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Two-Lane Blacktop Reviews

1971

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Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy... Read more

Starring	James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
Director	Monte Hellman
Genres	Action/Adventure, Drama

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- Hellman, as his later inactivity testifies, seems to have turned himself into box-office anathema by toying once too... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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  - 9
  terrible
  
  What a load if rubbish. Bad acting, bad dialog, bad story, bad music and a non event ending
  
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  - wakefield, england
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 23:51
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- - 0
  - 0
  New Hollywood Road Movie
  
  The lead parts are played by two non-actors - James Taylor and Dennis Wilson, and their inability to act gives the movie the feeling of an existential western. ... read more »
  
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- - MrLumpy
  - 10 reviews
  - Exeter
  - 18 Aug 2011 at 21:45
- - 0
  - 0
  it's a classic!
  
  if you love vanishing point,easy rider,dual,the driver and other subtle 60/70's films you will love it, if you only like modern action movies you will not.<... read more »
  
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- - MrNick
  - 1 review
  - 20 Jun 2011 at 16:28
- - 0
  - 0
  Great film!
  
  great film! absolutly amazing and unexpected
  
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  - weymouth, uk
  - 11 Feb 2011 at 16:09
- - 1
  - 0
  TWO LANE BLACKTOP
  
  IF YOU LIKE SEEING 60/70`S MUSCLE CARS ACTUALLY FILMED IN THAT ERA THEN THIS IS PLEASING TO WATCH -BUT THE FILM IS REALLY ONLY A SORT OF- VIDEO DIARY OF 4 ... read more »
  
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  - DOWN SOUTH
  - 21 Aug 2010 at 17:02
- - 1
  - 2
  Dire
  
  The title says it all
  
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- - a customer
  - Northamptonshire
  - 26 Feb 2010 at 16:42
- - 2
  - 0
  Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
  
  Universals answer to Easy rider, at a time when studios were so desperate to get the 'kids' into the cinema that the counter-culture attitude was ... read more »
  
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- - Teebs
  - 159 reviews
  - Rochester
  - 03 Dec 2009 at 20:51
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  - 0
  Cult finery.
  
  If you watch this film with a polished 21st century eye then the budget production and staccato plot development will seem rather alien. A better tactic is to ... read more »
  
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- - DennyB
  - 4 reviews
  - The grim north
  - 29 Apr 2009 at 22:13
- - 0
  - 0
  worth a watch
  
  No this is not the best film ever and dont expect it to be, i liked it for the fact that they actualy do a little bit of tuning on the car and try to go faster... read more »
  
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- - lukebasildon
  - 8 reviews
  - Basildon
  - 02 Mar 2009 at 14:42
- - 0
  - 0
  shining blacktop
  
  an expertly directed movie ,with great performances from the cast,despite their inexperience in some cases.
  
  the plot may be fairly thin , but the ... read more »
  
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  - Brighton
  - 14 Jan 2009 at 15:55
- - 0
  - 1
  Strange & sad
  
  A lot of stuff has been written about this film - some say the car's the main character
  
  or a symbol of some sort etc etc. The film looks kind of... read more »
  
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  - Bristol
  - 17 Dec 2008 at 23:10
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  - 9
  terrible
  
  What a load if rubbish. Bad acting, bad dialog, bad story, bad music and a non event ending
  
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- 482336
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  - a customer
  - wakefield, england
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 23:51
- - 5
  - 0
  One of those films
  
  This is one of those films usually described as seminal. Which means if you were a teenage male in the early 70s you probably loved this film along with Electra... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bath, UK
  - 12 Oct 2007 at 19:38
- - 5
  - 1
  Two lane disappointment..
  
  This was one of those films you 'have' to see. Why? Like Duel; Electroglide in Blue; Easy Rider.... if you loved all of those, you will love Two Lane ... read more »
  
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- 628422
- - themacs
  - 43 reviews
  - Bridport
  - 12 Sep 2008 at 20:54
- - 2
  - 0
  Cult finery.
  
  If you watch this film with a polished 21st century eye then the budget production and staccato plot development will seem rather alien. A better tactic is to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 750104
- - DennyB
  - 4 reviews
  - The grim north
  - 29 Apr 2009 at 22:13
- - 2
  - 0
  Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
  
  Universals answer to Easy rider, at a time when studios were so desperate to get the 'kids' into the cinema that the counter-culture attitude was ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 836874
- - Teebs
  - 159 reviews
  - Rochester
  - 03 Dec 2009 at 20:51
- - 1
  - 0
  TWO LANE BLACKTOP
  
  IF YOU LIKE SEEING 60/70`S MUSCLE CARS ACTUALLY FILMED IN THAT ERA THEN THIS IS PLEASING TO WATCH -BUT THE FILM IS REALLY ONLY A SORT OF- VIDEO DIARY OF 4 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 916773
- - a customer
  - DOWN SOUTH
  - 21 Aug 2010 at 17:02
- - 2
  - 2
  Is it any good?
  
  Heard a review of this on BBC radio 4
  
  22 June 2007
  
  Francine Stock talks to Monte Hellman, director of the legendary cult film Two Lane ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 22 Jun 2007 at 21:05
- - 0
  - 0
  shining blacktop
  
  an expertly directed movie ,with great performances from the cast,despite their inexperience in some cases.
  
  the plot may be fairly thin , but the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 687829
- - a customer
  - Brighton
  - 14 Jan 2009 at 15:55
- - 0
  - 0
  worth a watch
  
  No this is not the best film ever and dont expect it to be, i liked it for the fact that they actualy do a little bit of tuning on the car and try to go faster... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 718758
- - lukebasildon
  - 8 reviews
  - Basildon
  - 02 Mar 2009 at 14:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Great film!
  
  great film! absolutly amazing and unexpected
  
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- 963103
- - a customer
  - weymouth, uk
  - 11 Feb 2011 at 16:09

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- Two-Lane Blacktop - Blu-ray
  
  Cult film director Monte Hellman follows up his legendary westerns THE SHOOTING and RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND with another sterling film, this time set on the paved highways of early 1970s America. Making their acting debuts, musicians Dennis Wilson and James Taylor play a pair of drag-racing drifters ...