Two lane blacktop was a hard rock band from wellington, new zealand who formed in 2001 and disbanded in 2003. Cult filmmaker monte hellman talks about twolane blacktop and. Coming as it did early in the space race days of rapid modernization, the film was an elegy for the american west, a paean to a. Along the way, they meet warren oatess pontiac gtodriving wanderer and challenge him to a crosscountry race. Bluray remux 1080p twolane blacktop 1971 criterion collection bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 5. An extra from the dvd set of twolane blacktop that the criterion collection released on december 11, 2007. Apr 06, 20 an extra from the dvd set of two lane blacktop that the criterion collection released on december 11, 2007.
Released in the same year, 1971, tlb also features an unconventional narrative aimed to pique the interest of the thenburgeoning counterculture audience in america. Laurie was working as a model when she was chosen by director monte hellman from nearly 500 women to portray the girl in twolane blacktop. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The girl simply turns up one day and gets into the back seat of the 1955 chevy. Dennis wilson is the mechanic, james taylor is the driver. In the tradition of the best social commentary, the film is critical of no one so much as those it seems to flatter. She doesnt seem to have a name, but then nobody else does, either. The pair gain a young and talkative female stowaway. They race for money, betting with their competitors. Twolane blacktop 1971 criterion collection bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 5. With this brood, a small crew about35, three matching chevys and two matching gtos, and several massive vehicles, twolane blacktop went on the road. With his remarkable performance as an ageing hot rodder in 1971s twolane blacktop, oates began a fruitful association with director monte hellman, who.
Heading east from california with no particular agenda, they give a girl laurie bird a ride, and en route she incites jealousy between the men by sleeping with them both. May 31, 2012 story of two men drag racing across the usa in a primer grey 55 chevy. A driver and a mechanic travel around the united states hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 chevy belair coupe. The basic premise of the film is a crosscountry race between the iconic 55 chevy and. Twolane blacktop james taylor warren oates laurie bird 1971 two guys and a gal laurie bird in a soupedup 1955 chevy race an older guy warren oates in a gto. Road to nowhere is more than a movie, but several layers of movies wrapped into one. Oct 19, 2011 twolane blacktop 1971 directed by monte hellman two nameless young men, the driver and the mechanic, race a pontiac gto with an equally nameless driver across the american landscape from new mexico toward washington, d.
Twolane blacktop 1971, directed by monte hellman, follows the driver james taylor and the mechanic dennis wilson, a pair of young cross country drag racers as they challenge g. When it comes to automotive cult classics most gear heads will agree that the 70s film twolane blacktop and the iconic 55 chevy deserve recognition. Watch two lane blacktop full movie in hd visit a driver and a mechanic travel around the united states hopping fr. The basic premise of the film is a crosscountry race between the iconic 55 chevy and a 70 gto. Warren oates, harry dean stanton, james taylor, laurie bird, dennis wilson, david drake, richard ruth, rudy wurlitzer, jaclyn hellman, bill keller, monte hellman, twolane blacktop 1971 two lane blacktop 2 lane black top, twolane blacktop 1971. Twolane blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by monte hellman, written by rudy wurlitzer and starring songwriter james taylor, the beach boys drummer. Laurie was working as a model when she was chosen by director monte hellman from nearly 500 women to portray the girl in two lane blacktop. James taylor, warren oates, laurie bird, dennis wilson make it three yards, motherfucker, and well have an automobile race. Dennis wilsons the mechanic, james taylors the driver. The driver and the mechanic drive away without even speaking to her, and thats how they come to be together. It was released in 1971 after all, when the road movie genre was at its peak a byproduct of the endemic introspection sweeping the remnants of the us counterculture as it limped wearily into the new decade.
If two lane blacktop pissed off paying audiences back in 1971 esquire printed a contrite apologia vis vis a selfadministered dubious achievement award, that seems to have been monte hellmans intention. Esquire magazine published the entire screenplay in its april 1971 issue, and referred to it on the cover as our nomination for movie of the year. The original 2perf techniscope filming system was a favorite for lowbudget features, as it used prime not anamorphic lenses to yield a 2. Oct 18, 2011 forty years ago, under the inspiring editorship of harold hayes, esquire magazine picked out twolane blacktop in advance as the film of the year in 1971. Twolane blacktop 1971 in lonely are the brave 1962, kirk douglas plays a modern day cowboy at odds with a prairie scarred by telephone wires, property fences, railroad tracks and dwight d. Story of two men drag racing across the usa in a primer grey 55 chevy.
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Twolane blacktop screenwriter, rudy wurlitzer esquire magazine printed the entire screenplay in its april 71 issue before the movie was even released and boldly declared twolane blacktop as, the film of the year. The band wrote all its songs about movies and was named after a 1971 film directed by monte hellman. Credit allows you to download with unlimited speed. Along the way they unintentionally attract a welltodo drifter driving a new pontiac gto. After the mechanic dennis wilson preps the car, the driver james taylor gets into his dragrace zone in the final scene from director monte hellmans twolane blacktop, 1971 view the tcmdb entry for twolane blacktop 1971. It was right in the heat of the movement in 1971 when the monte hellman film, two lane blacktop, was released. Tygh runyan plays mitchell haven, a hollywood director. Gallery of 9 movie poster and cover images for twolane blacktop 1971. Laurie bird was a cute and charming actress who appeared in only three pictures during her regrettably shortlived career.
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It has a fresh, free look as hellman fills the wide screen with lovely views. Bird was born on september 26, 1953 in long island, new york. Two lane blacktop james taylor warren oates laurie bird 1971 two guys and a gal laurie bird in a soupedup 1955 chevy race an older guy warren oates in a gto. Bluray remux 1080p two lane blacktop 1971 criterion collection bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 5. Twolane blacktop 1971 directed by monte hellman two nameless young men, the driver and the mechanic, race a pontiac gto with an equally nameless driver across the american landscape from new mexico toward washington, d. In my opinion, it is a crime that this movie isnt a. Twolane blacktop succeeds, despite its lack of a real plot or any significant thematic tension, for several reasons. Criterions bluray of two lane blacktop replicates most of the companys 2007 dvd edition, with a new restored hd transfer from the techniscope original. Twolane blacktop goes about as far toward subverting the purpose of a roadrace movie as you can go. The driver james taylor and the mechanic dennis wilson spend their lives driving across america, making money by competing in races they stop at along their. Monte hellmans dazed, stoically gorgeous 1971 film twolane blacktop is another one of those nuggets from the storied american cinema of the 70s that easily proves whats by now a commonplace among movie buffs that it was a time when the frantic. With james taylor, warren oates, laurie bird, dennis wilson.
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Sep 19, 20 two lane blacktop 1971, directed by monte hellman, follows the driver james taylor and the mechanic dennis wilson, a pair of young cross country drag racers as they challenge g. Mar 15, 20 when it comes to automotive cult classics most gear heads will agree that the 70s film twolane blacktop and the iconic 55 chevy deserve recognition. While our heroes taylor and wilson pilot a primer grey 55 chevy. See more ideas about american graffiti, drag racing and chevy. Rent two lane blacktop 1971 starring james taylor and warren oates on dvd and bluray. Twolane blacktop bluray criterion 414 1971 color 2. For the most part, the movie is all about cars, traveling on the open road, racing, ego or false sense of self gto and the concept of total freedom, and people. The members of the band were matt harrop on vocals and guitar, luke hutching on bass, phil smiley on drums, and pip brown on lead guitar and background.
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