| Edition |
DVD edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet. |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 414 |
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Criterion collection ; 414.
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| System Details |
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital mono.; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer. |
| Cast |
James Taylor (The Driver), Warren Oates (G.T.O.), Laurie Bird (The Girl), and Dennis Wilson (The Mechanic) ; with H.D. Stanton, Alan Vint, Bill Keller, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, Kreag Caffey, A.J. Solari, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jack Deerson ; film editor, Monte Hellman ; custom auto design & construction, Richard Ruth, William Kincheloe, H. Alan Deglin ; story by Will Corry. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971. |
| Awards |
National Film Registry seleciton, 2012. |
| Summary |
A car-obsessed Driver and Mechanic aimlessly head East from L.A. in a souped-up 1955 Chevy, drag racing for money and thrills. Drifting across the Southwest, they keep being buzzed by a Pontiac GTO. They are joined by The Girl after she climbs into their car while the two are eating in a diner. Later at a gas station, the three meet "GTO" and challenge him to a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for "pink slips," where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, however, 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. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The film: Street racers ; Driver & Mechanic ; The Girl ; Three yards ; GTO ; For pinks ; "Keep a hunger on" ; Up, down, or sideways ; Boswell, OK ; No dancing ; Too much speed ; Lakeland Raceway ; No good ; Two-lane blacktop (103 min.). -- Special features: Optional audio feature commentaries / [by] Monte Hellman & Allison Anders, or by Rudy Wurlitzer & David Meyer ; Disc 2: The supplements: On the road again : 'Two-lane blacktop' revisited [featurette] (43 min.) -- Make it three yards [featurette] (39 min.) -- Somewhere near Salinas [featurette] (28 min.) -- Sure did talk to you [featurette] (23 min.) -- Those satisfactions are permanent [featurette] (26 min.) -- Color me gone [slide show] -- Performance & image : [a look at the restoration of a '55 Chevy from the movie and the film's locations today] [text feature with slide show] -- Trailer (3 min.). -- Booklet: includes the essays "Slow ride" / by Kent Jones -- "Ten (sixteen, actually) reasons I love 'Two-lane blacktop'" / by Richard Linklater -- "On Route 66 : filming 'Two-lane blacktop'" / by Michael Goodwin. |
| Language |
In English with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Drifters -- Drama.
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GTO automobile -- Drama.
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Chevrolet automobile -- Drama.
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Hot rods -- Drama.
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Drag racing -- Drama.
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Automobile racing -- Drama.
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Automobile racing drivers -- Drama.
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Muscle cars -- United States -- Drama.
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Automobile racing. (OCoLC)fst00823132
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Automobile racing drivers. (OCoLC)fst00823150
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Chevrolet automobile. (OCoLC)fst00853900
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Drag racing. (OCoLC)fst00897361
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Drifters. (OCoLC)fst00898087
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GTO automobile. (OCoLC)fst00936930
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Hot rods. (OCoLC)fst00961678
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Muscle cars. (OCoLC)fst01029913
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure films. (OCoLC)fst01710568
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Road films. (OCoLC)fst01710329
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Action and adventure films.
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Road films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Hellman, Monte, 1929-2021 film director.
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Laughlin, Michael, film producer.
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Wurlitzer, Rudolph, screenwriter.
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Taylor, James, 1948- actor.
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Corry, Will, screenwriter.
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Oates, Warren, 1928-1982, actor.
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Bird, Laurie, -1979, actor.
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Wilson, Dennis, 1944-1983, actor.
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Stanton, Harry Dean, 1926-2017, actor.
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Vint, Alan, 1944-2006, actor.
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Squire, Katherine, 1903-1995, actor.
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Mitchell, George, 1905-1972, actor.
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Caffey, Kreag, actor.
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Universal Pictures (Firm), production company.
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Michael Laughlin Enterprises, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
715515137614 |
| ISBN |
9781604659597 |
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1604659599 |
| Music No. |
CC2451D Crition Collection |
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