Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary (1997)
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
- Date of release
- 1997-06-01
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (37)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- S.R. Bindler
Casting
- Brent Baskin — Self (Contest Judge)
- David Grotheim — Himself (Contest Judge)
- Benny Perkins — Himself (1992 winner / contestant)
- J.D. Drew — Himself (contestant)
- Norma Valverde — Herself (contestant)
- Angie Turner — Herself (contestant)
- Paul Prince — Himself (contestant)
- Ronald McCowan — Himself (contestant)
- Kerri Parker — Herself (contestant)
- Raul Martinez — Himself (contestant)
- Kelli Mangrum — Herself (contestant)
- Tom Felker — Himself (contestant)
Interesting facts
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.
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