In 1966, an El Paso fertilizer salesman named Harold P. Warren created a movie called Manos: The Hands of Fate.

In 1993, the comedy program Mystery Science Theater 3000 released an episode dedicated to Manos that enshrined it in the pantheon of bad movies and created generations of fans.

Then in 2011, a Something Awful poster named Ben Solo found the pristine workprint of Manos: The Hands of Fate at an estate sale and kicked off a years-long odyssey of trying to get the film the restoration and preservation it deserved while fending off bad actors that wanted to turn his discovery into their payday.

Tune in next week for the conclusion of this story!

You can review the Google Doc of this episode at the link below for sources and documentation.

https://tinyurl.com/ManosRestorationPodDoc

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Created and Hosted by:

Winslow Dumaine - http://www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - https://linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Edited by:

Steve Brown - https://linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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