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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 ]
He loses her in a bet. Film critic Michael Atkinson wrote in his book Exile Hollywood (2008) "In two films, she made more of an impression, left more of a synaesthetic presence, than many actors do in a career". [7] Bird was the still photographer on Cockfighter [8] and shot the cover photo for Art Garfunkel's 1977 album Watermark.
Oates starred in numerous films during the early 1970s that have since achieved cult status, such as The Hired Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), and Race with the Devil (1975). Oates also portrayed John Dillinger in the biopic Dillinger (1973) and as the supporting character U.S. Army Sergeant Hulka in the military comedy Stripes (1981).
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 ...
There are two main narratives: the quest and the outlaw chase. [8] In the quest-style film, the story meanders as the characters make discoveries (e.g., Two-Lane Blacktop from 1971). [8] In outlaw road movies, in which the characters are fleeing from law enforcement, there is usually more sex and violence (e.g., Natural Born Killers from 1994). [8]
Alan Richard Vint (November 11, 1944 – August 16, 2006) [1] was an American character actor.. Vint was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.He appeared in a number of supporting roles during the 1970s in films such as The McMasters (1970), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1971), Unholy Rollers (1972), Badlands (1973), Macon County Line (1974 ...
"2-D Blacktop" is the fifteenth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Futurama, and the 129th episode of the series overall. It originally aired on Comedy Central on June 19, 2013.