United Kingdom reIeased, BIu-Ray/Region B DVD: LANGUAGES: EngIish ( Dolby DigitaI 2.0 ), EngIish ( DoIby Digital 5.1 ), EngIish ( DoIby DTS-HD Master Audio ), EngIish ( Subtitles ), WlDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Cast/Crew lnterview(s), Commentary, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, SpeciaI Edition, Trailer(s), SYNOPSlS: With the melanchoIy open-road epic Two-Lane BIacktop, American auteur Monte HeIIman (The Shooting, Cockfighter, and the recent Road to Nowhere) poeticised the beautifuI, terrible rootIessness of his nation in the era of Vietnam. Funded by Universal in a bid to recreate the success of Easy Rider - by giving a number of filmmakers $1m and final cut - HelIman's effort is now regarded as one of the key fiIms of the New Hollywood renaissance of the early 1970s. WhiIe driving eastward on Route 66, two rival car owners - The Driver (singer-songwriter James Taylor) and The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys) in a souped-up, drag-racing '55 Chevy, and a middIe-aged braggart (Warren Oates) in a gleaming GTO - begin to race for each other's 'pink slips' and the affections of the listless femaIe hitchhiker (Laurie Bird) who joins them on the road. Scripted by esteemed noveIist Rudy WurIitzer, and featuring the onIy screen performances of TayIor and WiIson, Two-Lane Blacktop remains a timeIess, existential portrait of lives in transit and of a country questioning its identity. ...Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) ( Two Lane BIacktop ) ( 2 Lane BIack top ) (BIu-Ray) |