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"A driver and a mechanic join a drag race driving east from L.A. in a souped up '55 Chevy, where they challenge another driver to a cross country race with their pink slips as the prize."@en
"Story of drag-racing drifters. The drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the back roads of America for possession of each other's "pinks" and the affections of a mysterious young hitchhiker."
"A driver and mechanic join a drag racing from L.A. east in a souped up '55 Chevy, where they challenge another driver to a cross country race, with their pink slips as the prize. Includes commentaries; interviews; rare screen test outtakes; and more."@en
"A young driver and his mechanic in a souped-up 1955 Chevrolet, living off drag racing bets in the south west, establish a tentative relationship with a girl who tags on to them. They become involved in an indeterminate cross-country race with the middle-aged driver of a new Pontiac GTO. Like other Hellman films, Two-lane Blacktop is a genre film in which the popular elements are not exploited to satisfy audience expectations but are subverted into fresh patterns. This makes it the most determinedly original of the post-Easy Rider road movies, an existential parable which makes striking use of widescreen compositions, long takes and elliptical cuts while denying narrative tension. Instead there is the resonance of character and situation. Hellman has described the film as 'a love story (about) ... how much romance is left in a non-romantic world', but this is implicit."@en
""Tale of a cross-country race between a pair of laconically speed-obsessed heroes in a '55 Chevy and a sort-of tragic, pathological liar in a GTO."--Container."
"The story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy."
"A young driver and his mechanic in a souped-up 1955 Chevrolet, living off drag racing bets in the south west, establish a tentative relationship with a girl who tags on to them. They become involved in an indeterminate cross-country race with the middle-aged driver of a new Pontiac GTO. Like other Hellman films, Two-lane Blacktop is a genre film in which the popular elements are not exploited to satisfy audience expectations but are subverted into fresh patterns. This makes it the most determinedly original of the post-Easy Rider road movies, an existential parable which makes striking use of widescreen compositions, long takes and elliptical cuts while denying narrative tension. Instead there is the resonance of character and situation. Hellman has described the film as 'a love story (about) ... how much romance is left in a non-romantic world', but this is implicit. DVD."@en
"In this controversial and acclaimed story of drag-racing drifters, the drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the backroads of America for possession of each other's "pinks" and the affections of a mysterious hitchhiker."@en
"Drama about drag-racing drifters in which the drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the backroads of America."
"Drama about drag-racing drifters in which the drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the backroads of America."@en
"The Driver and The Mechanic roam the country in a tricked-out 1955 Chevy, drag racing for money and thrills. While stopped at a diner, The Girl climbs into their car and plants herself in the backseat. Drifting across the Southwest, they keep being buzzed by a snazzy 1970 Pontiac. GTO chats up a storm, bending the ears of the hitchhikers he regularly picks up off the side of the road. Like modern day cowboys, they just keep moving--no roots, no responsibilities--the only real threat the loss or destruction of the vehicle itself. These three men, one woman, and two cars end up in a race to Washington D.C., yet they keep stopping to help each other, and winning seems far from their thoughts. The road is itself a place to live, is home, not just a way to move."
"A car-obsessed Driver and Mechanic aimlessly head East from L.A. in a souped-up 1955 Chevy, drag racing for money and thrills. Drifting across the Southwest, they keep being buzzed by a Pontiac GTO. They are joined by The Girl after she climbs into their car while the two are eating in a diner. Later at a gas station, the three meet "GTO" and challenge him to a cross-country race to Washington, D.C. for "pink slips," where the winner will get the loser's car. Along the way, however, they keep stopping to help each other, and winning seems far from their thoughts. The road is itself a place to live, is home, not just a way to move."@en
"Monte Hellman's road movie masterpiece stars pop idols James Taylor and Dennis Wilson as two nameless motor heads drag racing across America. In the tradition of Easy Rider, Hellman's stark journey along an American road to nowhere follows "the driver" and the "the mechanic" in their souped-up '55 Chevy until they pick up a lone girl on the highway, and their course changes forever. Jealousies and tensions soon simmer between the road warriors before a middle-aged, alcoholic loner driving a Pontiac GTO challenges them to a winner-take-all race across the country. Summary from the container insert."@en
""Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy. Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver" - imdb.com."@en
"Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic, accompanied by the tag along Girl. Along the way, they challenge another driver in a '70 Pontiac GTO to a cross-country race, with their pink slips as the prize."@en
"Feature film from the USA. Drama. Follows the story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy."
""Drag racing east from Los Angeles in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic, accompanied by a tagalong Girl. 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 is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever mad"--Container."
"In this controversial and acclaimed story of drag-racing drifters, the drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the backroads of America for possession of each other's "pinks" and the affections of a mysterious young hitchhiker."
"In this controversial and acclaimed story of drag-racing drifters. The drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the backroads of America for possession of each other's "pinks" and the affections of a mysterious hitchhiker."@en
"Story of drag-racing drifters. The drivers of a Pontiac GTO and a '55 Chevy battle across the backroads of America for possession of each other's "pinks" and the affections of a mysterious young hitchhiker."