Country: USA
Year: 1971
Duration: 102'
Two nameless drivers (the musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson) have a souped-up Chevrolet and participate in illegal car races. One day, they challenge the driver of a Ferrari GTO to a race all the way to Washington. But after a while each goes his own way. An existential road movie, with roads, cars, encounters, silences, chitchat (by GTO, a great Warren Oates), landscapes, and without a touch of rhetoric. Monte Hellman, a precursor of Wim Wenders. Debut script by Rudy Wurlitzer.
Biography
film director
Monte Hellman
Monte Hellman (New York, NY, Usa, 1932).
FILMOGRAFIA
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959), Back Door to Hell (1964), Flight to Fury (1964), Ride in the Whirlwind (Le colline blu, 1966), The Shooting (La sparatoria, 1967), Two-Lane Blacktop (Strada a doppia corsia, 1971), Cockfighter (1974), Amore, piombo e furore (1978), Inside the Coppola Personality (1981), Iguana (1988), Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (video, 1989), Stanley’s Girlfriend (cm, 2006), Trapped Ashes (ep. Stanley’s Girlfriend, 2006), Somewhere Near Salinas: A Conversation with Kris Kristofferson (cm, 2007), Road to Nowhere (2010), Venice 70: Future Reloaded (ep., Vive L’Amour, 2013).
Cast
& Credits
REGIA, MONTAGGIO
Monte Hellman
SOGGETTO
Will Corry (Floyd Mutrux, non accredito/uncredited)
SCENEGGIATURA
Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry
FOTOGRAFIA
Jack Deerson (Gregory Sandor, non accreditato/uncredited)
COSTUMI
Richard Bruno
MUSICA
Billy James
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
James Taylor (il pilota/driver), Dennis Wilson (il meccanico/mechanic), Warren Oates (Gto), Laurie Bird (la ragazza/girl)
PRODUTTORE
Michael Laughlin
PRODUZIONE
Michael Laughlin Enterprises, Universal Pictures
Monte Hellman
SOGGETTO
Will Corry (Floyd Mutrux, non accredito/uncredited)
SCENEGGIATURA
Rudy Wurlitzer, Will Corry
FOTOGRAFIA
Jack Deerson (Gregory Sandor, non accreditato/uncredited)
COSTUMI
Richard Bruno
MUSICA
Billy James
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
James Taylor (il pilota/driver), Dennis Wilson (il meccanico/mechanic), Warren Oates (Gto), Laurie Bird (la ragazza/girl)
PRODUTTORE
Michael Laughlin
PRODUZIONE
Michael Laughlin Enterprises, Universal Pictures