| Description |
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 screenplay (111 pages ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 414 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 414.
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| Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1971. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono.; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer. |
| Language |
In English; SDH, subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. |
| Cast |
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. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jack Deerson ; film editor, Monte Hellman ; custom auto design & construction, Richard Ruth, William Kincheloe, H. Alan Deglin. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Disc 1 the film: 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]. |
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Disc 2 the supplements: On the road again : "Two-lane blacktop" revisited [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. |
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GTO automobile -- Drama.
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Chevrolet automobile -- Drama.
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Hot rods -- Drama.
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Automobile racing -- Drama.
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Automobile racing drivers -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Muscle cars -- United States -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Road films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Laughlin, Michael, producer.
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Wurlitzer, Rudolph, screenwriter.
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Corry, Will, screenwriter.
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Hellman, Monte, 1932- director.
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Taylor, James, 1948- actor.
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Oates, Warren, 1928-1982, actor.
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Bird, Laurie, -1979, actor.
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Wilson, Dennis, 1944-1983, actor.
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Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926- actor.
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Vint, Alan, 1944-2006, actor.
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Squire, Katherine, 1903-1995, actor.
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Mitchell, George, 1905-1972, actor.
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Caffey, Kreag, actor.
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Anders, Allison.
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Meyer, David N.
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Kristofferson, Kris.
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Coblenz, Walter.
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Jones, Kent.
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Linklater, Richard, 1960-
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Wurlitzer, Rudolph.
Two-lane blacktop.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604650037 |
| Standard No. |
715515026925 |
| Music No. |
CC1729D Criterion Collection |
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