Blu-ray
Two-lane blacktop
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman, Bill Keller, H.D. Stanton, Alan Vint, George Mitchell, A.J. Solari, Katherine Squire, Melissa Hellman, Jared Hellman.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Uniform Title
Summary
"Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic, accompanied by a tagalong Girl. 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 is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made."--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features: Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Monte Hellman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Hellman and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio ; two audio commentaries: one by Hellman and filmmaker Allison Anders and one by screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer and author David N. Meyer ; interviews with Hellman, actor James Taylor, musician Kris Kristofferson, producer Michael Laughlin, and production manager Walter Coblentz ; rare screen test outtakes ; Performance and image, a look at the restoration of a '55 Chevy used in the movie, and the film's locations in 2007 ; Color me gone, photos and publicity material from the film ; trailer.