Hands On A Hard Body | Far Out! Film Night
Tue, 30 Jun
|Dome Cinema and Bar
A 1997 film documenting an annual endurance competition that took place at a small town in Texas, at a car dealership.
Time & Location
30 Jun 2026, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Dome Cinema and Bar, 38 Childers Road, Gisborne 4010, New Zealand
About the event
The contest 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.
The competition held in 1995 (of which the film documents) lasted for seventy-seven hours. The film garnered the audience award for best documentary at the 1997 Los Angeles Film Festival.
Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino referred to Hands on a Hardbody as one of his go-to movie recommendations. The film is fantastic on several different levels, but most of all, it's just a good time. Guaranteed to please.
Large portions of the film's audio were included on the "Something for Nothing" episode of the public radio show This American Life in 1997.
Doors from 5.30 pm