Duel (Collector's Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Duel (Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: HIGHLY EFFECTIVE thrill ride--now with awesome VINTAGE cars & trucks!
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this movie as a kid when it first appeared on ABC back in 1971--the days when ALL the networks had "nightly" movies instead of the now omnipresent "reality" shows. While NBC seemed fixated on the Sunday and Tuesday "Mystery Movies"--McCloud (DENNIS WEAVER AGAIN!), MacMillan & Wife, Columbo, The Snoop Sisters (remember them?? Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick???)--ABC seemed more "groovy", serving up 90 minute movies like DUEL and KILLDOZER with Robert Urich trapped on an isolated island with a demonically possessed bulldozer that's killing off the oil drilling crew one-by-one! While, sadly, KILLDOZER isn't out on DVD, you CAN own and enjoy DUEL with Dennis Weaver! Scary when you're a kid, still awesome when you're and adult, and keeps working even after multiple viewings!
An added bonus 35 years later??? Have fun checking out all the vintage cars and trucks, from the dirt encrusted Peterbilt semi-tanker to Dennis Weaver's plain-jane Plymouth Valiant four-door sedan and many more 1950's and 1960's rides! Also great is the small part of the "Snake-Lady" played by Lucille Benson.
As scary today as it was in 1971 because of the frightenly easy to accept premise--THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU! None of the goofy, computer generated, laws-of-physics defying special effects that plague movies of today. Just honest-to-goodness REAL LIFE, REAL WORLD ACTION and FEAR.
A classic. Guaranteed to make YOU think the next time YOU pass a decrepit 18-wheeler! DVD extras OK and interesting, but this is one movie that doesn't need DVD "bonuses" to entice you to buy it! A MUST have for anybody that likes thrillers, Spielberg or vintage cars & trucks!
Movie Review: Duel-The Best Of Spielburg
Summary: 5 Stars
Well Duel is a masterpiece of film , Jaws is my favourite film of all time but in a lot of ways Duel tops that movie.I first saw it on television in the early 70's and then they brought it out at the theatres with the extra scene with the bus in it(and a different truck)that brought the running time up to more of a theatrical release.
I have never met a guy who does not love this film , my wife hates it and even though their will be ladies out there that will be a fan of it I suspect this is more a guy kind of film.There are three road films that were made in the early to mid 70's that define that era and they are:Duel , Vanashing Point , and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry-now that would be a great triple feature but lets get back to Duel.
I have always thought Spielburg was at the top of his game when he made it , even though he has made some great films over the last 40 years. Duel is a psychological film with Dennis Weaver in my opinion giving his finest ever performance(and I am a big Gunsmoke fan)worthy of a Oscar.The camera work is great and the close ups of the truck with that oily look make it even better.
When Spielburg had to extend the film he had to scour the U.S for the same kind of truck remembering he had wrote the original off at the end of the movie.You can see the colors are just a bit off when the truck goes to help the stranded school bus but other than that there is not many faults with the film in any other aspect.
This film should be used by film students as a learning tool on how to make a great film on a small budget , we actually need to start making tv movies like this again so one day we might find another Spielburg.
Movie Review: "Duel" Of The Fates
Summary: 5 Stars
"Come on you miserable fat-head! Get that fat-*ss truck outta my way!" - David Mann gets his road-rage face on & starts "Duel"Before the term "road-rage" was coined there was Steven Spielberg's first film. "Duel" still holds its punch 33 years after its movie of the week debut.
David Mann is a simple business man, late for a convention thats taking him cross country to get there. It seems that he's making good time, that is, until, an old tanker truck gets in his path, and won't let Mann pass at any cost, except, with the cost of his own life. But, when Mann sees an opening and slips past the truck, an annoying situation escalates into a dangerous game of cat & mouse as the truck and its unknown driver hunts down, teases, & taunts Mann, & his crappy Dodge Dart, all over the Arizona highway.
The film is still great. Its like a feature length episode of "The Twilight Zone". Dennis Weaver is at his best as David Mann, who seems confindent, one of the guys that seems to have an infinite amount of patience, at the films beginning, but, at films end he's a nerve-shattered shell of his formerself & you wonder if he would ever drive a vehicle again, let alone sit in one!
Spielberg shows his first flair for suspense in "Duel" with the school bus sequence and the gas station attack (if you weren't at least on the edge of your seat when Mann was trying to help the kids & the school bus out while the truck ominously watched in the wings, you better check your pulse!).
"Duel" is one of those films that makes you think twice about showing off your road-rage & flipping someone off after they cut you off on the highway. A must for the DVD collection. Not to be watched on long road trips.
Movie Review: Duel to the death!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, alot can be said about how great this film is but I will try to make it brief without giving too much away.
First of all, this is the directorial debut for Steven Spielberg and you can see from watching this early work how he made it to where he is today.
The suspense is the best part of this movie because it nevers lets up and keeps building until the very end.
The villain in the truck who dishes out a big helping of road rage is never really seen, but he does not need to be.
The truck that he drives and how he drives it is a good enough indication of what kind of person is behind the wheel.
The main character, who is a simple man trying to make his way home comes across as a very believable and real person.
Dennis Weaver plays this part in a very convincing way.
As he becomes menaced and paranoid, you feel it too.
The truck that he is trying to escape has as much personality as any classic horror villain I have ever seen.
Thats right, the truck itself is a character all its own!
Also, the fact that this takes place in the 70's makes it much more effective because the main character has no cell phone to call for help and he only has his wits to save him.
All I can say is that if you are a fan of classic road movies or psychological horror, then you owe it to yourself to watch this ASAP!
It is certainly a true classic and it has stood the test of time and will most likely continue to do so.
Just think of this as Jaws on wheels with less gore and more suspense.
After all, a horror movie does not need to be gory to be great.
Great acting!
Great plot!
Awsome movie!
Movie Review: Some Points Noticed in Other Reviews
Summary: 5 Stars
In perusing others' reviews of this gem, i find it rather amusing that among the scenes cited most often as exemplary is the cafe scene, in which Weaver's character attempts to see if any of the other patrons might be the driver of the truck.
What's amusing aboout this is that this is one of the scenes added to expand the original 77-minute version to 90-plus minutes to make it suitable for theatrical release (mainly in Europe) and for local US television (At 77 minutes, it was too long to fit a local tv 90-minute with commercials, and too short for a two-hour local tv slot... 92 minutes is just about perfect for the local tv two-hour slot.)
Other added scenes include the phone conversation with his wife (also cited by one or more reviewers) and (i think; it's been a while since i saw the short version) the scene with Lou Frizzel as a schoolbus driver.
While some of the added material (like the school bus scene) is fun, it does alter the overall pacing and form of the film from what was originally shown.
As i've said before, maybe when we get the DVD it will have the chapter breaks so arranged that we can see either version if we so desire. (It would be nice if, like the DVD of the Bogart/Bacall "The Big Sleep", both versions were on the disc...)
(Incidentally, just as this was the first of many films, ranging from excellent to execrable, for Spielberg, it was also the beginning of his reputation for never finishing a film within budget or on schedule -- he ran over on both.)