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Two-Lane Blacktop () [Blu-ray]

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Meta:
Color : color
Brand : The Criterion Collection
EAN : 0715515102414
gtin13 : 0715515102414
Type : Does not apply
ISBN : 0715515102414
Release Year : 1971
UPC : 0715515102414
Studio : Criterion Collection
Director : Monte Hellman
Weight : 0.29 Pounds
Package Dimensions LxWxH : 6.69x5.31x0.67 Inches
Genre : Drama
Format : Blu-ray
Movie/TV Title : Two-Lane Blacktop (Criterion Collection)

Drag racing east from L.A. 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 (Cockfighter’s Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates’s Pontiac GTO–driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race—the prize: their cars’ pink slips. But no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. With its gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession, this stripped-down narrative from maverick director Monte Hellman (The Shooting) is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.