Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Movie Details

Original Title Two-Lane Blacktop

Original Language EN

Budget $850,000

Status Released

Popularity 0.6

Cast

James Taylor

The Driver

Popularity: 0.3

Warren Oates

G.T.O.

Popularity: 1.1

Dennis Wilson

The Mechanic

Popularity: 0.8

Laurie Bird

The Girl

Popularity: 0.7

Rudy Wurlitzer

Hot Rod Driver

Popularity: 0.3

Harry Dean Stanton

Oklahoma Hitchhiker

Popularity: 1.6

Jaclyn Hellman

Hot Rod Driver's Girl

Popularity: 0.2

Alan Vint

Man in Roadhouse

Popularity: 0.5

Katherine Squire

Old Woman

Popularity: 1.0

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Bill Keller

Texas Hitchhiker

Popularity: 0.3

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David Drake

Needles Station Attendant

Popularity: 0.0

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Richard Ruth

Needles Station Mechanic

Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Monte Hellman

Producer Michael Laughlin

Screenplay Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry, Floyd Mutrux

Editor Monte Hellman

Production

Universal Pictures

Michael Laughlin Enterprises

Videos & Trailers

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]

Trailer

James Taylor's Screentest from Two-Lane Blacktop

Featurette

'Two-Lane Blacktop' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Keywords

car race car mechanic chevrolet road movie drag race

Reviews from TMDB

Wuchak 6/10

Nov 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 casual sex (Laurie Bird) and setting-up a no ... Read more

buckyogi@fedora ༗ 10/10

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 (Laurie Bird) joins them by removing her duffel ba ... Read more