TWO LANE BLACKTOP with Monte Hellman Live!
Rated R; 102min; Director:Monte Hellman (1971) 
Location: Alamo Downtown
This show is a part of the Celebrity Guests Signature Series, Click to See More
We are honored to welcome a guest who
played a huge role in helping to drag the
American movie industry out of the old, bad
stagnant period of Hollywood at its worst
and into the vibrant, expressive period of
the late sixties and early to mid seventies.
I suspect we all know Coppola and Altman
and Scorsese and Ashby - but there's
another towering figure who belongs in that pantheon, and for one night only that
man - Monte Hellman - will be here at the Alamo. From his time in the Roger Corman
school of film, grinding out films alongside Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Towne, Jack
Hill and others, through his first triumphs; the so-called existential westerns RIDE IN
THE WHIRLWIND and THE SHOOTING; and through his most highly regarded film - the
road movie to end all road movies, TWO LANE BLACKTOP, Hellman was right in the
middle of it all with cameras blazing!
Monte Hellman will also be in attendance for a screening of THE SHOOTING.
Look for the special DOUBLE FEATURE ticket price at the bottom of THE SHOOTING page. Only $16 for both films and you can keep your seat for the Weird Wednesday presentation of Monte's BETTER WATCH OUT!
What THE SHOOTING did for the western, TWO LANE BLACKTOP did for the road movie.
Two laconic drag racers, identified only as The Driver and The Mechanic (musicians
James Taylor and Dennis Wilson) trawl the back roads of America making their
living by challenging strangers to drag races. They pick up a female hitchhiker who
immediately disrupts the harmony of the mobile family unit and then encounter
another drag-racing drifter, Warren Oates (never better), who they challenge to a
cross-country race along Route 66 for "pink slips" (aka car titles). That's it. And it's one
of the greatest, purest, most honest films ever made.
Very special thanks to Charles Lieurance of I Luv
Video for making this event possible.
And check out this poster from Mondo Tees!
Balcony Reservations: The Alamo Ritz has two private balconies which seat up to 4 people per balcony. For more information and reservations, email Balcony@OriginalAlamo.com
Kid Policy: 18 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.
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