Its most likely nobody not even film directoreditor s. The official websites for amanda green and trey anastasio. A profile of contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title hands on a hardbody. Hands on a hardbody film screening visit wenatchee.
The documentary 1997 twentyfour contestants compete in an endurancesleep deprivation contest in order to win. Information about trey anastasio and amanda greens broadway musical, hands on a hardbody, including news and gossip, production information, synopsis, musical numbers, sheetmusic, cds, videos, books, sound and video clips, tickets, lyrics, rights holders, the offical website and more. Hands on a hardbody documentary how to win a truck in. Hands on a hardbody film screening colorado fun guide. The promotional event known as the hands on a hard body contest, hosted by jack long nissan every year in the east texas town of longview 125 miles east of dallas, 60 miles west of shreveport, louisiana, turns out to be a surprisingly grueling event. Texas filmmakers hardbody documentary still rolling.
The event is a contest of endurance and sleepdeprivationwhoever can remain standing the longest with one hand on the truck will get to drive it home. Morejoin us for a free public film screening of the documentary at 6. Hands on a hardbody continues to be a cult hit a decade after its initial release. Directed by neil pepe speedtheplow with musical staging by sergio trujillo. To those more familiar with vehicles, a hardbody is the term for a nissan pickup truck. Bindler expected much out of the shoestring documentary film hands on a hardbody when it first came out in 1997. Bindlers 1997 cult classic, two dozen smalltown texans compete for a brandnew hardbody pickup truck at a local car dealership. Bindlers hands on a hardbody is the best truth is stranger than fiction documentaries ive ever seen. Bindlers documentary courtesy of the 1994 hands on a hardbody competition. To do so, they must keep their hands constantly on the vehicle.
Inspired by true events, this spring arrival on broadway features a book by doug wright pulitzer prize winner, i am my own wife, lyrics by amanda green bring it on. Whoever endures the longest without leaning on the truck or squatting wins the truck. Hands on a hardbody, now at the brooks atkinson theatre, doesnt escape the stage adaptation of a movie label entirely. This is hands on a hardbody, a featurelength documentary directed by s. The original 1997 documentary, hands on a hard body. It is a remarkable study of competition, camaraderie, faith and determinationthe ultimate human drama. Excerpts from a documentary hands on a hard body by filmmakers rob bindler, chapin wilson and kevin morse. Arizona repertory theatres hands on a hardbody program by. Hands on a hardbody film screening lake chelan chamber. The teasertrailer for the 20 release of hands on a hardbody.
Capturing several days of lunacy, laughter, struggle and heartbreak, hands on a hard body is more than a documentary about winning a truck. We hear a long interview with benny perkins, who won the truck one year and was back the year they made their film to try to win. The book is by doug wright, music by trey anastasio and amanda green, lyrics by amanda green. The documentary is a 1997 film documenting an endurance competition that took place in longview, texas. Capturing several days of lunacy, laughter, struggle.
This annual contest at a longview, texas nissan dealership has contestants place a hand on a wellequipped truck. The documentary full movie 1997 documentary wik wik keala settle good morning baltimore duration. Capturing several days of lunacy, laughter, struggle and heartbreak, hands on a hardbody is more than a documentary about winning a truck. Artistic director scott millers background and analysis essay.
Bindlers 1997 cult classic, hands on a hardbody, two dozen smalltown texans compete for a brandnew hardbody pickup truck at a local car dealership. For sama 2019 an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. Bindler profiles texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else. The story of waad alkateabs life through five years of the uprising in aleppo, syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to sama, all while conflict rises around her. The event is a contest of endurance and sleepdeprivation. If you only see only one musical this year loosely based on a 1997 documentary about people in texas trying to win a nissan truck by being the last person to keep their hand on it, it may as well be hands on a hardbody. I bought it many years ago, still have it, and watch it from timetotime.
Twentyfour people congregate at a longview car dealership with the same goal. An absurd marketing gimmick at first glance, the contest proves to be much more. We hear a long interview with benny perkins, who won the truck one year and was back the year they made their film to. The rise and reign of jeff bezos full film frontline duration. What happens after hands on a hardbody an update rarely discussed. The documentary, 1997 film hands on a hardbody, 2012 stage musical adaptation of the film. Whoever can remain standing the longest with one hand on the truck will get to drive it home. The event is a contest of endurance and sleepdeprivationwhoever can remain standing the longest with one hand on the truck will get to.
Its subjects are all vying to take home a new nissan hardbody truck by keeping one hand on it at all times except for 5 minute breaks every hour and a 15 minute break every 6 hours. Click on a cover to view download high resolution version. The musical and music by trey anastasio phish and amanda green. R binler, originally released in 1997 and which follows the 1995 texas competition of the same name, the object of which is deceptively simple. The yearly competition pits twentyfour contestants against each other to see who can keep their hand on a pickup truck for the longest amount of time. Bindlers 1997 cult classic, hands on a hardbody, twodozen smalltown texans compete for a brandnew hardbody pickup truck at a local car dealership. Hands on a hardbody is more than a documentary about winning a truck. Just compete with two dozen other folks to see who can keep his hand on a pickup truck the longest. The documentary, in celebration of the dvd rerelease. In hands on a hardbody, the new broadway musical that premiered thursday, no one goes as far as vega, whose death put an end to the 20yearold competition. Hands on a hardbody, a seemingly farfetched stage show based on a documentary that features songs cowritten by phish frontman trey anastasio, stars a modified aztec red nissan.
The last person to remain standing with his or her hand on the truck wins. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended. Out of print cult classic hands on a hardbody finally. The original remastered documentary film dvds, streaming, memorabilia. The good news is the seller shipped me a new dvd without any issues. Hands on a hardbody is a musical based on the documentary film hands on a hardbody. The texas independent film network is halfway through a statewide tour of hands on a hardbody. Twentyfour contestants compete in an endurancesleep deprivation contest in order to win a brand new nissan hardbody truck.