DVD of The Week - Two Lane Blacktop

"..make it 1/2 a yard motherfucker and we got ourselves an automobile race.."
ok..I know this has been out on DVD for awhile now but I just revisited it the other night after a long viewing hiatus.
Anyway what can I say about a movie that stars James Taylor (yes THAT James Taylor) as The Driver, Dennis Wilson of Beach Boys fame as The Mechanic alongside B movie extraodinaire Warren Oates as MR GTO.?
This is a true cult flick that came out in 71 ..the same year as Vanishing Point. It was a good year for gearhead flicks and some were lucky enough to see both these films as a double feature in the following years.
The plot is pretty non existent in this film but the basic jist of it is as follows: The Driver and The Machanic tool around the country in an old beat up but souped up 55 Chevy picking up street races for money wherever they can find them. Mr GTO is a loud mouth braggart prone to tall tales who spends the movie picking up hitchhikers in his 70 GTO and boring them with all his excruiatingly long bullshit stories. Their two worlds collide when they all end up at the same backroads gas station and decide to race cross country for pink slips (IE car titles for those of you who sat under the clock in high school)to Washington D.C.
Thats it in a nutshell..some great 60's/70's music on the soundtrack , some cool racing scenes..very sparse but effective dialogue and Warren Oates..and hey Wilson and Taylor aint half bad in the acting dept either.
Also keep an eye out for Harry Dean Stanton in a bit role as a hitchhiker who cant keep his paws off Warren Oates's thigh. Hilarious scene!
Another excellent film from the "golden age" of cinema