Underplayed Gems

The Midas Touch (1997)

The Midas Touch poster
Directed by
Peter Manoogian
Genre
fantasy film, comedy drama
Country
Romania, United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young person gains the ability to turn things to gold with a touch. This leads to humorous mishaps as they try to handle the power.

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What happens

The Midas Touch is a 1997 Romanian Drama, Comedy, Fantasy film directed by Peter Manoogian, and written by Peter Fedorenko and Keith Estrada, starring Trever O'Brien, Ashley Tesoro, Joey Simmrin. The film produced by Harlan Freedman, Mark Headley, and executive producer Donald Kushner. the film was released on 30 December 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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