@That'sJustPrime totally stands up to today. It's plot was plausible just as much today as it was back then! That's part of what makes it so scary. In fact, there was a case that's still open to this day from the late 80's early 90's where a trucker would run motorcyclist over, or off the road. One of them survived the attack and compared his experience to this movie.
That is the creepiest truck EVER! This movie terrified me and the ending was so satisfactory. The way Dennis Weaver capers like a cave man when he watches the truck's destruction. A classic film.
Forgot about that reaction. Was legendary. He became crazy in that moment. Weaver was never passive again. A man not to be fucked with after that ordeal. His life changed forever. Remember 'the car' wasn't that similar? A demon possessed car from 70's.
No special effects, no blood or gore,....just a wonderfully crafted psychological thriller, that is so terrifying and shows a realism and the cat and mouse scenario is done to perfection.....brilliantly directed, it remains a classic today
I've only seen Duel one time, the night it originally aired. I was a kid then but remember it well, and the terror it filled me with. It's one of my favorite movies.
I remember watching " Killdozer" for the first time as a kid on TV and that was a long time ago. But " Duel is an excellent film. The choice of music in tense scenes like under the tunnel with the school bus etc
I remember watching this movie on TV when it was brand new. It blew me away. When Spielberg hit big and it was mentioned that he directed Duel,it gave me added respect for his directorial expertise.
Duel is one of my favorite movies. The fact that you never see the villain and the fact that our "hero"/"victim" is just one man throughout the entire movie and its all from his point of view. Love it.
I remember seeing Duel for the first time when it was aired in November of 1971. As a ten year old, it left a lasting impression. And yes, it was the best TV movie of all time. My parents and siblings, and I sat on the edge of our seats from beginning to climactic end. It's a psychological thriller. It's a tense movie that makes you feel vulnerable. It has so many layers that even though their is almost no dialogue, each individual viewer creates their own image of being in that position. Almost like you are in the passenger seat or the driver yourself. Duel brings out so many different emotions that you feel like a part of the event itself. At least that's what it did for 10 year old me. I always wondered where the filming locations were. I had figured that by now it would all be built up like every other filming location from that far back. Happy to say that for the most part the locations haven't changed much. My son and I took a drive out to where Duel was shot. The restaurant still stands, and looks the same. It is now a an expensive restaurant. Drove to the site where the truck was trying to pust the Valiant onto the railroad tracks. The gas station/laundry may which was located in Acton, California is long gone. There is a bank there. Still a very interesting drive today.
I saw this movie as a kid, in early 70's, in former state Yugoslavia, on black-white TV... I was a little boy, but I knew that I'm watching something special, extraordinary, different from the other movies at that time. And the movie stayed carved in my memory until now. Thank you, mr. JonnyBaak, for your revealing video. It is really good to see it, after so many years.
Not only is the movie a classic in its genre, it amazes me that after its initial airing on November 13, 1971, it still garners so much praise. Yes, I watched it on that evening. The day had been a busy one, my maternal grandfather had passed away a few days earlier and we were all involved in his funeral arrangements. We had dinner at my sister’s home and began watching “Duel” there. We left, missed about 10 minutes of the film, but caught the rest at home. It still remains a great piece of work. I do remember my dad saying we never saw the guy who drove the semi. Yeah, just added to the film. I have seen it several times since.
I met Steven Speilberg in Pleasanton, Texas while he was filming THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS with Goldie Hawn in 1972. I was a stand in. Nice guy . A regular guy.
@@kittyhawk9707 No, just a bit of friendly information. Seems like you've got a fucked up mind problem living in your cheap little horrible world. Get a life and try to enjoy others.
I remember watching this on ABC's Movie of the Week, (which had some great stuff on it) when it first aired. One reason it was so scary is Dennis Weaver's character did everything you could think of to get away, and nothing worked. The truck just kept showing up. That combined with some creepy music and Spielberg at the helm, a suspenseful classic.
Dennis Weaver is a GREAT ACTOR. Dennis Weaver one of my favorite actor. Dennis Weaver did a FABULOUS job acting this part he played in Duel. One of my favorite movie is Duel Love this movie to this day.
I watched Duel with my 12-yr-old last month. He was engrossed the whole way, as was I. And it caused me to remember the first time I ever saw this movie. It was an afternoon matinee movie on broadcast TV, which I watched with friends when was was around 12 also. This isn't just quality filmmaking, but it's quality filmmaking that is accessible to both kids or adults. It's a universal story that can appeal to anyone.
I was in my early teens when I saw this air as a rerun on tv. It's one of the movies that remains etched in my mind. TY Mr. Spielberg for the thrill ride.
I always get an uneasy feeling when I'm stopped at a railroad crossing because of this movie lol. I was also a teenager first time I saw this and I was learning how to drive, made me neve want to impatiently pass a semi LOL
I just happened to watch the movie "Duel" one late evening and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. I had never heard of it prior to seeing it, but would recommend it to anyone as it is a very thrilling film.
Wonderful video, I'll never forget seeing Duel for the first time, it had me by the throat from beginning to end, and no matter how many times I watch it, I really prefer Spielberg's early work over his blockbuster kid stuff
Duel is a masterpiece, any time I describe it to someone they say "That sounds rubbish" which on paper it does, so it shows how great a job Spielberg did that you're gripped to the screen the whole time
It's, always, been my favourite film. A few years ago, on one of my script supervisor sister's shoots, I got to tell that, to Mr. Weaver. He thanked me, hugged me and, said, "yeah, it was a lot of fun making that. I wonder what, ever, happened to that kid director?" He, obviously, knew I knew whom he was referencing.
Watched it first on TV in the early 70s (after its 71 premiere) and it was just amazing. Seen it a couple of times since and it's still impressive. Dennis Weaver MAKES this show.
Today I learned Amblin Entertainment was Amblin’ Entertainment, can’t believe I’ve never noticed that. Then I got to watch a fantastic piece on one of my favourite films of all time. Thanks for the great video.
My favourite moment in that movie is when the car driver is completely oblivious to the truck speeding towards him from behind. We see the truck coming from quite a distance. Brilliant directing. I remember watching Duel as a young kid and I'm sure it's why i became a truck driver LOL
Saw Duel on tv as a kid, probably the original broadcast. It stuck with me my whole life, which says a lot about how well crafted it was. Same goes for Spielberg's segment of the Night Gallery pilot which I was also lucky enough to see in it original run.
I saw it on TV back in '71 when I was a kid and it scared the heck out of me. We traveled a lot then and that was a time when big trucks on the road seemed ominous enough already. It was such a favorite when I saw it that I remembered the title of the movie later in life and looked for it every chance I got. Seems to me it came out on VHS back in the '90s. I'm not sure which release that it is, but it would be a good one for fans to own.
Some months ago I showed my nephew my Blu-Ray of Duel, He always loved Raiders of The Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade as Spielberg movies, but he was completely glued to the set when we watched Duel and couldn’t stop watching it and just loved that film.
I like in the movie when Dennis weaver's character says that the truck must be souped up because in reality there is no way that truck would be able to keep up with the car.. it's important because that directly addresses what most film's let slide and makes them hard to believe it could really happen
Duel is one of my favorite movies of all time, I think about it sometimes when I commute to work, it’s those simple everyday things that’s get you, not a guy in a hockey mask killing teenagers or giant alien ships destroying cities. Those simple things are keys to making good movies and I think that’s what’s missing in today’s movies.
This and 2001 are the two movies that were somehow burned into my memory in childhood and have stayed with me ever since. I have to watch both every few years or so, and I'll jump at any opportunity to see them on the big screen.
I thaughti it was boring at first, but it kept my attention throughout and had to watch to the end. I watched it again a few years later. It is an expert work of minimalism and genius.
Scared the hell out of me. I was a Junior in High School taking drivers training on simulators when I came home late one night after my first job and saw this. I was almost too scared to drive. I had nightmares for a couple of nights, but girls and cars won.
This movie sort of got the ball rolling for future movies like The Hitcher and Joy Ride. I've always liked the setting of these movies as all of them were basically filmed out west. There is something about being on the road that stretches for hundreds of miles without seeing much of any traffick and the sun setting in the distance. Beautiful.
Some movies (well, books, music, paintings too) are so powerful in treading hitherto unexplored territory that they end up spawning a new genre (or at least sub-genre): What was the first joint? The one with Shatner? I'm not sure, but at one point Evil Babysitters weren't a Thing, and then suddenly there were like a thousand variations on the theme out there.
Simple, low budget, quickly made. Proof it's the 'chef' that makes the meal not the components. A classic, still holding up, an inspiration to film makers.
The movie was also shown in cinemas in communist Czechoslovakia - nevermind the class - it was a brilliant abstract movie shown in small cinema clubs with subtitles. I own a special edition DVD in a metal box :)
The first time I watched that Incredible Hulk episode I had a vague recollection of seeing that truck crash somewhere before, but wasn't until a few years later watching Duel on tv I remembered.
The most intense frightening film ever. You spend a lot of time thinking up other responses Weaver could have done only you put yourself in Weaver’s place instead. But somehow your brain has the insane truck driver win every time. Masterpiece of a movie!!!
1:56 he was a legend long before he became a movie maker...case in point,..it takes a legend (and courage) to look Joan Crawford in the eyes and tell her what you expect from her when the camera's start rolling. She was the powerful actress from hell !!!
I'm a huge Spielberg fan, over the last few years I have had a chance to produce some things with Josh Martyn, two series and some documentaries and we often put nods to Spielberg in our productions.
Another good 70’s TV movie along the same vain was “Night Terror”, with Valerie Harper as a housewife traveling across the west in her station wagon who witnesses the murder of a State Trooper. Not as highly acclaimed as Duel, but pretty scary for a kid of the 70’s, especially the voice box vibrator that the killer uses.
I remember watching this in the 70s and being both intrigued and frightened at the same time. It's not quite a horror movie; but it certainly made an impact on me so that I remember it, and Dennis Weaver, these decades later.
That was fascinating. Thanks, man! I learned a lot about a director I thought I already knew. And thanks for getting a good microphone. Massive improvement to an already excellent channel. I can recommend this and future videos to others now. If you re-record the voice audio to your Star Trek vids you will have gold on your channel my friend
I’d like to re record the Star Trek ones I feel embarrassed now when I look back on them. I’ll eventually get around to re doing them maybe sooner. Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate them very much. 😃
The classic “Duel” proves that you do not need fancy special effects to make a great film. Like the old saying goes: “The simple things in life are often the best”.
"Duel" reminds me of "Breakdown" with Kurt Russell. What made me think of it was when it was mentioned that the David's wife was considered as a passenger. Of course we never seen the villain in "Duel" as we do in "Breakdown" but it's that same feeling of terror on the road.
I love duel I have it on blu ray alot of people don't class it as a horror film but it is a fantastic horror film a horror film of realism and reality a David and giolath situation which pushes the hero of the film to his limits of sane to insane and beyond to the terror that he is thrown into absolute classic.
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I think Duel stands up today, it's a classic for a reason.
Better than Jaws imo.
@That'sJustPrime totally stands up to today. It's plot was plausible just as much today as it was back then! That's part of what makes it so scary. In fact, there was a case that's still open to this day from the late 80's early 90's where a trucker would run motorcyclist over, or off the road. One of them survived the attack and compared his experience to this movie.
Great movie. Yes.
Unknown but classic
100% dude!
That is the creepiest truck EVER! This movie terrified me and the ending was so satisfactory. The way Dennis Weaver capers like a cave man when he watches the truck's destruction. A classic film.
What is capers?
Satisfied, I would say, huge relief getting rid of s big bully,but remember at the very end, Dennis sits at the edge of the cliff. ...contemplating.
Forgot about that reaction. Was legendary. He became crazy in that moment. Weaver was never passive again. A man not to be fucked with after that ordeal. His life changed forever. Remember 'the car' wasn't that similar? A demon possessed car from 70's.
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 Dances, does a little victory leap as he watches the truck's destruction.
Duel is, to me, THE textbook film for film students. The simplest premise realized fully for maximum interest for an hour and a half.
Toma Alimos I thought he was saying jewel too 😀
Dennis Weaver one of most underrated actor's. His performance in this a masterpiece
Marc Cherry he was very good in the TV movie Cocaine
He was excellent as creepy motel janitor in A Touch Of Evil small part but memorable
Marc Cherry Okay, I'll check it out! Haven't seen that one.
No special effects, no blood or gore,....just a wonderfully crafted psychological thriller, that is so terrifying and shows a realism and the cat and mouse scenario is done to perfection.....brilliantly directed, it remains a classic today
There is blood. He bangs his head on the steering wheel.
Yeah, and he bites his tongue one time, and at the end crash the truck drivers blood drips too.
Just like me. Not a fan of blood and gore
Just like me. Not a fan of blood and gore
I've only seen Duel one time, the night it originally aired. I was a kid then but remember it well, and the terror it filled me with. It's one of my favorite movies.
Ditto Faith.
So intense
you love it so you've watched it once 48 years ago? hahah... please, shut up.
DUEL IS AN AMAZING FILM ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES
I saw this when it originally aired on television. Brilliantly suspenseful.
i wished i was as old as you to see the good movies in first run.
I remember watching " Killdozer" for the first time as a kid on TV and that was a long time ago. But " Duel is an excellent film. The choice of music in tense scenes like under the tunnel with the school bus etc
I remember watching this movie on TV when it was brand new. It blew me away. When Spielberg hit big and it was mentioned that he directed Duel,it gave me added respect for his directorial expertise.
Duel is one of my favorite movies. The fact that you never see the villain and the fact that our "hero"/"victim" is just one man throughout the entire movie and its all from his point of view. Love it.
or, if ya like, just, one "Mann."
I remember seeing Duel for the first time when it was aired in November of 1971. As a ten year old, it left a lasting impression. And yes, it was the best TV movie of all time. My parents and siblings, and I sat on the edge of our seats from beginning to climactic end. It's a psychological thriller. It's a tense movie that makes you feel vulnerable. It has so many layers that even though their is almost no dialogue, each individual viewer creates their own image of being in that position. Almost like you are in the passenger seat or the driver yourself. Duel brings out so many different emotions that you feel like a part of the event itself. At least that's what it did for 10 year old me. I always wondered where the filming locations were. I had figured that by now it would all be built up like every other filming location from that far back. Happy to say that for the most part the locations haven't changed much. My son and I took a drive out to where Duel was shot. The restaurant still stands, and looks the same. It is now a an expensive restaurant. Drove to the site where the truck was trying to pust the Valiant onto the railroad tracks. The gas station/laundry may which was located in Acton, California is long gone. There is a bank there. Still a very interesting drive today.
Thanks 🙏 for sharing 😃
"...the best TV movie of all time." Motion, seconded!
I saw this movie as a kid, in early 70's, in former state Yugoslavia, on black-white TV... I was a little boy, but I knew that I'm watching something special, extraordinary, different from the other movies at that time. And the movie stayed carved in my memory until now.
Thank you, mr. JonnyBaak, for your revealing video. It is really good to see it, after so many years.
Not only is the movie a classic in its genre, it amazes me that after its initial airing on November 13, 1971, it still garners so much praise. Yes, I watched it on that evening. The day had been a busy one, my maternal grandfather had passed away a few days earlier and we were all involved in his funeral arrangements. We had dinner at my sister’s home and began watching “Duel” there. We left, missed about 10 minutes of the film, but caught the rest at home. It still remains a great piece of work. I do remember my dad saying we never saw the guy who drove the semi. Yeah, just added to the film. I have seen it several times since.
I saw this on TV many years ago. Perfect example of how simplicity in a plot and theme can be expanded and so enthralling.
Does anyone else think the narrator is saying "Jewell" instead of Duel? it's odd..
That's our Aussie accent. We usually don't pronounce the R where it features at the end of a word either. Tuesday is Chewsday.
@@railtrolley aaahhh ok, thanks for that info, had no idea
@@hankaustin7091 No worries. There are so many accents now heard in the English language.
@@railtrolley thought it was just me
Aussie accent? Sounds like a half drunk nitwit with sh*t in his mouth.
I met Steven Speilberg in Pleasanton, Texas while he was filming THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS with Goldie Hawn in 1972. I was a stand in. Nice guy . A regular guy.
so what ?? .. we meant to be impressed ?? ..
@@kittyhawk9707 No, just a bit of friendly information. Seems like you've got a fucked up mind problem living in your cheap little horrible world. Get a life and try to enjoy others.
I remember watching this on ABC's Movie of the Week, (which had some great stuff on it) when it first aired. One reason it was so scary is Dennis Weaver's character did everything you could think of to get away, and nothing worked. The truck just kept showing up. That combined with some creepy music and Spielberg at the helm, a suspenseful classic.
ABC's "MOTW"s, Tuesdays and, Wednesdays, had some fine films, didn't they, lonestar3?(and, then...there was 1974's "Killdozer.")lol.
Dennis Weaver is a GREAT ACTOR. Dennis Weaver one of my favorite actor. Dennis Weaver did a FABULOUS job acting this part he played in Duel. One of my favorite movie is Duel Love this movie to this day.
I saw Duel when it first aired. My brother had a Valiant. I loved that his car was a hero. That truck scared the hell out of me.
The best film of the time. love it still got on VHS still whoching it today
I watched Duel with my 12-yr-old last month. He was engrossed the whole way, as was I. And it caused me to remember the first time I ever saw this movie. It was an afternoon matinee movie on broadcast TV, which I watched with friends when was was around 12 also. This isn't just quality filmmaking, but it's quality filmmaking that is accessible to both kids or adults. It's a universal story that can appeal to anyone.
I was in my early teens when I saw this air as a rerun on tv. It's one of the movies that remains etched in my mind. TY Mr. Spielberg for the thrill ride.
I always get an uneasy feeling when I'm stopped at a railroad crossing because of this movie lol. I was also a teenager first time I saw this and I was learning how to drive, made me neve want to impatiently pass a semi LOL
"Less is more." A true classic.
Was dennis weaver driving on the passenger side in the car. I saw in a couple scenes where it showed it?
I just happened to watch the movie "Duel" one late evening and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. I had never heard of it prior to seeing it, but would recommend it to anyone as it is a very thrilling film.
Wonderful video, I'll never forget seeing Duel for the first time, it had me by the throat from beginning to end, and no matter how many times I watch it, I really prefer Spielberg's early work over his blockbuster kid stuff
Jaws, Close Encounters, RAIDERS are hardly kid stuff. .... derp
@@CaptainSpalding72Yeah 75,77,81 couldn't possibly be considered Spielberg's earlier work lol, what a fuckin idiot.
Sal Paradise moron alert
Duel is a jewel among films, to be treasured.
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All you need to know about Jaws --- is that Jaws, was Duel, with a shark instead of a truck...
Good analogy
I'll second that.
Hence the shark roar at the end when the truck goes over the cliff to signify that it has been beaten
@@cyco781loco1:... The noise at the end of this film and the one in Jaws, to signify the "demise of the beast" were the same sound effect.
An absolutely brilliant review of a brilliant film ! I learned much. Thank you.
Duel is a masterpiece, any time I describe it to someone they say "That sounds rubbish" which on paper it does, so it shows how great a job Spielberg did that you're gripped to the screen the whole time
Flawless moviemaking, still as gripping and fresh as ever, and it's 2019!
It's, always, been my favourite film. A few years ago, on one of my script supervisor sister's shoots, I got to tell that, to Mr. Weaver. He thanked me, hugged me and, said, "yeah, it was a lot of fun making that. I wonder what, ever, happened to that kid director?" He, obviously, knew I knew whom he was referencing.
Remember watching this in the 70s as a young kid. brilliant film.
This movie is brilliant ,i love the tension, and not so hidden danger of a long drive across country
Its more than just a great TV movie...its a great movie period!
Watched it first on TV in the early 70s (after its 71 premiere) and it was just amazing. Seen it a couple of times since and it's still impressive. Dennis Weaver MAKES this show.
Today I learned Amblin Entertainment was Amblin’ Entertainment, can’t believe I’ve never noticed that. Then I got to watch a fantastic piece on one of my favourite films of all time. Thanks for the great video.
One of my all-time favorites.
I see a Peterbilt truck just about everyday. And each time I see it I think about Duel. One of my favorites from my childhood
My favourite moment in that movie is when the car driver is completely oblivious to the truck speeding towards him from behind. We see the truck coming from quite a distance. Brilliant directing. I remember watching Duel as a young kid and I'm sure it's why i became a truck driver LOL
Saw Duel on tv as a kid, probably the original broadcast. It stuck with me my whole life, which says a lot about how well crafted it was. Same goes for Spielberg's segment of the Night Gallery pilot which I was also lucky enough to see in it original run.
Me too. So basic and simple, but creepy as hell.
I saw it on TV back in '71 when I was a kid and it scared the heck out of me. We traveled a lot then and that was a time when big trucks on the road seemed ominous enough already. It was such a favorite when I saw it that I remembered the title of the movie later in life and looked for it every chance I got. Seems to me it came out on VHS back in the '90s. I'm not sure which release that it is, but it would be a good one for fans to own.
Some months ago I showed my nephew my Blu-Ray of Duel, He always loved Raiders of The Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade as Spielberg movies, but he was completely glued to the set when we watched Duel and couldn’t stop watching it and just loved that film.
I like in the movie when Dennis weaver's character says that the truck must be souped up because in reality there is no way that truck would be able to keep up with the car.. it's important because that directly addresses what most film's let slide and makes them hard to believe it could really happen
One of my all-time favorite films!
Me too!!!!
"He's got some kind of souped up diesel!"
Duel is one of my favorite movies of all time, I think about it sometimes when I commute to work, it’s those simple everyday things that’s get you, not a guy in a hockey mask killing teenagers or giant alien ships destroying cities. Those simple things are keys to making good movies and I think that’s what’s missing in today’s movies.
This and 2001 are the two movies that were somehow burned into my memory in childhood and have stayed with me ever since. I have to watch both every few years or so, and I'll jump at any opportunity to see them on the big screen.
Filmed in only 12 days! I remembered how much it scared viewers when it first aired!
Still is scary! One of my favorites 😊
I thaughti it was boring at first, but it kept my attention throughout and had to watch to the end. I watched it again a few years later. It is an expert work of minimalism and genius.
I had always thought The Incredible Hulk scene was from Duel, thanks for confirming this.
I always wondered how they got away with that.
The most disgraceful use of "stock footage" ever.
They had to contrive reasons to show Mann alone in the car. In the episode, a woman was with him. She was always ducking down for some reason.
@@pvthitch with David Banner ? The guy in Duel was alone, right ? It's been a while since seeing both, I can't remember. Thanks for the info.
Scared the hell out of me. I was a Junior in High School taking drivers training on simulators when I came home late one night after my first job and saw this. I was almost too scared to drive. I had nightmares for a couple of nights, but girls and cars won.
^^^@chuck thompson .. I know the Junior High, girls and car thing oh and being so young at the "Time" Ha!!! :P] .v ..
One of the greatest films ever made
This movie sort of got the ball rolling for future movies like The Hitcher and Joy Ride. I've always liked the setting of these movies as all of them were basically filmed out west. There is something about being on the road that stretches for hundreds of miles without seeing much of any traffick and the sun setting in the distance. Beautiful.
Some movies (well, books, music, paintings too) are so powerful in treading hitherto unexplored territory that they end up spawning a new genre (or at least sub-genre): What was the first joint? The one with Shatner? I'm not sure, but at one point Evil Babysitters weren't a Thing, and then suddenly there were like a thousand variations on the theme out there.
I remember watching this on TV as a kid and I was hooked , I was on the edge of my seat till the end.
The fact that he watches it twice a year to remind himself of perfection, is awesome! This is his best film.
One of my favourite movies.
Simple, low budget, quickly made. Proof it's the 'chef' that makes the meal not the components. A classic, still holding up, an inspiration to film makers.
I'm smitten to have found a pristine copy of Duel on VHS at one of my local Salvation Army shops for 99 cents!
This is a great documentary. Spielberg can be honored to have you e fans like you. Thank you !
I remember watching this film about early '72. Thanks.
I love Dennis Weaver.
i remember watching this movie with my parents, and how we all started to sweat along with dennis weaver.
I really think movies like the Hitcher also got inspiration from this film as well.
I saw this movie as a kid and it scared the crap out of me! Love this film! 20th century David and Goliath.
Remembered seeing that as a kid and recently found it because I wanted to show my kids. Had no idea Spielberg directed it until now.
The movie was also shown in cinemas in communist Czechoslovakia - nevermind the class - it was a brilliant abstract movie shown in small cinema clubs with subtitles. I own a special edition DVD in a metal box :)
One thing not mentioned is that the original title was Diesel later changed to Duel.
The first time I watched that Incredible Hulk episode I had a vague recollection of seeing that truck crash somewhere before, but wasn't until a few years later watching Duel on tv I remembered.
The Hulk episode ripped this movie off quite badly & I recall it got heavily criticised for it at the time.
Very scary. Gave me the creeps. Great film.
I learned a lot about Dual. Thanks for the great video
The most intense frightening film ever. You spend a lot of time thinking up other responses Weaver could have done only you put yourself in Weaver’s place instead. But somehow your brain has the insane truck driver win every time. Masterpiece of a movie!!!
Love this movie. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. Wow.
I liked this movie, but my favorite Spielberg movie is The Sugarland Express. Rarely shown anymore.
1:56 he was a legend long before he became a movie maker...case in point,..it takes a legend (and courage) to look Joan Crawford in the eyes and tell her what you expect from her when the camera's start rolling. She was the powerful actress from hell !!!
One of my favorite TV movies - or any movie - ever! Great video! Thanks for telling the story of the movie.
I'm a huge Spielberg fan, over the last few years I have had a chance to produce some things with Josh Martyn, two series and some documentaries and we often put nods to Spielberg in our productions.
Another good 70’s TV movie along the same vain was “Night Terror”, with Valerie Harper as a housewife traveling across the west in her station wagon who witnesses the murder of a State Trooper. Not as highly acclaimed as Duel, but pretty scary for a kid of the 70’s, especially the voice box vibrator that the killer uses.
I wanted Duel on television and enjoyed it so much I bought the DVD later. I was a big fan of Richard Matheson.
I remember watching this in the 70s and being both intrigued and frightened at the same time. It's not quite a horror movie; but it certainly made an impact on me so that I remember it, and Dennis Weaver, these decades later.
That was fascinating. Thanks, man! I learned a lot about a director I thought I already knew. And thanks for getting a good microphone. Massive improvement to an already excellent channel. I can recommend this and future videos to others now. If you re-record the voice audio to your Star Trek vids you will have gold on your channel my friend
I’d like to re record the Star Trek ones I feel embarrassed now when I look back on them. I’ll eventually get around to re doing them maybe sooner. Thanks for your kind words, I appreciate them very much. 😃
I just don’t see how a young neophyte (re feature length movies) director could have produced such a terrifying good movie. I salute GREAT talent!
The classic “Duel” proves that you do not need fancy special effects to make a great film.
Like the old saying goes:
“The simple things in life are often the best”.
yes as a young kid for sure this is one of my favorite TV movies. This movie had influenced so many I am sure as well.
Awesome video with allot of info I’d never heard. Great work!
Anything that Steven Spielberg puts out is worth going to see
Great director
Only problem is he abuses little boys.
Wizard9 Trumptard alert
Howard the duck
I like Duel and The Car. Both fun movies to watch
The film is gripping and Weaver's performance, though sometimes unorthodox, is captivating.
Absolute Magnificence!!! Watching this movie as a 5-7 year old, it absolutely blew my mind!!
Duel was shown on late night tv at lot.
Terrific TV movie, released in cinemas here in Europe, as was not uncommon at the time
And Weaver was perfect casting.
@@CaminoAir: Spielberg: "When Dennis's name came up, I, just, went nuts. I said, 'oh my God...it's gotta be Dennis Weaver!"' He was correct.
I saw it the night it premiered on TV. Also when scenes were intercut into The Incredible Hulk TV episode in 1978
"Duel" reminds me of "Breakdown" with Kurt Russell. What made me think of it was when it was mentioned that the David's wife was considered as a passenger. Of course we never seen the villain in "Duel" as we do in "Breakdown" but it's that same feeling of terror on the road.
A great video about a great film!
Now I know why my DVD doesn't have the school bus or train scene. I have the original TV version. Gotta go find the longer one now!
The original without those scenes could have some value tbh.
@@scratch8141 Gonna keep it. Just want to get a second copy with additional scenes. The train one is a favorite.
A great made for tv movie one of the best ever. I haven't seen it in years.
I love duel I have it on blu ray alot of people don't class it as a horror film but it is a fantastic horror film a horror film of realism and reality a David and giolath situation which pushes the hero of the film to his limits of sane to insane and beyond to the terror that he is thrown into absolute classic.
This movie and "the hitcher" should be watched back to back.
I hope you mean the original Hitcher with the late Rutger Hauer not the godawful remake.
@@jamesshunt5123 hmmm, I knew nothing of any remakes. They always ruin a good movie eh. Deffo the Rutger Hauer film.
this is so strange, I just thought about this movie, 'Dual' yesterday, scary when I was young girl
Celtic writer?..you just earned yourself a subscriber
One of my earliest favorites.
me, also...having been not quite eleven, when it aired. My (instant)favourite then; my favourite, to this day.
Another classic..very similar was: "The Car" 1977....
@MysteryFan True..nothing beats DUEL..but it runs a close 3rd..due to the stars..i.e. James Brolin & Ronnie Cox....
an absolute classic flick. i had forgotten about it but anyone i talk to remembers it. a tv movie to boot, wow!