The Search For Weng Weng
2013 : 1 hour 32 minutes
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Director: Andrew Leavold
synopsis
The Smallest Movie Star in Cinema History! The bizarre history of Filipino B-films, as told through filmmaker Andrew Leavold's personal quest to find the truth behind its dwarf James Bond superstar Weng Weng, who took the movie world by storm in the 1970s, and who has since become a viral internet sensation.
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