Two-Lane Blacktop
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Synopsis
While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
Cast
- James Taylor
- Warren Oates
- Laurie Bird
- Dennis Wilson
- David Drake
- Richard Ruth
- Rudolph Wurlitzer
- Jacyln Hellman
- Bill Keller
- H.D. Stanton
Letterboxd User Reviews
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- Jan 9, 2013
87/100 Analyzing this film feels wrong, somehow. Its greatness lies in how much it strips away: conventional performances (apart from Oates, who serves as garrulous counterpoint to Taylor and Wilson's superlative blankness), narrative payoffs (where are the tortured…
Mike D'AngeloJan 5, 2022Roads don't have a start, nor do they have an end; they just keep going down the horizon whether you're looking forwards or backwards. Roads intersect all the time too, junctions where two or more cross paths, briefly, once in their life. Roads can also join each other any…
reibureibuJul 16, 2017American landscape turned avant-garde existential journey...
Neil Bahadur - Oct 29, 2016
the claustrophobic interior of the car vs. the inherent freedom it provides for us.
Josh LewisAug 15, 2020There is no end to Two-Lane Blacktop. There is no end to the restlessness of the hauntingly desolate, open road. The landscape whips by in streaks of greens, browns, and grays—a blurry rendering of pastoral America. The introspective silence, the apathy, the loneliness is…
cuckoochanelApr 20, 2021James Taylor is who we want to be. Warren Oates is who we are. Don't think that's the actual point but it's something I took away from this nevertheless. RIP Monte Hellman.
Will Sloan - Sep 26, 2025
In a career stitched across decades, marked by occasional spurts of activity and much longer periods of stasis, with work produced across a range of genres under mostly adverse and subterranean conditions, Monte Hellman improbably pieced together a coherent body of work,…
Will SloanApr 27, 2026The Driver (folk singer James Taylor) and The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson from The Beach Boys) are street racers. They live in their car, a highly modified Chevy. They drive from town to town all over America challenging local drivers to races. They pick up a young hitchhiker…
David WhitmanOct 13, 2021Loved re-visiting this classic. The Techniscope cinematography by Fred Roos and Jennifer Shull captures the flat landscapes beautifully. Watched the Criterion Blu-ray. Fantastic extras: DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New, restored high-definition…
Sean Baker
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Metacritic
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
What I liked about Two-Lane Blacktop was the sense of life that occasionally sneaked through, particularly in the character of G.T.O. (Warren Oates).
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Two-Lane Blacktop family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Two-Lane Blacktop?
The movie is 1hr 42min long.
What's Two-Lane Blacktop about?
While drag-racing through the American Southwest in a Chevrolet 150, a driver and his mechanic cross paths with an enigmatic hitchhiker and the tall-tale-spinning driver of a GTO.
Who's the cast of Two-Lane Blacktop?
- James Taylor as The Driver
- Warren Oates as G.T.O.
- Laurie Bird as The Girl
- Dennis Wilson as The Mechanic
- David Drake as Needles Station Attendant
- Richard Ruth as Needles Station Mechanic
- Rudolph Wurlitzer as Hot Rod Driver
- Jacyln Hellman as Driver's Girl
- Bill Keller as Texas Hitchhiker
- H.D. Stanton as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Who's the director behind Two-Lane Blacktop?
Monte Hellman directed Two-Lane Blacktop.
Who produced Two-Lane Blacktop?
Gary Kurtz and Michael Laughlin produced Two-Lane Blacktop.
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