in 2003, the film was, to me, still just something I had done with my family as a kid. I joked about it to my friends but no one actually wanted to watch it, even after I discovered it in the Cult Movie section at Block Buster Video. The few friends who insisted I watch it with them never made it more than 20 minutes into the film and the few other’s who borrowed my copies, rarely returned them. You know who you are. As soon as I got my first home computer and learned about the internet, I began searching for anything Manos. During one of my forays, I found an article by Richard in the May 1996 Mimosa Magazine titled “The Hand that Time Forgot”. I was intrigued by the idea that other people wanted to talk about Manos too so I contacted him. Today, I’d like to share the story “Growing up Manos” and update or clarify a couple things in the story. http://jophan.org/mimosa/m30/brandt.htm
First of all. Yes Hal was a fertilizer salesman later on but at the time of Manos, he was a respected insurance salesman. I do however, understand how a Texas fertilizer salesman making the worst movie ever does have certain ring to it. Up dated info on the voices is that Diane did not do the women voices. Hal Warren, Tom Neyman, William Bryan Jennings and John Reynolds went to Dallas to do the dubbing and a voice actress from Dallas did all the women voices. The only other change I would make is that although it would have been cool to attend, I did not attend Berkeley. Great story and well written, Richard. Will you ever write about Manos again?
First of all. Yes Hal was a fertilizer salesman later on but at the time of Manos, he was a respected insurance salesman. I do however, understand how a Texas fertilizer salesman making the worst movie ever does have certain ring to it. Up dated info on the voices is that Diane did not do the women voices. Hal Warren, Tom Neyman, William Bryan Jennings and John Reynolds went to Dallas to do the dubbing and a voice actress from Dallas did all the women voices. The only other change I would make is that although it would have been cool to attend, I did not attend Berkeley. Great story and well written, Richard. Will you ever write about Manos again?
