Band of the Hand is a 1986 crime film, released by TriStar Pictures. It was directed by Paul Michael Glaser and stars Stephen Lang, Lauren Holly, Laurence Fishburne and Leon. Michael Mann served as its executive producer. The film turned into a theatrical release after it failed as a television pilot. The title track is written by Bob Dylan, and while it appeared on the soundtrack album and as a single, it has never been released on one of his own albums.
The plot involves a group of juvenile delinquents in their teens who are doomed to be prosecuted as adults for their crimes - unless they take part in a new and experimental "program" led by a Vietnam veteran Native American (Stephen Lang) from the Everglades. The teens must learn to survive in the dangerous swamp and how to work together. Upon completion of the program, the group buys a vacant house in a dangerous part of Miami and slowly rebuilds the neighborhood, kicking out the pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers. The film's climax has the group taking the fight directly to a drug manufacturing facility that is equipped with a M-134 Minigun.
“Band of the Hand” is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan as the theme for the 1986 movie of the same name, which was directed by Paul Michael Glaser and produced by Michael Mann. Dylan recorded the song while on tour in Sydney, Australia on February 9 and 10, 1986. Dylan is backed on the recording by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and a group of background singers including Stevie Nicks. The recording was produced by Tom Petty.
The lyrics of the song emphasize the central theme of the movie: the ruthlessness of the vigilante justice which will be used to confront the immorality of the criminal drug world. Although the lyrics posted on Dylan’s official website indicate that the refrain for the song consists of the title, “band of the hand,” repeated four times in succession, the chorus that is sung on the recording is clearly “It’s hell time, man,” which is given as the subtitle of the song.
The song was released on the soundtrack album, Band of the Hand (MCA-6167, 1986) and also as both a 45 rpm 7” single (MCA-52811, 1986) and as 12” single (MCA-23633, 1986). Both singles were backed on the B-side by “Joe’s Death,” an instrumental from the Michael Rubini soundtrack to the film. All three formats are currently deleted. The version of the song that is heard in the film is slightly longer, and has a different mix than that heard on any of the vinyl releases.
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