Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary (1997)

Original title

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

Directed by

S. R. Bindler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Twenty four people in Texas stand around a pickup truck for days. They try to be the last one with a hand still on the truck to win it as a prize.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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