Official Selection, South by Southwest Film Festival
Official Selection, Seattle International Film Festival
Official Selection, Silverdocs
WINNER, Silverdocs/American Film Market Award
Official Selection, AFI FEST
Official Selection, AFI FEST 20/20
Audio commentary with director Doug Pray and producer Brad Blondheim
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Safety Tips
Trick My Truck
Behind the Scenes with Sirius' 'Road Dog Trucking Radio'
Buck 65 Music Video, 'Show Trucks: Ridin' Low and Havin' Fun'
IdleAire Up Close
Deleted scenes
Big Rigis a film about the soul of the American truck driver. Filmed in gorgeous high-definition from every corner of the United States, it is a powerful, entertaining, and intimate road movie about the lives and experiences of the men and women who haul every object we touch.
The first and only film of its kind, Big Rig provides a candid look at a profession that faces difficult government regulations, low pay, skyrocketing gas prices, and freeways jammed with unsympathetic 'four-wheelers.' But it also explores deeper questions: What is the allure of the road? What do truckers believe in? Where is their world headed?
For the record, Big Rig is not a sensationalized show about drug abuse or truck stop prostitution; these issues will come up, but rather than stereotype or glorify, Big Rig allows drivers to tell the truth about their experience in their own words.
The film was shot in four two-week tours throughout the 48 continental United States during summer and fall 2005 and winter 2006.