Question: Information: - Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman, starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird. "Blacktop" means an asphalt road. - Laurie Bird (September 26, 1952 June 15, 1979) was an American film actress and photographer. - Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American independent film producer, director, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Admired by members of the French New Wave and "Cahiers du cinema", in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinematheque Francaise, as well as the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award. - Nog is a psychedelic novel by Rudolph Wurlitzer published in 1968 . Monte Hellman 's enjoyment of the novel prompted him to hire Wurlitzer to rewrite the screenplay for Two - Lane Blacktop ( 1971 ) . Nog was reprinted in 2009 by the independent publisher Two Dollar Radio . - Two Dollar Radio started as an independent publishing house based in Columbus, Ohio, also known as The Two Dollar Radio Movement. The company was founded in 2005 by husband and wife team Eric Obenauf and Eliza Jane Wood, with Brian Obenauf. The press specializes in literary fiction. In 2013 they launched their micro-budget film division, Two Dollar Radio "Moving Pictures." - Beast from Haunted Cave is a 1959 horror/heist film directed by Monte Hellman and starring Michael Forest, Frank Wolff and Richard Sinatra. Filmed in South Dakota at the same time as "Ski Troop Attack", it tells the story of bank robbers fleeing in the snow who run afoul of a giant spider-like monster that feeds on humans. The film was released as a double feature with "The Wasp Woman (1959)." Plot. A group of criminals, led by the ruthless Alexander Ward (Frank Wolff), hatch a plan to steal gold bars from a bank vault in Deadwood, South Dakota. Ward sends one of his henchmen, Marty Jones (Richard Sinatra), to set an explosive in a nearby gold mine; the detonation will act as a diversion for their heist. Although Marty, accompanied by local barmaid Natalie (Linne Ahlstrand), succeeds in setting the explosive, he encounters a beast (Chris Robinson) in the mine. The beast kills Natalie, but Marty escapes with his life. - Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 December 28, 1983) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their drummer and as the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. Dennis was the only true surfer in the Beach Boys, and his personal life exemplified the "California Myth" that the band's early songs often celebrated. He was also known for his brief association with then-aspiring songwriter Charles Manson, who was later convicted of murder conspiracy. - James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. - Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 April 3, 1982) was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including "The Wild Bunch" (1969) and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" (1974). He starred in numerous films during the early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including "The Hired Hand" (1971), "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971) and "Race with the Devil" (1975). Oates also portrayed John Dillinger in the biopic "Dillinger" (1973) and Sgt. Hulka in the comedy "Stripes" (1981). - Columbus is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is the 15th largest city in the United States, with a population of 850,106 (2015 estimate). It is the core city of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which encompasses a ten county area. It is Ohio's third largest metropolitan area, behind Cleveland and Cincinnati. - The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine. They emerged at the vanguard of the "California Sound", initially performing original surf songs that gained international popularity for their distinct vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance. Rooted in jazz-based vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and doo-wop, Brian led the band in devising novel approaches to music production, arranging his compositions for studio orchestras, and experimenting with several genres ranging from pop ballads to psychedelic and baroque styles. - Monte Hellman (born July 12, 1932) is an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the horror film "Beast from Haunted Cave" (1959), produced by Roger Corman. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'nog ' exhibits the relationship of 'publication date'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - 1926 - 1928 - 1932 - 1944 - 1948 - 1952 - 1959 - 1961 - 1964 - 1969 - 1971 - 1979 - 1981 - 1983 - 2005 - 2009 - 2013 - 2015 - 3 - 4 - 5
Answer:
1969