Let's make this birthday one to remember.

92 years old (Born on July 12, 1932)

Happy Birthday, Monte Hellman! May your day be as thrilling and enigmatic as a cross-country race in "Two-Lane Blacktop," minus the existential angst (unless that's your thing). Your films taught us that sometimes life's greatest adventures happen when you're lost on an endless highway—preferably with Warren Oates riding shotgun.

From crafting cult classics like "The Shooting" to redefining cinematic coolness, you've always steered clear of Hollywood clichés. Here's hoping this birthday brings you fewer plot twists than one of your iconic road movies—but just enough excitement to keep things interesting. Keep rolling down life's open roads; we’re all happily along for the ride!