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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
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28 October 1972 (Japan)
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You can never go fast enough...
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Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy. Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver. full summary | add synopsis
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Monte Hellman On The Road To Nowhere
(From EmpireOnline. 2 September 2009, 11:55 PM, PDT)
In honor of Monte Hellman and Two Lane Blacktop, an appreciation by Richard Linklater.
(From AlamoDrafthouseCinema. 10 July 2008, 12:48 PM, PDT)
(From EmpireOnline. 2 September 2009, 11:55 PM, PDT)
In honor of Monte Hellman and Two Lane Blacktop, an appreciation by Richard Linklater.
(From AlamoDrafthouseCinema. 10 July 2008, 12:48 PM, PDT)
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last great film of the sixties even though filmed in 1971
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Taylor | ... | The Driver |
| Warren Oates | ... | G.T.O |
| Laurie Bird | ... | The Girl |
| Dennis Wilson | ... | The Mechanic |
| David Drake | ... | Needles Station Attendant |
| Richard Ruth | ... | Needles Station Mechanic |
| Rudy Wurlitzer | ... | Hot Rod Driver (as Rudolph Wurlitzer) |
| Jaclyn Hellman | ... | Driver's Girl |
| Bill Keller | ... | Texas Hitchhiker |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Oklahoma Hitchhiker (as H.D. Stanton) |
| Don Samuels | ... | Texas Policeman #1 |
| Charles Moore | ... | Texas Policeman #2 |
| Tom Green | ... | Boswell Attendant |
| W.H. Harrison | ... | Parts Store Owner |
| Alan Vint | ... | Man in Roadhouse |
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102 min | Argentina:105 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Three 1955 Chevrolets were used as the street racer in the film; both vehicles were built by Richard Ruth. One of the cars used in the film, with the twin carburetors, was driven by Harrison Ford in American Graffiti (1973), and the car that was seen at the gas station in the film - the 210 coupe, aka the #2 vehicle - was recently located in Canada, intact and untouched. The #3 car had a full rollcage installed and was to be used in a rollover scene that was not filmed. It was later used in the rollover scene in "American Graffiti".
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Continuity: When the G.T.O pulls into the gas station it's extremely shiny and clean considering it's just driven across 3 States!
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G.T.O.:
[after being approached sexually by a male hitchhiker] I'm not into that!
Oklahoma hitchhiker: I just thought it might relax you while you drive.
G.T.O.: This is competition, man. I've got no time.
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Oklahoma hitchhiker: I just thought it might relax you while you drive.
G.T.O.: This is competition, man. I've got no time.
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Referenced in Lost Highway (1997)
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Soundtrack:
Maybelline / No Money Down
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First off Monte Hellman is a genius. Secondly Two Lane Blacktop is one of the greatest "road" films of all time. In the film, like most road movies, the land becomes a character within itself, and Hellman creates that here. Like that of Rio Bravo with Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, Hellman chooses two individuals out of there element in selecting Dennis Wilson and James Taylor. One might say that the two men don't say much, but when they do it is to the point, and in fact it is what they don't say that matters. Not to leave out Warren Oates, quite possibly the real lead in the film. Oates gives a top notch performance in all the films he graces, but here as GTO he really out does himself. Those who love films such as Easy Rider, and later Vanishing Point, will chalk this up, not only as one of the greatest "road" movies of all time, but as one of the lasts attempts at true"American" freedom.