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Two-lane blacktop  Cover Image DVD DVD

Two-lane blacktop / Universal presents ; screenplay by Rudolph Wurlitzer and Will Corry ; story by Will Corry ; produced by Michael S. Laughlin ; directed by Monte Hellman.

Summary:

A driver and a mechanic challenge a fellow hot rod enthusiast to a cross-country race.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1604650036
  • ISBN: 9781604650037
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) + 1 screenplay (111 pages ; 19 cm).
  • Edition: Director-approved special edition ; widescreen format (2.35:1).
  • Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Hellman & filmmaker Allison Anders; optional audio commentary by Wurlitzer & author David Meyer; color bars.
Special features (disc 2, 159 min.): "On the road again : 'Two-lane blacktop' revisited" featurette (43 min.); "Make it three yards : a conversation with James Taylor", featurette (38 min.); "Somewhere near Salinas : a conversation with Kris Kristofferson" featurette (27 min.); "Sure did talk to you : a conversation with Walter Coblenz, Jared Hellman, and Michael Laughlin" featurette (23 min.); "Those satisfactions are permanent", screen test outtakes for Bird (15 min.) & Taylor (11 min.); "Color me gone" behind-the-scenes photos & publicity stills; 2 "Performance & image" featurettes; trailer (2 min.).
Booklet includes essays by film scholar Kent Jones ("Slow ride"), filmmaker Richard Linklater ("Ten-sixteen, actually-reasons I love 'Two-lane blacktop'"), and journalist Michael Goodwin ("On Route 66, filming 'Two-lane blacktop'", originally published in the Oct. 15, 1970 issue of Rolling Stone).
"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Jack Deerson ; film editor, Monte Hellman ; custom auto design & construction, Richard Ruth, William Kincheloe, H. Alan Deglin.
Participant or Performer Note:
James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, H.D. Stanton, Alan Vint, Bill Keller, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, Kreag Caffey, A.J. Solari, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Jaclyn Hellman.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 or Dolby digital 1.0 mono.
Language Note:
In English.
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Subject: Automobile racing drivers > Drama.
Automobile racing > Drama.
Hot rods > Drama.
Genre: Road films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Jefferson County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Jefferson County Library-Windsor DVD TWO (Text) Complete Set 30000023068053 Videos Available -


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