Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary is a 1997 film directed by S. R. Bindler documenting an endurance competition that took place in Longview, Texas. The yearly competition pits twenty-four contestants against each other to see who can keep their hand on a pickup truck for the longest amount of time. Whoever endures the longest without leaning on the truck or squatting wins the truck. Five-minute breaks are issued every hour, and fifteen-minute breaks every six hours.

Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary
Theatrical poster
Directed byS.R. Bindler
Production
company
Providence Entertainment
Distributed byIdeal Enterprises
Release date
  • June 1997 (1997-06)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The documentary follows the 1995 competition which lasted for seventy-seven continuous hours. The film garnered the audience award for best documentary at the 1997 Los Angeles Film Festival. Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino referred to Hands on a Hard Body as one of his go-to movie recommendations. [1]

Large portions of the film's audio were included on the "Something for Nothing" episode of the public radio show This American Life in 1997.[2]

At the time of his death film director Robert Altman was developing a feature film based on the documentary.[3]

In 2013, the film was digitally re-mastered and released for sale online.[4]

Stage musical

The documentary was adapted into a musical, Hands on a Hardbody, commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California.[5] The book is by Doug Wright, music by Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio, lyrics by Amanda Green, musical staging by Sergio Trujillo and direction by Neil Pepe. After a run at La Jolla in 2012,[6] the musical had a brief engement on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater with previews beginning February 23, 2013, opening on March 21, 2013, and closing on April 13, 2013,[7][8] playing 28 previews and 28 performances.[9] The musical received three Tony Award nominations.[10]

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