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  1. This year I bought the Criterion Collection Edition of Two-Lane Blacktop, and I haven't thought any other movie this year nearly as much. The film stars James Taylor, Denis Wilson, Warren Oats, Laurie Bird, a tricked out 1955 Chevrolet 150 two-door sedan and a 1970 Pontiac GTO.

  2. Dec 31, 2014 · Two Rockstars Folk Rock singer James Taylor and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys Co-Founder and drummer) race Waren Oates a tall-tale telling drifter across a few states for pink slips, with a few drag races and other memorable scenes along the way.

    • Why Two-Lane Blacktop Stands Out Among Other Car Films
    • What Makes This '55 Chevy Unique
    • The Fate of The Two-Lane Blacktop '55 Chevy

    When it comes to automotive cinema in the modern world, the Fast & Furious series unfortunately tends to dominate this genre. Even before the ridiculousness of the modern installments of the series, the earlier films still had a habit of severely misguiding viewers with frequent misunderstandings of cars in general. In a direct contrast, Two-Lane B...

    In order for Two-Lane Blacktop to function the way the screenplay originally intended, the main car necessitated a severe transformation from a mundane cruiser into the drag-racing monster shown in the final feature. Three 1955 Chevrolet 150s got used, which was the brand's absolute base model for that year. All three models received modifications ...

    After the film's release in 1971, Universal Studios retained all three cars for a few years. When George Lucas set about creating his 1973 film, American Graffiti, Universal had re-purposed two of the Chevy dragsters from Two-Lane Blacktop to play the part of a 1955 Chevy driven by Harrison Ford's character, Bob Falfa. Of the two, the original stun...

  3. Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road movie directed and edited by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird.

  4. Jul 7, 2021 · Two-Lane Blacktop, Hellman’s opus, which premiered 50 years ago this July, is the ultimate road movie and perhaps the ultimate outdoors movie, even if its claustrophobic finale forces us to look inwards.

  5. Jan 4, 2015 · Two Lane Blacktop 55 Chevy Hood Scoop. I was curious about the "mail box scoop" on the 55 chevy. First am I correct in calling it that? Second, would that be considered gasser correct on a hood? I was thinking about using that style on my MG gasser build for the tunnel ram setup.

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  7. One such film (I do mean film, not movie) that rarely seems to get its moment in the headlights is Monte Hellman’s Two-Lane Blacktop. Now I know what you’re thinking: Monte Hellman? The guy that directed “Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!”?

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