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Two-Lane Blacktop
#414

$16.99

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Format Blu-ray
Condition Used

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). 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.


DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Monte Hellman
  • 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 Coblenz
  • 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 from the film
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and appreciations by director Richard Linklater and musician Tom Waits and a 1970 on-set account from Rolling Stone by Michael Goodwin

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