Format:
2 DVDs, NTSC, Ländercode 1, 103 Min., farb., mono, Dolby digital
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Beil. (36 S.) und 1 Drehbuch (111 S.)
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12 cm
Series Statement:
The Criterion Collection 414
Content:
The Driver and The Mechanic roam the country in a tricked-out 1955 Chevy, drag racing for money and thrills. While stopped at a diner, The Girl climbs into their car and plants herself in the backseat. Drifting across the Southwest, they keep being buzzed by a snazzy 1970 Pontiac. GTO chats up a storm, bending the ears of the hitchhikers he regularly picks up off the side of the road. Like modern day cowboys, they just keep moving--no roots, no responsibilities--the only real threat the loss or destruction of the vehicle itself. These three men, one woman, and two cars end up in a race to Washington D.C., yet they keep stopping to help each other, and winning seems far from their thoughts. The road is itself a place to live, is home, not just a way to move.
Note:
anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer
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Orig.: 1971
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Special features: Optional audio commentaries, one by Monte Hellman & Allison Anders, and one by Rudy Wurlitzer & David Meyer ; interviews with Hellman, James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Laughlin and Walter Coblentz ; screen test outtakes ; Color me gone [slide show of photos and publicity material] ; Performance & image [text feature with slide show, on the restoration of the '55 Chevy used in the movie, and the film's location] ; Trailer (3 min.) ; booklet includes the essays "Slow ride" by Kent Jones, "Ten (sixteen, actually) reasons I love 'Two-lane blacktop'" by Richard Linklater, and "On Route 66: Filming 'Two-lane blacktop'" by Michael Goodwin
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engl.
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
Feature films
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Fiction films
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Road films
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Feature films
Author information:
Hellman, Monte 1929-2021
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