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Two-Lane Blacktop

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Directed by Monte Hellman
United States, 1971
Drama

Synopsis

A mechanic and a driver live only to race in their 1955 Chevy. Drifting east on Route 66, they give a female hitchhiker a ride, who incites jealousy between them. Meanwhile, the trio encounters a GTO driver who agrees to race them to New York, putting at stake their most prized possession—their car.

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Two-Lane Blacktop Directed by Monte Hellman
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Awards & Festivals

Locarno International Film Festival

1983

International Film Festival Rotterdam

1989

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1971 | 2nd place: Best Supporting Actor

National Society of Film Critics Awards

1971 | 2nd place: Best Supporting Actor

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

Notebook Soundtrack Mix #6: The New Hollywood Mixtape

A musical celebration of all that was exciting, daring and unique from the forever influential New Hollywood era.
Florence Scott - Anderton
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Seeing Clearly in the Dark: A Profile of Monte Hellman in Present Day Los Angeles

Catching up (and watching movies) with the cult director of “The Shooting” (1966), “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971) and “Road to Nowhere” (2010).
Samuel B. Prime
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A Few Queries for Monte Hellman

The cult director of “Two-Lane Blacktop” talks film theory, painting, politics, and, last but not least, actor Warren Oates.
Daniel Riccuito

Notebook Review. Entanglement Blues: Monte Hellman’s “Road to Nowhere”

Monte Hellman’s best films begin by pretending to tell a story. Take your pick: Ride in the Whirlwind, Two-Lane Blacktop,…
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
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Critics reviews

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There are times when Taylor shifts from laconic to almost chillingly engaged, somewhere on the line between confident and sociopathic. Maybe that’s the trick in casting a popular musician in a movie: There’s a presence to Taylor that’s more self-assured than an actor with insecurities, and more than once, I’ve heard him described as a “zombie,” or something synonymous for this performance. But those eyes of his are a road to oblivion in and of themselves.
May 28, 2015
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None of the characters have proper names, and Warren Oates’ GTO creates a new history for himself with every conversation he enters into… These are narrative reflections of the wide, empty spaces that characterize Hellman’s mise-en-scene, and they combine to create a memorably eerie portrait of American ambition and folly.
October 07, 2011
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Two years earlier Easy Rider (1969) established the road movie as a commercial genre. Two-Lane Blacktop raised it to a transcendental art form.
January 01, 1997
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