
Two-Lane Blacktop
no beginning... no end... no speed limit...
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Release Date
7/7/1971Runtime
102 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$850,000Revenue
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A hypnotic drift across American highways where the race matters less than the restless searching it masks. This is a film about men (and the woman caught in their orbit) running from something they can't name, finding only the hum of engines and the vast emptiness of the road.
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James Taylor
The Driver

Warren Oates
G.T.O.

Dennis Wilson
The Mechanic

Laurie Bird
The Girl

Rudy Wurlitzer
Hot Rod Driver

Harry Dean Stanton
Oklahoma Hitchhiker

Jaclyn Hellman
Hot Rod Driver's Girl

Alan Vint
Man in Roadhouse

Katherine Squire
Old Woman
Bill Keller
Texas Hitchhiker
David Drake
Needles Station Attendant
Richard Ruth
Needles Station Mechanic
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