Two-Lane Blacktop Criterion Collection Blu-ray

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Drag racing east from L.A. 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 (Cockfighter’s Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates’s Pontiac GTO–driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race—the prize: their cars’ pink slips. But no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. With its gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession, this stripped-down narrative from maverick director Monte Hellman (The Shooting) is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.

Special Features

• Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Monte Hellman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Hellman and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
• Two audio commentaries: one by Hellman and filmmaker Allison Anders and one by screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer and author David N. Meyer
• Interviews with Hellman, actor James Taylor, musician Kris Kristofferson, producer Michael Laughlin, and production manager Walter Coblenz
• Screen test outtakes
• Performance and Image, a look at the restoration of a ’55 Chevy used in the movie and the film’s locations today
• Color Me Gone, photos and publicity from Two-Lane Blacktop
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones; appreciations by director Richard Linklater and musician Tom Waits; and a reprint of the 1970 Rolling Stone article “On Route 66, Filming Two-Lane Blacktop,” by Michael Goodwin

Specifications

• Region:
  A
• Runtime:
  103
• Language:
  English
• Subtitles:
  English
• Aspect Ratio:
  2.35:1
• Audio:
  Monaural