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Duel (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Gene Dynarski, Tim Herbert, Charles Seel
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  195 reviews
Sales Rank: 4956
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD21976D
ISBN: 0783268580
UPC: 025192197628
EAN: 9780783268583
ASIN: B000063UR5
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1971
Release Date: August 17, 2004
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Product Description
Before spinning cinematic gold from sharks, dinosaurs and homesick aliens, a young Steven Spielberg directed this high-velocity thriller about an innocent motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg's first full-length movie, "Duel" helped jumpstart the director's big-screen career, with a gripping, action-packed story hailed by critics as a film that "...belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers" (Daily Variety). Dennis Weaver stars as the traveling salesman waging a desperate battle for survival after he is mysteriously singled out for destruction. Praised for its deft use of relentlessly mounting psychological tension, "Duel" features one of the most uniquely terrifying "characters" in movie history: a massive, roaring 40-ton truck with more sheer menace than most flesh-and-blood villains. But Steven Spielberg was, literally, just getting started. A few years later, the action of Spielberg's blockbuster "Jaws" would echo "Duel's" tale of a lone hero in a heart-stopping fight to the finish against a monstrous, inhuman foe.
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This is the TV movie that put Steven Spielberg on the map, shortly before he made The Sugarland Express. Working from a script by Richard Matheson, the film stars Dennis Weaver as a mild-mannered traveling salesman who unintentionally angers the driver of a semi truck. Suddenly, the truck is not only riding his tail but trying to run him off the road. No matter what he does (pulling over, stopping at a diner, calling the cops), he can't get rid of it. Spielberg makes the wise decision of never showing the driver, even as he cranks the voltage on the film's suspense elements. As a result, the truck itself takes on an air of satanic menace--even a personality of sorts--as it seems to hunt its human prey. Spielberg made a lot out of a little, suggesting just how skilled a storyteller he would become. --Marshall Fine
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 Great Thriller! December 27, 2008
If you haven't had a chance to watch this movie, take my advice and get it. It's well worth the price. It put Spielberg on the map, and you'll know why as soon as you finish the movie. Scary road rage before there was a term for it!
 first time only December 5, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i saw this movie plenty of years ago
and recently got in the mood to order old movies i recall as good
it was ok the 2nd time around
i guess the more realistic movies with more thriller action has made a once good film like this seem mediocre
i would advise it if its ur first time
Excellent November 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Duel is one of my favorite all-time movies. I original saw it on TV many years ago and remember being absolutely riveted to the screen. I now have it on DVD and it has not lost its power. It is a must see movie.
I generally despise Spielberg's pap, but this one's a gem! October 18, 2008
"Duel" is one of those ABC Movie of the Week standards from the 1970's (along with "Killdozer") that had a tremendous impact on us as impressionable kids. A true gem of a film, intense from start to finish yet suitable for family viewing, one that has stood the test of time despite some of the dated 70's era material. As is typical of Spielberg films, there are a few inexcusable filming errors - watch for the incredible disappearing crossing arm at the railroad crossing - but for the most part you won't notice them unless you're a stickler for film perfection.
I'm somewhat suprised no one has attempted a remake - even with cell phones and GPS one could incorporate dead zones and GPS errors into the plot to keep the sense of isolation intact. I'd change the car to a hybrid (yellow of course, with an "Oil is Evil" bumper sticker or something to that effect), and the David Mann character to one of those obnoxious "greenie" types who ultimately transforms from wimp into a real man by the end of the film. Oh wait, they already did that in the remake of "The Hills Have Eyes"! Oh well!
"SEMI-Tough" September 11, 2008
To my mind the best thing Spielberg has ever done. This movie strikes a cord in the heart of everyman. Have we all not had a semi breathing down our necks on a freeway, interstate or elsewhere? They could not stop if they had to and we would be a greasespot on the road. Dennis Weaver is great as the unsophisticated salesman that is terrorized by this demon. You feel the truck is driving itself, pre-programmed as you never see a driver at all, just feel the evil bearing down. Spielberg works hard to build the tension perfectly in this movie. We witness the roller-coaster emotions of Weaver as he has gotten rid of him, then realizes he is still there, gets rid of him again, and he is back. The noise of the 450 Cummings (?) and the irritation of the horn, the air brakes, the rear-view mirror images of the monster. A thrilling movie.
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