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Cult filmmaker Michael Laughlin from Two-Lane Blacktop and Mesmerized dies from Covid
Variety.The producer, who was born in Illinois, had been recruited by Stanford University to play basketball, and graduated in 1960 from Principia College in Elsah.He began producing films in the late 60s and worked on movies like The Whispers with Bryan Forbes in 1967, and Joanna in 1968 with director Michael Sarne.A decade later, he produced a series of independent feature films, including the famous 1971 movie Two-Lane Blacktop by director Monte Hellman.The film was put in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress in 2012.In the 1980s he wrote and directed three motion pictures, including 1981 horror flick Strange Behaviours, 1983's Strange Invaders, and 1985's drama Mesmerized featuring Jodie Foster and John Lithgow.Laughlin
