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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Directed by: Monte Hellman
Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer/songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson, in their only acting roles), accompanied by a tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates's Pontiac GTO-driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race-the prize: their cars' pink slips. Yet no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. Maverick director Monte Hellman's stripped-down narrative, gorgeous widescreen compositions, and sophisticated look at American male obsession make this one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
English Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Screen Tests, Featurette, Gallery, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet, Book, Documentary, Interview
- Audio commentary by Monte Hellman and filmmaker Allison Anders
- Audio commentary by screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer and author David N. Meyer
- On the Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited
- Make it Three Yards: Interview between Monte Hellman and James Taylor
- Interview between Monte Hellman and singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson
- Sure Did Talk to You, featuring interviews with producer Michael Laughlin, production manager Walter Coblenz, and others
- Rare screen test outtakes
- Performance and Image, a look at the restoration of a ’55 Chevy used in the movie and the film’s locations in 2007
- Color Me Gone, photos and publicity from the film
- Trailer
- A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones, appreciations by director Richard Linklater and musician Tom Waits, and a 1970 on-set account from Rolling Stone by Michael Goodwin
- A copy of Rudy Wurlitzer’s screenplay
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Release Credits
Producer: Susan Arosteguy
Artwork: Marc English
Release Notes on Restoration
Two-Lane Blacktop
Two-Lane Blacktop is presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Black bars at the top and the bottom of the screen are normal for this format. Supervised by director Monte Hellman, this high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit 2K from a 35mm four-perforation interpositive made from the original Techniscope two-perforation camera negative. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 was encoded at the highest-possible bit rate for the quantity of material included.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm magnetic tracks, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on 5.1 -channel sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm magnetic tracks, and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on 5.1 -channel sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.