1 option
Growing up with Manos, the hands of fate : how I was the child star of the worst movie ever made and lived to tell the story / by Jackey Neyman Jones ; with Laura Mazzuca Toops ; foreword by Joel Hodgson.
Van Pelt Library PN1997.M36 J66 2016
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Jackey Neyman, author.
- Toops, Laura Mazzuca, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Jones, Jackey Neyman.
- Manos, the hands of fate (Motion picture).
- Cult films--History and criticism.
- Cult films.
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Actresses--United States.
- Actresses.
- Child actors--United States.
- Child actors.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, Georgia : BearManor Media, [2016]
- Summary:
- For Jackey Neyman Jones, who played Debbie in Manos : The Hands of Fate, rhe film is, at its heart, a home movie that just happens to be shared with the world. Equal parts memoir/family saga/film book, this book shares the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Manos: from creator Hal Warren's alleged bet with TV producer Stirling Silliphant that "anyone could make a movie," to the tragic suicide of John Reynolds (Torgo), right up through the newest Manos-related projects that are carrying the film into the digital age. Jackey's stories dispel much of the Manos mythology while crystallizing a unique time and place in America, where a crew of actors with a bad script and a rented camera set out to make a bad movie-and succeeded beyond their wildest dreams.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781593939229
- 1593939221
- OCLC:
- 950017694
- Publisher Number:
- 99995711622
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.