Two-lane blacktop
(DVD)

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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved special ed.; widescreen format (2.35:1).
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm).
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2007].
Edition
Director-approved special ed.; widescreen format (2.35:1).
Language
English
UPC
715515026925

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
General Note
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by Hellman & filmmaker Allison Anders; optional audio commentary by Wurlitzer & author David Meyer; color bars.
General Note
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.).
General Note
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).
General Note
"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions" -- Disc label.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Jack Deerson ; film editor, Monte Hellman ; custom auto design & construction, Richard Ruth, William Kincheloe, H. Alan Deglin.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
A driver and a mechanic challenge a fellow hot rod enthusiast to a cross-country race.
System Details
DVD format, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 or Dolby digital 1.0 mono.
Language
In English.
Language
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

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