LOS ANGELES, CA (MMD Newswire) February 26, 2013 -- Fans of the critically lauded and impossible-to-find Hands On A Hardbody are in luck. After a decade of $100 to $400 asking prices on Amazon and EBay, a remastered version of the movie Time Out New York Magazine called, "...nearly Shakespearean" will be released April 1st, 2013. The Boston Society of Film Critics named S.R. Bindler's gripping portrait of small-town Texans vying for their piece of the American dream one of the best documentaries of the decade.
"... Hands on A Hardbody is a classic piece of Americana, a down-home documentary that not only produces gales of laughter but also manages, by the end, to come together as a highly unlikely metaphor for the rigors of human existence." -- Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety
Originally released in 1997 in a hundred theaters, Hands On A Hardbody ran for a historic 16 months in Austin, Texas but the film went out of print and has been unavailable for 15 years. The DVD and Download has been completely remastered and features 86 minutes of never-before-seen material from the movie. The DVD ($25) and download ($10) will be available at HandsOnAHardbodyTheMovie.com with other platforms forthcoming.
"Packs a punch most big budget blow-outs would be hard pressed to match." -- Village Voice
The contest featured in the film is one of endurance and sleep-deprivation - whoever can remain standing the longest (contests have lasted more than 100 hours) with one hand on the truck will get to drive it home. Capturing several days of lunacy, laughter, struggle and heartbreak, Hands On A Hardbody is a fascinating study of competition, camaraderie, faith and determination.
"...it left me stunned. It's quite an ingenious film; it transcends its campy, Americana subject [the competition itself] to become a universal meditation on competition and desire." -- (Pulitzer-winning writer) Doug Wright -- Quills, Grey Gardens
Over the years, the documentary attracted the attention of notable filmmakers like Robert Altman (who was adapting the documentary as a feature film at the time of his death) to Richard Linklater, whose recent film Bernie pays tribute to the film. Profiled by NPR's Ira Glass and The New York Times, the movie has been adapted for the musical stage by Pulitzer-winning writer Doug Wright, opening on Broadway in late March at the Brooks Atkinson Theater. The film will tour theatrically throughout Texas in April and will start a national Tugg.com theatrical campaign in the summer of 2013. For a film made for less than the cost of the pick-up at the heart of the movie, Hardbody keeps trucking.
"Fascinating... Accomplished."-- The New York Times
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