Dave goes west 2019 award winning short comedy documentary about a chubby man from the north of england running 10 marathons in 10 days. This annual contest at a longview, texas nissan dealership has contestants place a hand on a wellequipped truck. Bindlers 1997 documentary hands on a hardbody, has been unavailable to its fans beyond asking prices in the hundreds for dvds and prints of the long lost film. 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. 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.
A test of hearts, minds and hands on a hardbody the 1997 documentary hands on a hard body followed the contestants in a texas car dealership competition. Bindlers 1997 cult classic, hands on a hardbody, two dozen smalltown texans compete for a brandnew hardbody pickup truck at a local car dealership. The documentary full movie 1997 documentary wik wik keala settle good morning baltimore duration. Hands on a hard body the film has led to hands on a hardbody the broadway musical, starring keith carradine, directed by neil pepe, with a book by pulitzerprize winner doug wright and a score by phishs trey anastasio and amanda green. Based on a 1997 documentary, hands on a hardbody follows the several days that the 10 competitors face the harsh sun and hot asphalt while keeping their gloved hands somewhere on the truck, all while dealing with competitors struggling to stay in the game or trying to psych the others out with their nattering and pushy attitudes. Whoever can remain standing the longest with one hand on the truck will get to drive it home. Hands on a hardbody played its final performance on broadway on april, 20. Bindlers now seminal film was ignored by the intelligentsia in park city.
An absurd marketing gimmick at first glance, the contest proves to be much more. The original 1997 documentary, hands on a hard body. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended. Artistic director scott millers background and analysis essay. 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. Bindlers awardwinning 1997 documentary about an endurance competition organized by a texas car dealership, has secured a broadway berth. Ira visits the lottery stand in chicago that sells more lottery tickets than any other. Directed by neil pepe speedtheplow with musical staging by sergio trujillo. Hands on a hardbody overview the best broadway source for hands on a hardbody tickets and hands on a hardbody information, photos and videos. Bindlers 1997 cult classic, hands on a hardbody, twodozen smalltown texans compete for a brandnew hardbody pickup truck at a local car dealership. 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. Just compete with two dozen other folks to see who can keep his hand on a.
The event is a contest of endurance and sleepdeprivation. You get the impression that they all went in expecting to hate a show about a group of people trying to keep their hands on a truck, but though they might have found the show static in parts, the combination of characters and song genres not often seen or heard on the broadway stage offered. The documentary, 1997 film hands on a hardbody, 2012 stage musical adaptation of the film. Whoever endures the longest without leaning on the truck or squatting wins the truck. Many of the characters in the show are real people, while others are composites of real people. Directed by danny gurwinset design by rachael snowlighting desig. 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. From your source for information on documentaries, documentary films. Based on an actual annual event and the documentary that captured it, hands on a hardbody is a rare bird a documentary musical. Capturing several days of lunacy, laughter, struggle and heartbreak, hands on a hardbody is more than a documentary about winning a truck. Take hands on a hardbody contest veteran benny perkins, the most memorably outspoken subject of s. The last person to remain standing with his or her hand on the truck wins. The musical and music by trey anastasio phish and amanda green.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title hands on a hardbody. Phish frontman trey anastasio cowrote the tunes for hands on a hardbody, a twangy heartland musical about an east texas contest to win a new pickup, based on s. Twentyfour contestants compete in an endurancesleep deprivation contest in order to win a brand new nissan hardbody truck. Hands on a hardbody audition grapevine, tx theater. A profile of contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else. The documentary is a 1997 film documenting an endurance competition that took place in longview, texas. The event is a contest of endurance and sleepdeprivationwhoever can remain standing the longest with one hand on the truck will get to.
Twentyfour people congregate at a longview car dealership with the same goal. Hands on a hardbody by doug wright, with music by trey anastasio and amanda green, and lyrics by amanda green opened within the arizona repertory theatre on october 16, 2016 in tucson, az. For sama 2019 an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. Hands on a hardbody, now at the brooks atkinson theatre, doesnt escape the stage adaptation of a movie label entirely. Hands on a hardbody is taking its hands off the vehicle and withdrawing from the competition, with the broadway musical posting a closing notice for. Backstage uses cookies to personalize your experience, to enable marketing campaigns, and to analyze our traffic. Out of print cult classic hands on a hardbody finally. Hands on a hardbody may well be the best musical ever written about 10 people holding onto a parked truck. Review of hands on a hard body, an award winning documentary about trucks,texas, and people. 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. Bindlers documentary courtesy of the 1994 hands on a hardbody competition.
Hands on a hardbody is a musical based on the documentary film hands on a hardbody. It opened at the brooks atkinson theater last week, and charles isherwood wrote in the new york times. Hands on a hardbody 20 broadway tickets, news, info. To do so, they must keep their hands constantly on the vehicle.
The official websites for amanda green and trey anastasio. Hands on a hardbody, a musical adapted from the hardtofind 1997 documentary hands on a hard body, is set to open on broadway march 21. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Bindler documenting an endurance competition that took place in longview, texas. But if you go into the show wondering why a gifted creative team would want to adapt. The book is by doug wright, music by trey anastasio and amanda green, lyrics by amanda green. A contest at an auto dealership isnt typical fodder for a broadway musical, but hands on a hardbody, a new rockandroll tuner by trey anastasio, amanda green and doug wright, has a. To those more familiar with vehicles, a hardbody is the term for a nissan pickup truck.