TWO-LANE BLACKTOP [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1971
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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 him to a cross-country race. The prize: their cars' pink slips. But no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. With its gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession, this stripped-down narrative from maverick director Monte Hellman is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.
• Cast: James Taylor, Glen Rogers, Tom Witenbarger, Kreag Caffey, James Mitchum, Jay Wheatley, Melissa Hellman, Katherine Squire, A.J. Solari, George Mitchell, Illa Ginnaven, Alan Vint, W.H. Harrison, Tom Green, Charles Moore, Don Samuels, Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Keller, Jaclyn Hellman, Rudy Wurlitzer, Richard Ruth, David Drake, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, Warren Oates, Tomas Moore, Big Willie Robinson III, Monte Hellman, Will Corry
• Director: Monte Hellman
• Runtime: 1:43
• Company: Universal Pictures, Michael Laughlin Enterprises, Universal Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie