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Jul 23, 1971 · Two-Lane Blacktop: Directed by Monte Hellman. With James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson. While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road movie directed by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird.
Two-Lane Blacktop is by far the best of the early-70s 'road trip' movies that appeared in the wake of the Beverly Hills counterculture hit Easy Rider. Unfortunately, Hellman's film almost disappeared after a short theatrical run, showing up only infrequently on television in terrible pan-scanned TV prints and censored to the point of ...
In this cult favorite road film, a mechanic (Dennis Wilson) and a driver (James Taylor) live only to race and maintain their 1955 Chevy. Heading east from California with no particular agenda ...
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Reviews. Two-Lane Blacktop. Roger Ebert January 01, 1971. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The girl simply turns up one day and gets into the back seat of the 1955 Chevy. She doesn't seem to have a name, but then nobody else does, either.
Jul 7, 2021 · Monte Hellman’s 1971 film, Two-Lane Blacktop, which opened 50 years ago today, still confounds not only critics but its fans and friends.
Film Info. United States. 1971. 103 minutes. Color. 2.35:1. English. Spine #414. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES. New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Monte Hellman. Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Hellman and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio.
