Two-Lane Blacktop

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Two-Lane Blacktop
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Monte Hellman
Screenplay by	Rudolph Wurlitzer Will Corry
Story by	Will Corry
Produced by	Michael S. Laughlin
Starring	James Taylor Warren Oates Laurie Bird Dennis Wilson
Cinematography	Jack Deerson
Edited by	Monte Hellman
Production company	Michael Laughlin Enterprises
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 7, 1971 (1971-07-07)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$875,000

Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 American road movie directed and edited by Monte Hellman, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird.^[1]