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Two-Lane Blacktop: The Criterion Collection

DVD - APPROX. 103 MINS. - 1971 - US Rating: NR

Main feature:

Release Dec 11, 2007
Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles English
Studio Criterion/Voyager
Year 1971
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Two audio commentaries: one by Hellman and filmmaker Allison Anders, and one by screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer and author David Meyer
  • New interviews with Hellman, star James Taylor, musician Kris Kristofferson, producer Michael Laughlin, and production manager Walter Coblenz
  • Rare, never-before-seen screen test outtakes
  • Performance & Image, a look at the restoration of a '55 Chevy from the movie and the film's locations today
  • Color Me Gone, photos and publicity from Two-Lane Blacktop
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Plus: Wurlitzer's screenplay, reprinted specially for this release; an essay by Kent Jones; appreciations by Richard Linklater and Tom Waits; and a reprint of the 1970 Rolling Stone article On Route 66, Filming Two-Lane Blacktop by Michael Goodwin

Synopsis:

Drag racing east from L.A. 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 the tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates's Pontiac GTO-driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race - at stake: their cars' pink slips. Yet no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. Maverick director Monte Hellman's stripped-down narrative, gorgeous widescreen compositions, and sophisticated look at American male obsession make this one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.

Cast and Crew:

Criterion/Voyager presents
James TaylorWarren OatesDennis WilsonLaurie BirdHarry Dean Stanton"Two-Lane Blacktop: The Criterion Collection"
Written byRudy WurlitzerWritten byWill Corrydirected byMonte Hellman
Production Year: 1971

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