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2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #414
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1971
Two drag racers battle for each other's cars and for the affections of a mysterious hitchhiker
Dolby digital 5.1, anamorphic wide screen 2.35:1
Features: two audio commentaries; interviews with Hellman, actor James Taylor, musician Kris Kristofferson, producer Michael Laughlin, and production manager Walter Coblenz; rare screen test outtakes; "Performance and image," a look at the restoration of a '55 Chevy used in the movie and the film's locations in 2007; "Color me gone," photos and publicity from the film; trailer; booklet featuring a new essay by critic Kent Jones, appreciations by Richard Linklater and musician Tom Waits, a 1970 on-set account from Rolling Stone by Michael Goodwin and Wurlitzer's screenplay
James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson, Rudolph Wurlitzer
MPAA rating: R
Closed-captioned