Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

07/07/1971•Drama•1h 42m

Overview

A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.

Monte Hellman

Director

Rudy Wurlitzer

Screenplay

Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on November 18, 2022

**_The metaphoric endless highway of meaningless life_** A driver and mechanic of a souped-up ’55 Chevy (James Taylor and Dennis Wilson) have one-track minds as they drive across the American landscape, picking up a searchin’ teen girl who’s into ...

A review by buckyogi@fedora ༗

Written by buckyogi@fedora ༗ on May 23, 2023

<strong>Those Satisfactions are Permanent</strong> As the film opens we meet the Driver (James Taylor) and the Mechanic (Dennis Wilson). They live to race and race to live. We never learn their names nor their relationship to each other. The Girl ...

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

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