Two-lane blacktop [videorecording] / Universal presents ; a Michael S. Laughlin production ; screenplay by Rudolph Wurlitzer and Will Corry ; story by Will Corry ; produced by Michael S. Laughlin ; directed by Monte Hellman.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2007
Description:
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) + 1 screenplay (111 p. ; 19 cm.)
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1971. James Taylor (The Driver), Warren Oates (G.T.O.), Laurie Bird (The Girl), Dennis Wilson (The Mechanic), H.D. Stanton, Alan Vint, Bill Keller, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, Kreag Caffey, A.J. Solari, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman.
Contents:
(1971) (103 min.); Special features: Commentaries [by] Monte Hellman & Allison Anders [optional audio feature]; by Rudy Wurlitzer & David Meyer [optional audio feature]. Street racers -- Driver & mechanic -- Girl -- Three yards -- GTO -- For pinks -- "Keep a hunger on" -- Up, down, or sideways -- Boswell, OK -- No dancing -- Too much speed -- Lakeland Raceway -- No good -- Two-lane blacktop -- Color bars (1971) (103 min.); Special features: Commentaries [by] Monte Hellman & Allison Anders [optional audio feature]; by Rudy Wurlitzer & David Meyer [optional audio feature]. [text feature with slide show]; Trailer (3 min.); booklet includes the essays "Slow ride" by Kent Jones, "Ten (sixteen, actually) reasons I love 'Two-lane blacktop'" by Richard Linklater, and "On Route 66: Filming 'Two-lane blacktop'" by Michael Goodwin. Performance & image [featurette] (43 min.) -- Make it three yards [featurette] (39 min.) -- Somewhere near Salinas [featurette] (28 min.) -- Sure did talk to you [featurette] (23 min.) -- Those satisfactions are permanent [featurette] (26 min.) -- Color me gone [slide show] -- Performance & image [text feature with slide show]; Trailer (3 min.); booklet includes the essays "Slow ride" by Kent Jones, "Ten (sixteen, actually) reasons I love 'Two-lane blacktop'" by Richard Linklater, and "On Route 66: Filming 'Two-lane blacktop'" by Michael Goodwin.
Summary:
The Driver and The Mechanic roam the country in a tricked-out 1955 Chevy, drag racing for money and thrills. While stopped at a diner, The Girl climbs into their car and plants herself in the backseat. Drifting across the Southwest, they keep being buzzed by a snazzy 1970 Pontiac. GTO chats up a storm, bending the ears of the hitchhikers he regularly picks up off the side of the road. Like modern day cowboys, they just keep moving--no roots, no responsibilities--the only real threat the loss or destruction of the vehicle itself. These three men, one woman, and two cars end up in a race to Washington D.C., yet they keep stopping to help each other, and winning seems far from their thoughts. The road is itself a place to live, is home, not just a way to move.
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