Synopsis
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) — watch online on iFILM. Monte Hellman's road movie is the quieter, stranger cousin of Easy Rider. The Driver and the Mechanic (played by musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson) haul a modified 1955 Chevy across the American Southwest, running drag races for gas money.
A nameless hitchhiker climbs in. Then they cross paths with GTO — Warren Oates playing a middle-aged man in a brand-new Pontiac, who tells a different story about himself to every passenger he picks up. He proposes a cross-country race; loser hands over the car. The race technically begins. Whether anyone still cares about winning is another question.
Esquire ran the screenplay in its April 1971 issue as literature before the film opened. Harry Dean Stanton appears in a small role. What Hellman made is more atmosphere than plot — a portrait of American restlessness that has nothing left to chase. Stream Two-Lane Blacktop online on iFILM.
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