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HANDS SOLO: Award-Winning Mockumentary about the Deaf Man with the Midas...

What if a Deaf man became an internationally famous adult film star, all because he's very very good with his hands?

Hands Solo is a short comedy mockumentary about one lucky person who makes it to the top.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT: Three years ago this month, I was in the pub with Charlie Swinbourne watching the end of a disappointing Euro 2008 game, when he reached into his rucksack and brought out a script he wanted me to read. It was called HANDS SOLO. I knew right there and then I wanted to make that film no matter what. It was the start of a beautiful working relationship, and a long filmmaking process.

3 years later, after many late night meetings, email exchanges, filming days and editing, Hands Solo has been round the world at various festivals, won lots of awards, reviewed in Empire magazine and Sight and Sound, shocked a few people and made even more people laugh. We've even caused an outrage in The Daily Mail which means we've finally become truly famous... http://twitpic.com/5crv6i

Most recently it was shown at Deaf in the Picture in Amsterdam and at Clin D'Oeil in Reims where it won best special effects for the amazing work done by the animator, James Merry.

It's now on YouTube and we want as many people as possible to watch it. You can help us to achieve this by: 1 - Watching, liking and commenting on the video on YouTube 2 - Passing it on to your friends by email 3 - Tweeting about it, facebooking it (and even putting it on MySpace and Bebo if you still use those) 4 - Become a fan of Hands Solo on facebook.

HANDS SOLO ON TUMBLR: http://wlmager.tumblr.com/handssolo

HANDS SOLO ON FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hands-Solo/187966576517

BONUS DELETED SCENE: When the video reaches a certain number of views, we'll be releasing a never before seen DELETED SCENE which reveals the secret of Hands Solo's true powers and the tragedy behind his rise to stardom.

Thanks everyone for watching, and for your support!

INFORMATION: BBFC Age Rating: 15 (please read this link for more guidance http://tinyurl.com/handsbbfc) Running Time: 14 mins 32sec Completed: October 2009 Format: HD-CAM SR 5.1 Director: William Mager Writer: Charlie Swinbourne Producer: Colin Pons & Scott James Bassett

The film was supported by 104 Films and Lifesize Pictures as part of the UK Film Council's pioneering Magic Hour funding scheme.

This film all started with a drink in a pub in the summer of June 2008. The end result is the culmination of months of hard work, late evenings, weekends and any other hour we could find to make it happen!

HANDS SOLO: Matt Kirby BUNNY COMELY: Nicola Stapleton DAVE DENNIS : Ben Green JANE TILSON: Deepa Shastri ROGER ROGERS: Chris Curran THE NARRATOR: Dominic Coleman

Follow the director on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/wlmager

Follow the writer on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/charlie_swin

Visit the Official Website: http://www.hands-solo.com