Cinematic background from Two-Lane Blacktop 1971 - A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A car parked in front of a building at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – An older man sitting in the driver's seat of an old car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person wearing a green sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men and a woman are standing in a garage; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of people sitting at a table in a restaurant; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in a car with an open umbrella; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A bridge over a body of water near a wooded area; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a child in a car at night; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A motorcycle parked in front of a restaurant; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person sitting in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A woman sitting in the driver's seat of a car looking out the window; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting at a table in front of a woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man driving a car in the middle of the road; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men sitting in the back seat of a car looking out at the water; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting at a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two people sitting at a table in front of a truck; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A woman sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in the passenger seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person with long hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A woman sitting at a table with two other people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person is driving a car on the road; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in a chair next to a gas pump; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in the back of a car looking at a woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person with long hair in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man standing in front of a gas pump; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person in a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two young men sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man standing in the middle of the road holding a skateboard; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in a chair looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of people sitting in the back of a vehicle; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of people sitting at a table in a restaurant; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of men walking down a street at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – An old truck parked in front of a diner; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person standing on the side of a road at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person with long hair in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person laying on a bed in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man in a car looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men sitting in the drivers seat of a yellow car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A gas station with a car parked in front of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A bus driving down a street at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in the back seat of a yellow car; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in the back seat of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of people sitting next to each other in a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in the drivers seat of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men sitting at a table in front of each other at a restaurant; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in a car looking out the window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two people in a car looking out the window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person with long brown hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman in a car at night; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting at a table with a plate in front of him; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man standing next to an old car in front of a garage; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man with long hair sitting in the back of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man in a red sweater standing in front of a woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A woman sitting at a table in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of people sitting at a bar drinking wine; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man is driving a car in the rain; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men are working on a car engine; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A wagon filled with cantaloupe sits in a field; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – An old car parked in front of a gas station; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man driving a car on the side of the road; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A woman with long brown hair sitting in front of a shelf; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting on the back of a blue chevrolet truck; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men standing next to each other in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman standing on the side of a road; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in the drivers seat of a car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men sitting at a table with a plate of food; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of people standing next to an old green truck; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man wearing a red sweater and a blue tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man and a woman sitting in the drivers seat of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two people sitting at a table in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man standing next to an old gas pump; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man in a yellow car with a man in a brown hat; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – An empty parking lot at night with cars parked in front of it; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person looking out a car window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in the driver's seat of a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person sitting in the driver's seat of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man working on an engine of a train car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A woman sitting in the back of a car next to a man; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – An old car parked in front of a building with people standing around it; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two men are sitting in the back seat of a car; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – Two women and a man sitting in the back of a car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man wearing glasses and a cowboy hat in a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – An old gas station with cars parked at the gas pumps; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in a car looking out the window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A woman sleeping in the back of a car next to a man; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A view of a lake with a large dam in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man sitting in the drivers seat of a car in the rain; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A man standing in the dark holding a red light; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Two-Lane Blacktop” (1971), directed by Monte Hellman – A person sitting in a car at night; Close Up shot, Low angle