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Two-Lane Blacktop

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Original title

Two-Lane Blacktop

Year

1971

Running time

101 min.

Country

United States

Director

Monte Hellman

Screenwriter

Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry. Story: Will Corry

Cast

Music

Billy James

Cinematography

Jack Deerson

Producer

Universal Pictures

Genre

Drama | Road Movie. Car Movies. Cult movie

Synopsis

The Driver and The Mechanic are two car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy throughout the southwestern U.S. looking for other cars to race. They are totally dedicated to The Car and converse with each other only when necessary. At a gas station, The Driver and The Mechanic, along with a girl who has ingratiated herself into their world, meet G.T.O., a middle-aged man who fabricates stories about his exploits. It is decided to have a race to Washington, D.C., where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, the race and the highway metaphorically depict the lives of these contestants as they struggle to their destination.

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Awards: 1971: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Supporting Actor (Oates)

1971: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Supporting Actor.

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Critics' reviews

"Certainly not an average car chase movie, 'Two-Lane Blacktop' is perhaps director Monte Hellman's finest film."

TV Guide
"Hellman gives viewers plenty of time to study every detail, dwelling less on action than on quiet, small-town vistas, rundown diners, and forgotten stretches of Route 66."

Keith Phipps: AV Club
"While some of the second-generation road movies are interesting, few have retained the hypnotic force of 'Two Lane Blacktop', an intense curio of a troubled era."

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"Hellman wants the audience to be imbued with the uneasy feeling of living without any roots. It’s that feeling that’s elevates Two-Lane Blacktop far beyond genre trappings and into the heights of cinema."

Vikram Murthi: IndieWire
"The movie starts off as a narrative but gradually grows into something much more abstract—it's unsettling but also beautiful."

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Chicago Reader
"'Two-Lane Blacktop' is a far from perfect film, but it has been directed, acted, photographed and scored (underscored, happily) with the restraint and control of an aware, mature filmmaker."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"This is not a film about narrative but loneliness and life on the road, which it captures with a mysterious brilliance (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Damon Wise: Empire
"'Two-Lane Blacktop' should have established Hellman as one of the great directors of his generation. Instead, its box-office failure made him an enduring cult figure."

Philip French: The Guardian

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