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Jul 23, 1971 · Two-Lane Blacktop: Directed by Monte Hellman. With James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson. 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.
Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road movie directed and edited by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird.
Two rootless youths roam the country in their souped-up 1955 Chevy competing in drag races to make money. Along the way, their car is admired by various gas station attendants and envied by men who long for the freedom of the road.
Dec 31, 2014 · Two Rockstars Folk Rock singer James Taylor and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys Co-Founder and drummer) race Waren Oates a tall-tale telling drifter across a few states for pink slips, with a few drag races and other memorable scenes along the way.
In this cult favorite road film, a mechanic (Dennis Wilson) and a driver (James Taylor) live only to race and maintain their 1955 Chevy.
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May 31, 2012 · Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 Chevy. Dennis Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver.
Two-Lane Blacktop. Drag racing east from Los Angeles in a souped-up ’55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer-songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson, in their only acting roles), accompanied by a tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates’s Pontiac GTO–driving wanderer and challenge ...
Two-Lane Blacktop. Roger Ebert January 01, 1971. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The girl simply turns up one day and gets into the back seat of the 1955 Chevy. She doesn't seem to have a name, but then nobody else does, either.
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) starring James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson and directed by Monte Hellman. The Driver and The Mechanic are car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy through the southwestern U.S., looking for other cars to race.
On the dark outskirts of Los Angles on a desolate straight line road, a local outlaw racing event featuring muscle cars of the late 60's and early 70's is unceremoniously busted during a 1/4 mile drag race between a Plymouth Barracuda, and a primer gray '55 Chevy 150.
