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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.
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- Drama
- Monte Hellman
- 1971-07-23
Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road movie directed and edited by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird.
Hellman's best movie Two-Lane Blacktop follows the exploits of a pair of young drifters who make their living with illegal drag races. It's a lean, existential road trip and an American art film without pretensions.
- Monte Hellman, Ken Swor
- James Taylor
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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- Monte Hellman
- R
- James Taylor
Summaries. 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. The Driver and The Mechanic are car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy through the southwestern U.S., looking for other cars to race.
Two-Lane Blacktop. Drag racing east from Los Angeles in a souped-up ’55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson, in their only acting roles), accompanied by a tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates’s Pontiac GTO–driving wanderer and challenge ...
