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Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road film directed and edited by Monte Hellman, from a screenplay by Rudy Wurlitzer and Will Corry. It stars musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson , Warren Oates , and Laurie Bird in the leading roles. [ 2 ]
From August 13 to late October 1970, Dennis shot his parts for the Universal Pictures road movie Two-Lane Blacktop. [72] The film depicts "The Driver" ( James Taylor ) and "The Mechanic" (Wilson) driving aimlessly across the United States in their 1955 Chevy , surviving on money earned from street racing . [ 73 ]
The character was reportedly based on Peckinpah. For authenticity, Oates wore the director's sunglasses while filming scenes of the production. Although the Peckinpah film roles are his best-known, his most critically acclaimed role is GTO in Monte Hellman's 1971 cult classic Two-Lane Blacktop. The film, although a failure at the box office, is ...
Michael Laughlin, a filmmaker and producer whose credits included the likes of 1971’s “Two-Lane Blacktop” and 1981’s “Strange Behavior,” died on Oct. 20 from complications related to ...
Monte Hellman, the maverick director of such films as “Two-Lane Blacktop,” “The Shooting” and “Road to Nowhere,” died April 20 at Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Desert, Calif ...
While researching for Two-Lane Blacktop, screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer met her and recommended her to Hellman while he was looking for actresses for the same movie. [4] In Two-Lane Blacktop she played a hitchhiker to whom the film's characters are initially attracted, but who runs off with a motorcyclist near the end of the film. [4]
While working on the street-racing movie, Two-Lane Blacktop, Willie became friends with producer Gary Kurtz. Kurtz, who produced on the set of Star Wars, allowed Willie to use the characters at the racetrack. [9] Many notable figures from around Los Angeles came to see the drag race.
"Two-Lane Blacktop" is a song by Rob Zombie from his Past, Present & Future compilation album. The song is loosely based on the 1971 road movie Two-Lane Blacktop directed by Monte Hellman . The song was also featured in the racing game Need for Speed: Underground in 2003 and then again in the film Venom in 2005.