Two-Lane Blacktop

Name: Two-Lane Blacktop
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971-07-07
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, Rudy Wurlitzer

no beginning... no end... no speed limit...

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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Actors and characters

Video for the film Two-Lane Blacktop — Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]

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Release date

1971-07-07

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Michael Laughlin Enterprises

Genre

Drama

Budget

$850 000

Box office

Website

Director

Monte Hellman

Actors

James Taylor, Warren Oates, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird, Rudy Wurlitzer, Harry Dean Stanton, Jaclyn Hellman, Alan Vint, Katherine Squire, Bill Keller
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Michael Laughlin

Camera operator

Jack Deerson

Composer

Artist

Audition

Fred Roos, Jennifer Shull

Editing

Monte Hellman
Whole Team (24)

Short description

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

What's left behind the scenes

Monte Hellman came up with the film's ending in a dream.
Of the four lead actors, only Warren Oates had previously appeared in films.
Monte Hellman came up with the ending of the film in a dream.
The film ended up being 3.5 hours long. The contract with the studio required director Monte Hellman to shoot a 2-hour film.
Most of the racing scenes were filmed with stunt drivers.
Upon release, the film was not a commercial success, but in 2012 it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.
The film's crew consisted of 30 people.
Esquire magazine named the film 'Two-Lane Blacktop' film of the year and even published its full screenplay.
The film ended up being 3.5 hours long. Under the contract with the studio, director Monte Hellman was required to shoot a 2-hour film.
No makeup was applied to any of the actors.
By 1983, three of the four lead actors in the film had already passed away. Actress and photographer Laurie Bird committed suicide in 1979, Warren Oates died of a heart attack in 1982 at the age of 53, and a year later, Dennis Wilson (drummer, vocalist, and songwriter for The Beach Boys) drowned.
Of the four actors in the main roles, only Warren Oates had previously appeared in films.
By 1983, three out of the four actors who appeared in the film were already dead. Actress and photographer Lori Bird committed suicide in 1979, Warren Oates died of a heart attack at the age of 53 in 1982, and Dennis Wilson (drummer, vocalist and composer of The Beach Boys) drowned a year later.
Filming took 8 weeks between August and October 1970.