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I have tried to watch this move twice in the last year. But it is always on late at night and I fall asleep before the end and then its not on again for months. Who wins the race? What happens at the end?

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You dont want to know.I guess the meaning is all that you make it to be in your mind.If Dennis Wilson said "I goota check the jets" one more time I would have attacked the projectionist.Personally I thought the movie sucked.Laurie Bird looked like she was on crack and Warren Oats was a poster boy for the LGBT movement,very strange.
Now you know why I never worked as a movie critic.

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I love that movie. After trying to find it for years on TV, it was hit & miss and then usually missing the beginning or end which doesn't work for this kind of movie.
Then I found the 2008 remastered version in my library. Included (on paper, not a DVD bonus) was the script (that's a short read), a reprint of the Rolling Stones movie review from 1971 and I believe an interview with the Director (Monte Hellman). On the DVD was an interview with The Driver (James Taylor) who has never seen the movie as that is his policy on anything he does; doesn't look back. Google movie reviews of Two Lane Black Top and find some interesting reading.
Myself, I could identify a lot of me in the movie but let's say several notches below. I spent many hours trying "new jets" or new dwell angle or new valve lash and then sometimes driving around in my Challenger for hours late at night looking for a race. But I never took it to the road and made a living off it like these two guys.
Basically, if you didn't like Easy Rider, you probably wouldn't like TLBT. It's an end of an era type movie; the world is changing and these two guys are free to do what they love with no ties to anybody or anything. The end was controversial at the time and if you understand the deeper meaning of the movie, it makes sense. If you need an ending neatly spelled out for you, you'll hate it. But you have to watch the movie, all of it at once and ideally not interrupted, to take it all in.
The movie was a flop when it was originally released and has sense turned into a sizable cult film. I like it a lot more than Vanishing Point and I could ramble on about hat movie also. If VP had been directed by Monte, it may have been a better movie as the theme wasn't half bad.
There, that's my review.
Look here also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Lane_Blacktop

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Some other good cult classic movies from back then like Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point & Easy Rider are, Bullitt, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Return to Macon County...

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That movie inspired us to go to the west coast with the race car and $320 in our pockets (no plastic back then). We had to win something to get back home.

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Based on Ed's review I guess I'll have to skip it...I must be sheltered because I had to google what LGBT means...glad I managed to miss it all these years....besides, I'm more of a Bullitt kind of guy, always get a kick out of them having trouble with the Charger always catching the Mustang...but what a car chase scene, almost as good as the one in "Ronin".

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I have seen some of the other movies that were listed below and like older movies. The movies made today are so far away from what is possible in the real world or just plain stupid ( IE Fast and the Furious or as I call it The slow and rediculously ugly). I was a very very young kid when this movie came out and had never heard of it untill earlier this year. I saw it was on and when I read the discription and it said drag racing was involved I was hooked. There are very few movies that involve our sport so when I see one that is even remotely linked to it I usually try and watch it. I liked it and was following along but forgot to hit the button to record it on the DVR. The second time same thing. I get up and start my day at 4-5 AM most days so a movie that starts at 10 PM or later is hard for me to watch and stay awake no matter how good it is. I thought it was along the lines of all of the movies of that era in respect to how they were made and the cameras and special effects of the time. I am going to try and see If I can buy it online somewhere. I am curious to see which one made it accross the county first and got the other ones car.

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I watched the movie on Youtube. I dont know if its still there or not, but it was earlier this year when I watched it..

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the best part was the m-22 rock-crusher whine through the gears..........it was a little corny ,but hey i'm a car guy..lol.....2- thumbs -up

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It's still on just watched it.

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Did you know the '55 Chevy was the same car used in American Graffiti?

I didn't know there were entire movies on YouTube. Interesting..

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I was in high school at that time. I went to the out door movies and watched most of those movies. There was a interesting piece on Bullet on Yahoo news the other day. Steve Mc Queen wanted to do all the driving and stunts. He wound up not doing the stunts but did all of the rest of the driving. It was stated that they only used two Mustangs in the film.

Kirk

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I understand the two mustangs in Bullett were a 390 automatic,and a 289 4 speed version. One would definitely handle better and be great in a chase scene, the other could do great Towering Inferno burnouts, especially with no posi and street tires. I noticed while reviewing the classic chase scene- the Stang and the mopar race down a street and go hard right toward the camera, in the foreground heading toward them is a BRAND NEW green 68 Chevelle SS396.Also, does it point out how big American cars were in the 60's? I sort of forgot that.

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I fell asleep at the theatre when this movie first came out. James Taylor should have stuck with singing as his acting ain't much.
regards, Roland

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The following is a link to another on line hot rod movie (hope it works). It's not drag racing but a hot rod movie from around '74 I believe. "The Calfornia Kid". I'm reasonably sure you'll recognize some very promonent actors in their early careers.



[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUs-5cTNHc"]The California Kid (1974) Full movie - YouTube[/ame]

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I always thought the audio was pretty cool also. Besides the old race footage, including the A.H.R.A. event they happened across,, I thought the best scene in the movie was when they took the GTO driver for a "wakeup" ride in the '55. The "Holy S#!t look on his face while hes getting planted in the seat is priceless! How many times have we done that to an unsuspecting passenger,, I know I have.
Danny Durham

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Awesome movie !! some great footage of the BrotherHood Street Racing Assoc in the opening scenes. very few words bit a couple of great lines..

opening scene " I think that Hemi had a TorqueFlite"
drive in scene "Ordinarly i jump @ the oppertunity, but the thing is i'm not in the habit of seeing the chevy work against a piece of junk, let's make it 50... make it 3 large explict'er an we'll have ourselves and automobile race...
Couple of neat facts... The crew could not keep the car running on the 2 carbs you see in the engine scenes. So they made a stand to set the carbs on so you could see them through the windshield and run the car on a single carb.. The guy who comes out the garage in then gas station scene who the the Thames " with some transmission trouble" was the guy who built the car for the movie.And you never know how it ends...

Chris

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I rented from Netflix a few years ago. i figured it was worth the 12bucks to not return it. I watch it about ever 6 months. Not a great movie, the acting is horrible but i'm a car guy and it show cars racing gota watchit.

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If you make this movie and the others mentioned, about just the cars and NOT the lame storyline, they are fun to watch.

There was a lot of pot smokin' going on at that time.

Made ALL the movies better.

Just sayin'.

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Yeah, OK, it's a 1971 movie. What do you expect? Two Lane Blacktop..... It is a cult classic. I own it and several others on DVD. Reliving a misspent youth! Jim


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Love the rock crusher whine. Side note is that the guy I bought my M22 from many years ago sold it to me real cheap cuz it whined. Sold it for a whole bunch more than I paid for it a few years ago lol.

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We went to see the movie at the all night drive in. Last one on the bill , the sun was coming up and you couldn't see the end. Heck of a lot better movie than fast or furry us. ---Trevor

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X3!!!

I have watched the movie many times and with the cable service, they have it On Demand all the time.

I was in High School the first time I watched it. Went to the theater with my uncle that I blame for getting hooked to drag racing. That day they had a double feature of Two Lane Blacktop and Corky with Robert Blake; I believe I paid $0.50 for the ticket as a student.

The movie had a bizarre opening of a street race between Robert Blake in a Barracuda and a 1969 Camaro.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxqG8h-Q88c"]"CORKY" with Robert Blake - YouTube[/ame]

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The driver of the Camaro looks vaguely familiar. Might he be the Charger driver in Bullet?

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No way! Charger driver was well into his 50's in 1968.

I've never heard or seen this Corky movie. Wild Barracuda! Typical street race with the wife in her curlers :D

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Bill Hickman

1-Charger driver in "Bullit"

2-Bonneville driver in "Seven Ups"

3-LeMans driver in "French Connection"

4-Patton's staff car driver "...please don't argue with me Sgt!"

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Bill wore his hair a little longer in the "Seven Ups",,,, really liked that movie. One he$$ of a crash scene when Roy Scheider goes topless in that Ventura!
Danny Durham

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