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Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) -- Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy. Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver.

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Will Corry (story)
Rudy Wurlitzer (writer) ...
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Release Date:
28 October 1972 (Japan) more
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You can never go fast enough...
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Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy. Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver. full summary | add synopsis
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last great film of the sixties even though filmed in 1971 more (76 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
James Taylor ... The Driver
Warren Oates ... G.T.O
Laurie Bird ... The Girl
Dennis Wilson ... The Mechanic
David Drake ... Needles Station Attendant
Richard Ruth ... Needles Station Mechanic
Rudy Wurlitzer ... Hot Rod Driver (as Rudolph Wurlitzer)
Jaclyn Hellman ... Driver's Girl
Bill Keller ... Texas Hitchhiker

Harry Dean Stanton ... Oklahoma Hitchhiker (as H.D. Stanton)
Don Samuels ... Texas Policeman #1
Charles Moore ... Texas Policeman #2
Tom Green ... Boswell Attendant
W.H. Harrison ... Parts Store Owner
Alan Vint ... Man in Roadhouse
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Runtime:
102 min | Argentina:105 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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As of the 2007 Criterion DVD release, James Taylor had never seen the film. He says he would now like to see it. more
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Revealing mistakes: When the gas station attendant (Tom Green) calls the police after discovering Warren Oates attempting to steal the license plate, the sound of rotary dialing is laid onto the sound track, but he doesn't actually dial the phone, he just runs his finger around the dial, as if the dial is merely painted on. more
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G.T.O.: Those satisfactions are permanent. more
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Referenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV) more
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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
last great film of the sixties even though filmed in 1971, 13 February 2001
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Author: gooseboy

First off Monte Hellman is a genius. Secondly Two Lane Blacktop is one of the greatest "road" films of all time. In the film, like most road movies, the land becomes a character within itself, and Hellman creates that here. Like that of Rio Bravo with Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, Hellman chooses two individuals out of there element in selecting Dennis Wilson and James Taylor. One might say that the two men don't say much, but when they do it is to the point, and in fact it is what they don't say that matters. Not to leave out Warren Oates, quite possibly the real lead in the film. Oates gives a top notch performance in all the films he graces, but here as GTO he really out does himself. Those who love films such as Easy Rider, and later Vanishing Point, will chalk this up, not only as one of the greatest "road" movies of all time, but as one of the lasts attempts at true"American" freedom.

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