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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.
Jul 23, 1971 · It was released in 1971 at a time when the hopes and dreams of the '60s counter culture had given way to the disillusion of Kent State and Altamonte, the bombing of Cambodia, and the media's cynical preemption of the Hippie movement.
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- Drama
- Monte Hellman
- 1971-07-23
In this cult favorite road film, a mechanic (Dennis Wilson) and a driver (James Taylor) live only to race and maintain their 1955 Chevy. Heading east from California with no particular agenda ...
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- Monte Hellman
- R
- James Taylor
Synopsis. On the dark outskirts of Los Angles on a desolate straight line road, a local outlaw racing event featuring muscle cars of the late 60's and early 70's is unceremoniously busted during a 1/4 mile drag race between a Plymouth Barracuda, and a primer gray '55 Chevy 150.
Two-Lane Blacktop. Drag racing east from Los Angeles 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 a tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird).
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Jul 7, 2021 · Monte Hellman’s 1971 film, Two-Lane Blacktop, which opened 50 years ago today, still confounds not only critics but its fans and friends.
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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) Rated R. The girl simply turns up one day and gets into the back seat of the 1955 Chevy. She doesn't seem to have a name, but then nobody else does, either. The driver and the mechanic drive away without even speaking to her, and that's how they come to be together.
