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Two-Lane Blacktop (DVD, 2000, Limited Edition)

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Cult film director Monte Hellman follows up his legendary westerns THE SHOOTING and RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND with another bona fide classic, this time set on the paved highways of early 1970s America. Making their acting debuts, musicians Dennis Wilson and James Taylor play a pair of drag-racing drifters who battle against willing competitors all along the back roads of America, encountering a wild cast of characters. After stopping for lunch one afternoon, Taylor (The Driver) and Wilson (The Mechanic) discover a young woman in their back seat (Laurie Bird, credited as (The Girl). The newly formed trio continues to head east, and places a risky bet with Warren Oates after bumping into each other at a gas station. The first automobile to arrive in Washington D.C. is the winner. The prize: the loser's car (Taylor and Wilson drive a 1955 Chevy, while Oates pilots a 1970 Pontiac GTO). Strangely enough, rather than turning into a relentless fight to the finish, none of the participants seem too worried about picking up the pace. In fact, they act as if they're afraid of reaching their destinations, spurning an endless series of sidetracks that turns Hellman's film into a broad existential metaphor and cementing its place as one of 1970s Hollywood's bravest motion pictures.

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UPC0013131122398

eBay Product ID (ePID)3347039

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ActorJames Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson

RatingR

EditionLimited Edition

Movie/TV TitleTwo-Lane Blacktop

DirectorMonte Hellman

FormatDVD

Release Year2000

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Display FormatLimited Edition

Leading RoleJames Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson

Release Date20001024

Film CountryUSA

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by mistamac1069
22 Nov, 2018
A timeless classic!
I love metal tins! If you can find one of these special edition with the book and the key chain,get it! The sound and the picture are beautiful.
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by steve50120
10 Jan, 2017
Two lane blacktop to freedom
This movie isn't for everyone, but it represented a way of life in the past that I was a part of. So, I do connect with the characters and the story that they are telling. Although the acting is somewhat below par. I actually knew people who were like each of the characters, sullen and reserved like James Taylor's character and so on. To me, the movie represents not only racing and the cars of the day, but the freedom to do what they were doing. Some people call this a cult classic, but I call it the fast and the furious of the 70s.
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by gaho_3432
30 Jan, 2024
Great movie!
Been looking for this for a long time.
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