Duel (1971) Monster Analysis The Debut film of non other than Steven Spielberg, adapted from a short story by Richard Matheson who got the idea for the film when he was driving home and a large truck was tailgating him. It was originally intended to be a TV movie, and it was, even aired on TV, but ended up being a theatrical release after universal requested that Spielberg shoot additional scenes to make it a 90 minute feature. I first seen this movie when I was around 10, caught it on TV late one night after I snuck downstairs when my parents were in bed. I was glued the entire way through. Dennis Weaver gives a stellar performance that evokes so much paranoia and confusion. The monster of the show is the truck. It was always its own character, yes we do see there is someone driving it but I prefer to think the menacing threat is the truck itself, not the psycho driving it. Plus it just looks so damn cool! Cannot recommend this title enough, get a copy or watch it on whatever streaming service you use, it's a gripping watch. Also need to give a shout out to CJ Burnett, he's a guy that creates music for a genre I discovered a few years back called 'New Retro Wave'. He kindly gave me permission to use his track 'Joy Ride' in this episode of Monster Analysis, show him some love and go check him out cjburnett.bandcamp.com/ Stay Awesome guys Lee Movie Junkie
it's my all time favorite film, you DO see the truck driver, the best look is when David passes him the 2nd time, but you cut that bit out and the trucker toots David. It's a well shot film, masterpiece.
This film was very much like a Twilight Zone episode-the unusual camera angles, a character in isolation, an unseen pursuer. Spielberg himself has a cameo standing outside the phone booth at the snakerama. QUESTIONS-1. WHY was Mann driving to a business meeting all across the desert at the last minute? Why wouldnt he have taken a plane a week earlier to San Francisco?2-Aren't the Manns too old to be parents of little kids? (their grandkids? My theory). 3. The Jungle? Are we to assume Mann served in the Phillippines in World War 2? (he's too old to have been in Vietnam). Wouldn't he be alot more street smart, tougher if he was a war veteran?
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This Duel analysis is absolutely brilliant. Duel is one of my favorite movies.
As a trucker, I love this movie. That old school truck just invokes constant fear . I want to build one like this, and play the theme song while driving 🤣
@@mechanicrc6539 That Valiant with any sort of serious Mopar engine would turn this film into 90 minutes of some guy going on an uneventful business trip.
The shot of the back of the JC truck on first encounter and when you see the license plate as the truck slowly carries on in front is absolute cinematography.
Fun Fact: The man playing the 'psycho truck driver' was one of the industry's best stuntmen of the time - Carey Loftin. Amongst the films he worked on or supervised the stunt action were: Magnum Force, French Connection, Mission Impossible (TV Series), Bullitt, Point Blank, Bonnie and Clyde, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Great Escape to name a few!! In all he worked on 380 films as either a Stuntman or stunt coordinator and a further 112 films as a cameo (usually a truck driver). You do see him once in Duel. He was actually one of the drinkers at the bar. He was the one that looks over at Dennis Weaver's character menacingly. If you type Carey Loftin into Google images it comes up with a picture of him in the film!!
I love the sound of the in-line sixcylinder turbo of the Peterbilt needle nose. When the driver shifts through all of the 13 gears of the fuller (at the end you see the shifter) it’s just great. No wonder that the truck offers sufficient power to chase the lame duck of a Plymouth.
Trust me, I actually got to sit in the real truck before it was sold to a private collector. Oh my God, making it rev and everything and the guy asked me what did I think and I said I think I need to go in for my girlfriend and he actually asked me what did I mean by that and I said the sound is doing it for me
I cut my teeth driving similar rigs as a kid. You ungovern those engines and hit the throttle, your ass will feel the seat. You got a real workout trying to handle them.
30:19 This is my favorite scene in the entire movie! Carey Loftin gives such a great performance as the truck driver, even though he has barely any screen time!
بطل هذا الفيلم هي البلايموث الحمراء .معتدي ومعتدى عليه .كل ادى دوره. ببراعة. كم احب البلايموث في حينها سيارة كلاسك من الدرجة الاولى اعتقد موديل ٦٦ ا٧٦ . جميلة لكن لونها احمر لايناسب الفيلم
Spielberg's cinemaphotography can make a simple tractor/trailer look so menacing and wicked. Absolute magic. No bullshit, no CGI. The real deal. Hat's off to Dennis Weaver, Dale Van Sickel and Carey Loftin for slamming the asphalt and making this Duel happen. Don't attempt this at home, kids.
I've been a fleet mech for 30 years. Trucks, trailers, reefers, and everything between - and this film is the only place where I get a maniacal vibe from the machine. Otherwise, just the day in day out aches and pains from working on them. @@OscarOSullivan
That was no simple looking semi rig. Spielberg intentionally went out of his way to find an old sinister looking truck. I believe it is a 1950s model. It looks scary just sitting still on the road, regardless of camera angle. He could use the same camera shots on a new Tesla semi truck and it would NEVER look as menacing as that old diesel brute did.
Peterbilt used that design for many many years. Still see them out on the road on occasion doing local work. Of course, they're beauties - not beat to the curb with rail tracks mounted on the front. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterbilt_281@@Komet163B
I watched this movie as a kid in the mid 2000s (My family has the DVD of this movie). So I wasn’t in the era this movie was made. Yet this movie is a masterpiece. It’s so simple yet intense and realistic. Genuinely terrifying at parts. I’ve been on drives and motorcycle rides on smaller roads away from populated areas and have had some drivers try to run me off the road or get me to crash. And those situations remind me of this movie. Fantastic film.
what a great movie..no "message"...just pure entertainment that we all recall the first time we watched this movie..my whole family was transfixed watching this..
I strongly agree and mildly disagree at the same time. I absolutely love movies like these that are purely in the moment and not trying to enforce a message but the truth is, most movies have a message whether intentional or not, whether enforced or not. I’m not saying DUEL is a movie with a strong message but what I’m saying is that, if you have pure and great cinema like this, it shouldn’t be put down if you notice some underlying themes. Sometimes it can be unintentional and that “message” is simply engraved into the structure of the storytelling. What matters in this context is if a movie is actively *enforcing* a message. But I definitely agree that Duel is one of those movies that are not trying to give a message, just a film that puts you purely in the present moment of the story.
It has great tension edge of your seat stuff …. I’m looking at this as I’m writing my screenplay about the kill rig that killed my daughter and the cops who almost got away with covering it up for the driver in our small town … I saw this when I was 5 at the movies … I was absolutely terrified of big trucks after that
Что меня удивило, что грузовик не позволял мужику добраться до кабины, уезжал от него, но когда грузовик пытался сдвинуть его под поезд, как раз таки был шанс добраться до кабины
Ляпов конечно много. к примеру легковушка мчится на всех порах, а грузовик с дороги показывают еле едет. Или грузовик разгоняется, а потом притормаживает.
Loved this film, pure classic. The truck driver in real life was stuntman Carey Loftin. You actually see him in Chuck's cafe @14:05 and he walks out and drives off in a pickup. Little cameo appearance for him.
Fantastic movie, I love how the truck has license plate trophy's all over the bumper, the thing I like the most about this movie is that in every scene you find yourself scanning the background for the truck and have the sense that no matter where he is, the truck seems to know, great writing
@@arleighburke9095 Your right and that may indeed be the case but Spielberg himself referred to the plates as trophy’s in the special features, and I prefer that theory
Steven Spielberg said Jaws was a sequel to Duel because both films are about these mysterious killers preying on everyday people. As a young man working at Universal he got to see some Alfred Hitchcock films being made and you can easily see Spielberg took notes on how to build suspense from the master himself.
I love the blu-ray remaster of this, one of my favourite movies. Always brings back memories of my mother when I was a kid and dad worked nights at some point in the 70’s.
Probably the best one scene movies ever made.. no over the top violence, no talking for talking sake.. just engages constant menace and isolation throughout..
I like this movie but but I think that guy should’ve just kept the pedal to the metal, Dennis Weaver should’ve had that thing at 60 all the way if you look is only doing 45 ....let’s go Dennis pick it up a little
The shot at @10:15 the way the truck sticks to the road round that bend, it's so unnatural for a truck that size to keep up with a nimble car and take corners the way it does which makes it more frightening. Also, @15:05 Dennis Weaver can sprint! He runs like the T-1000 chasing John Connor.
it's incredible driving - the current owner of the surviving truck; Brad Wike says it would have been a real skill to drive that truck, from that age, at high speeds
@@asafaust8869 Agreed, but because you don't see the driver, it's like the truck itself wants to kill the driver of the car, the truck is like the hunter after its prey.
Steven Spielberg's debut film today is the prime example for every director and producer on how to make an independent Hollywood-style suspense thriller with minimalist elements with a small budget and film crew. All you need is a good and unique idea, usually inspired by events and stories in real life, such as in Duel's case. I also like the new music tracks added to this remastered version. It adds a special flavor. Kevin MacLeod in particular is a great composer for licensed music!
Even though he killed the truck driver, he was still stuck out there with no car, no way to call his family in the dark. On top of that I'm reasonably sure he lost his client and probably his job, and when he does get home, his wife probably won't believe him and when he has to tell the police what happened, they might charge him for murder because he can't prove that the truck driver was trying to kill him.
Well the truck followed him upthere and ran the car off the clift, there is no other way to explain how tbe truck when over if he didnt try to push the caf over, and they can interview the snake lady gow the truck tried to run him over in the booth, i think he would had been ok but he was stranded out there so who knows, at night snakes wolfs
Wow...I remember ..I was a freshman in high school n me n my friends all went to a friends house n somehow we ended up in his basement watching this movie n we were all like glued to our seatswatching it n COULNT wait to see how it ended...hard to believe it was 50 + years ago but the movie never grows old...what memories it brings n of all those friends I now remember that I forgotten...kinda brings a tear to my eyes..
Is that what you saw in the movie...a sound from an old Peterbilt??????... 😂 I should watch Friday the 13th with just the Ha ha ha haha...cha cha cha cha cha ...duuuuuuummmmmmm
even in '71 that truck was considered old, so the driver more likely than not just joyrode his truck searching for victims, and just one glance at the rig is enough to confidently say it had many miles of hard revenue service
This is the movie that inspired me to become a truck driver (35 years now)as a kid I watched this movie in the early 1970s and just listing to the magnificent sound of the semi engine specially when shifting gears is music to my 59 year old ears 🙌🏼🚛.
That Plymouth Valiant was the perfect car for this movie. With a underpowered slant 6 under the hood it’s believable that a truck could keep up with it.
This and The Hitcher are my two favorite road horror flicks of all time. I kinda grew up with this movie and got into a fan craze on it about a year ago. I had the pleasure of watching it in official entirety over the weekend after finally getting access to it. It is my latest horror movie on my watch logs as the day I post this
I just noticed that they seem to keep covering up the 'Plymouth' logo on the bonnet with silver tape. Also what looks like a camera? on the rear bumper at the far right @ 10:37? What an awesome movie. And even better in HD 😀
What a movie this is, I seen it many times from the -70s and I love the simplicity and yet thrilling movie and this remastered piece was well done 👍 Thanks a lot.
After looking in the rear view mirror, he still turns around to look adding to the drivers disbelief…Spielberg is a genius. Honestly Dennis Weaver character was a scared driver before this encounter it seems
An enjoyable movie to watch in the eighties. Enjoyment without words because throughout the movie we only heard the actors’ feelings a little. This is creativity.
قائد الشاحنة وأمثاله من الجبناء لا يتجرأون على المواجهه إلا من خلف عناصر تحميهم .. فقائد الشاحنة استغل كبر حجم شاحنته للتعرض للآخرين ومضايقتهم ولو كانت السيارتين متكافئة القوة لما تجرأ على هذا الفعل ! يذكرني ذلك بالجبناء الذين يشتمون الآخرين من خلف هواتفهم وشاشاتهم في الحياة الافتراضية ، وإذا واجهتهم في الحياة الواقعية لما تجرأوا على فعلها ولرأيتهم يهربون كما تهرب الفريسة من الأسد !
Loved it really enjoyed watching it that truck and the sound of the raw engine man sounds mean and the look of it.. this film was quite 😂😂 funny I had my laughs but it was brilliant to watch thanks for the upload of this film first time watching it big massive thanks
@@WilliamARandolphJr-sk7dl oh yeah, but the main truck with the green face was too unrealistic, therefore not scary for me. But some other trucks from that movie were. Generally, the old Bulldozer movie (I don't remember the exact name) and the Mangler based on King are scarier.
@@ЕкатеринаПетрова-л6й the main truck from MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE had that GREEN GOBLINS mask from SPIDERMAN it wasn't supposed to be REALISTIC it was suppose to show the OTHER trucks who was the leader & also noticed what type of truck it was, it was from a TOY COMPANY
@@WilliamARandolphJr-sk7dl lol I didn't think it's an actual truck's face. I mean the mask makes the truck look not scary at all, comparing to duel truck for example, only babies can be scared by that mask. Older persons see that effort comic. You don't see such a mask on the road in real life, and you feel the fiction, and your fear is ruined.
Ten years ago, I was traveling with my friend on one of the long desert roads in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It started around 3am when I forgot my car's headlight. He hit the car owner who was driving in front of us. He started chasing us and threatening us with the machete he had, and continued to chase us until sunrise, there was no network transmission on the way so I could call the police. Therefore, one must be careful and not act recklessly, as one may encounter crazy people or criminals in the wrong place and time.
I watched this movie when i was a kid. I couldn't sleep so i turned off TV, and this movie was starting. Amaxing movie. Edit: I'm sorry. I mistyped. I turned TV on. English is not my mother language.
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@@garyharrall4002 Hey. If you want to take it up a notch. The driver meant great harm. Like trying to run Dennis over in the phone booth. And the countless times as the movie progressed. That semi truck is probably 30,000 lbs, empty. That car 3-4,000? Torque is the determinant.
There were 3 Plymouth Valiants used for the shooting of this movie. A '70 318 cu-in LA, a '71 cu-in Slant-6 & a '72 cu-in Slant-6 used in the extended scenes for 1972 re-release.
This is one of the best Steven Spielberg movies ever made besides Jaws he's a great director ..Dennis weaver played that part goo also thanks to Cary Lofton the truck driver which he's actually a stunt driver ..such a great film .poor David never made it to work that day
I always wondered if all those different licence plates from different states on the front of the truck are his previous victims. Maybe the press would have dubbed him 'The licence plate killer' if he became more known.
If anyone else can notice that the driver side door opened right before the truck went over what if the driver jumped out before and is still out there hahah😂I love this film
I didn't even think about that the stunt man wow I feel very smart 😂 lol thanks for bringing that to my attention shows how much the film maker's didn't even try to hide the door and at least make it look like it stayed closed I guess in them times it didn't matter well it does matter to me but I wasn't even close to being born till 1982 my mind is bagoling
@@GillyJackson-r3n no CGI back then, or at least no *good* CGI, with very few exceptions. The fact that the door opened as close to edge as it did, shows just how close to death the actual driver was.
this is the first time I've ever watched this. Even with all the modern movies out these days, lord of the rings, avatar, im amazed how much tension and intrigue was made in these old films with very little. No wonder it was made by Spielberg. What a movie!!
This is viewer manipulation at its most unfettered, just as Columbo was. No wonder this is from the same time as the original Columbo, and Spielberg even directed the second regular Columbo episode, first to be aired after the pilots. Just as in Columbo the theoretically "watertight" crime is thwarted by the culprit´s own stupidity, and the viewer is cheated into accepting the whole scam because he KNOWS that the criminal is guilty since he SAW it doing it, "Duel" exploits the viewer by submersing him in a fake "inevitability" situation, just as if the car driver just HAD to keep on chugging down the road IN EVER THE SAME DIRECTION instead of phoning home, the police, and whomever was waiting for him for doing business, calling it quits, and going back home. We are forced to believe this is some sort of Via Crucis that the victim just MUST go along no matter what!
I think this Duel was ended in a "DRAW".. @36:15 Car driver opened door & escaped but his Car lost.. Similarly ☝️ @36:30 Truck driver also opend his cabin door & fled away taking advantage of dust just before falling in to valley..he also lost his truck.. So final Conclusion is Duel continues 👉
32:00 is the railroad crossing from when the truck nudges Mann’s car after the school bus scene but filmed from the opposite direction. It’s an observation I enjoy watching this movie, spotting all the reused roads.
I remember watching this film as a kid, absolutely brilliant film, my mum says I had nightmares from it lol, but what a fantastic film, going to watch it now in 2024 😁
looking at the truck at that angle at 31:15 was amazing i cant get enough of it and to anyone who watched the show carnage the truck looks like the pusher but without the scoop
Duel (1971) Monster Analysis
The Debut film of non other than Steven Spielberg, adapted from a short story by Richard Matheson who got the idea for the film when he was driving home and a large truck was tailgating him. It was originally intended to be a TV movie, and it was, even aired on TV, but ended up being a theatrical release after universal requested that Spielberg shoot additional scenes to make it a 90 minute feature.
I first seen this movie when I was around 10, caught it on TV late one night after I snuck downstairs when my parents were in bed. I was glued the entire way through. Dennis Weaver gives a stellar performance that evokes so much paranoia and confusion. The monster of the show is the truck. It was always its own character, yes we do see there is someone driving it but I prefer to think the menacing threat is the truck itself, not the psycho driving it. Plus it just looks so damn cool!
Cannot recommend this title enough, get a copy or watch it on whatever streaming service you use, it's a gripping watch.
Also need to give a shout out to CJ Burnett, he's a guy that creates music for a genre I discovered a few years back called 'New Retro Wave'. He kindly gave me permission to use his track 'Joy Ride' in this episode of Monster Analysis, show him some love and go check him out cjburnett.bandcamp.com/
Stay Awesome guys
Lee
Movie Junkie
My same experience when I discovered this movie. I read "Steven Spielberg" and I hoped for a fantasy movie, not this breathtaking road movie.
I also like this movie
it's my all time favorite film, you DO see the truck driver, the best look is when David passes him the 2nd time, but you cut that bit out and the trucker toots David. It's a well shot film, masterpiece.
You didn't SEEN the movie, you SAW the movie when you were 10, and apparently not paying attention in english!
This film was very much like a Twilight Zone episode-the unusual camera angles, a character in isolation, an unseen pursuer. Spielberg himself has a cameo standing outside the phone booth at the snakerama. QUESTIONS-1. WHY was Mann driving to a business meeting all across the desert at the last minute? Why wouldnt he have taken a plane a week earlier to San Francisco?2-Aren't the Manns too old to be parents of little kids? (their grandkids? My theory). 3. The Jungle? Are we to assume Mann served in the Phillippines in World War 2? (he's too old to have been in Vietnam). Wouldn't he be alot more street smart, tougher if he was a war veteran?
This Duel analysis is absolutely brilliant. Duel is one of my favorite movies.
As a trucker, I love this movie.
That old school truck just invokes constant fear . I want to build one like this, and play the theme song while driving 🤣
That Old Truck is pretty creepy 👀
mephistocat whats the name of the theme tune during the chase?
if the dodge valiant had a 360 or 440 ci engine the trucker would get smoked
@@mechanicrc6539 That Valiant with any sort of serious Mopar engine would turn this film into 90 minutes of some guy going on an uneventful business trip.
@peekaboo1575 he only had the slant 6 lol
That truck growling along and rolling coal at those speeds with those camera shots… just pure art.
This is a classic. I see it as Road Rage in its infantcy. The look back at the truck when first passing reminds me of Jeeper Creepers.
The shot of the back of the JC truck on first encounter and when you see the license plate as the truck slowly carries on in front is absolute cinematography.
Never before or since has a psychological panic been presented with such ease and clarity of visuals.
نبميخبو😂❤
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I loved him to cause he was a legend (the old truck driver)
Fun Fact: The man playing the 'psycho truck driver' was one of the industry's best stuntmen of the time - Carey Loftin. Amongst the films he worked on or supervised the stunt action were: Magnum Force, French Connection, Mission Impossible (TV Series), Bullitt, Point Blank, Bonnie and Clyde, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Great Escape to name a few!! In all he worked on 380 films as either a Stuntman or stunt coordinator and a further 112 films as a cameo (usually a truck driver). You do see him once in Duel. He was actually one of the drinkers at the bar. He was the one that looks over at Dennis Weaver's character menacingly. If you type Carey Loftin into Google images it comes up with a picture of him in the film!!
That rig in this film ain't no easy driver. Watching him work that set at speed on that winding narrow blacktop - No lane for error. Crazy amazing!
They don’t make stunt men or women like that anymore
Insurance companies won't go near a production like this today. That's what's killed the profession.@@OscarOSullivan
This is the kinda shit I come to the comments for, thank you!
That’s not him… in the bar I mean. You never see the truck driver’s face in Duel.
I love the sound of the in-line sixcylinder turbo of the Peterbilt needle nose. When the driver shifts through all of the 13 gears of the fuller (at the end you see the shifter) it’s just great. No wonder that the truck offers sufficient power to chase the lame duck of a Plymouth.
Trust me, I actually got to sit in the real truck before it was sold to a private collector. Oh my God, making it rev and everything and the guy asked me what did I think and I said I think I need to go in for my girlfriend and he actually asked me what did I mean by that and I said the sound is doing it for me
I cut my teeth driving similar rigs as a kid. You ungovern those engines and hit the throttle, your ass will feel the seat. You got a real workout trying to handle them.
@@RW4X4X3006 Were these trucks even power steering?
@@ianarchibald1423 Not those oldies. Power steering didn't come along as standard until the 80's or so
@@RW4X4X3006 Really. I couldn't imagine trying to maneuver a truck like that AND shift if it had two or even three sticks!
30:19 This is my favorite scene in the entire movie! Carey Loftin gives such a great performance as the truck driver, even though he has barely any screen time!
He's in a lot of films!
That was a great shot of his arm for sure! 💪
بطل هذا الفيلم هي البلايموث الحمراء .معتدي ومعتدى عليه .كل ادى دوره. ببراعة. كم احب البلايموث في حينها سيارة كلاسك من الدرجة الاولى اعتقد موديل ٦٦ ا٧٦ . جميلة لكن لونها احمر لايناسب الفيلم
What is the movie name
Maybe he’s a Stand User
"Honey, you're never going to believe what happened to the Valiant!"
Spielberg's cinemaphotography can make a simple tractor/trailer look so menacing and wicked. Absolute magic. No bullshit, no CGI. The real deal. Hat's off to Dennis Weaver, Dale Van Sickel and Carey Loftin for slamming the asphalt and making this Duel happen. Don't attempt this at home, kids.
To think about it he made three films where the protagonists were chased by killers
I've been a fleet mech for 30 years. Trucks, trailers, reefers, and everything between - and this film is the only place where I get a maniacal vibe from the machine. Otherwise, just the day in day out aches and pains from working on them. @@OscarOSullivan
That was no simple looking semi rig. Spielberg intentionally went out of his way to find an old sinister looking truck. I believe it is a 1950s model. It looks scary just sitting still on the road, regardless of camera angle. He could use the same camera shots on a new Tesla semi truck and it would NEVER look as menacing as that old diesel brute did.
Peterbilt used that design for many many years. Still see them out on the road on occasion doing local work. Of course, they're beauties - not beat to the curb with rail tracks mounted on the front. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterbilt_281@@Komet163B
@@Komet163BThe truck Is a Peterbilt H/k model year 1961
I watched this movie as a kid in the mid 2000s (My family has the DVD of this movie). So I wasn’t in the era this movie was made. Yet this movie is a masterpiece. It’s so simple yet intense and realistic. Genuinely terrifying at parts. I’ve been on drives and motorcycle rides on smaller roads away from populated areas and have had some drivers try to run me off the road or get me to crash. And those situations remind me of this movie. Fantastic film.
Нах ты кому нужен.
نعم انهو اصطورة من الجمال والرعب
why you piss people off?
@@tednguyen7258 what you mean
And then 1 year later these two planes crashed into two towers
what a great movie..no "message"...just pure entertainment that we all recall the first time we watched this movie..my whole family was transfixed watching this..
I strongly agree and mildly disagree at the same time. I absolutely love movies like these that are purely in the moment and not trying to enforce a message but the truth is, most movies have a message whether intentional or not, whether enforced or not. I’m not saying DUEL is a movie with a strong message but what I’m saying is that, if you have pure and great cinema like this, it shouldn’t be put down if you notice some underlying themes. Sometimes it can be unintentional and that “message” is simply engraved into the structure of the storytelling. What matters in this context is if a movie is actively *enforcing* a message. But I definitely agree that Duel is one of those movies that are not trying to give a message, just a film that puts you purely in the present moment of the story.
The truck driver just wanted to ask Dennis about his warranty.
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The atmosphere of this movie is something new movies just can't get right. It's scary but not trying to jump scare you every 5 mins
It has great tension edge of your seat stuff …. I’m looking at this as I’m writing my screenplay about the kill rig that killed my daughter and the cops who almost got away with covering it up for the driver in our small town … I saw this when I was 5 at the movies … I was absolutely terrified of big trucks after that
jaws..terror in the water..Duel..terror on the roads
Jaws is WAY DIFFERENT..go into the ocean.....I'll drive around 18 wheelers.....I'm scared to swim in the ocean....
This movie was terrifying at 8 years old. Still one of my favorite movies.
Что меня удивило, что грузовик не позволял мужику добраться до кабины, уезжал от него, но когда грузовик пытался сдвинуть его под поезд, как раз таки был шанс добраться до кабины
@billkikstra2225and when he shouted hey at him the first time when he just passed him its like he heard it and he took offence to it
Ain't gonna hear that from inside that howling rig. @@stuarthough8440
Ляпов конечно много. к примеру легковушка мчится на всех порах, а грузовик с дороги показывают еле едет. Или грузовик разгоняется, а потом притормаживает.
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Loved this film, pure classic. The truck driver in real life was stuntman Carey Loftin. You actually see him in Chuck's cafe @14:05 and he walks out and drives off in a pickup. Little cameo appearance for him.
Yes and as he walks past the truck towards the pick up he strokes its fender lol.
@@caroldocherty6810 Lol, that's right.
YES!!!! Carey! He’s so badass
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@@BushmansAdventuresand there i was thinking he was the 1 driving the big truck
Chuck's Cafe is now a French restaurant in Saugus, CA on Sierra Highway. Before that it was a Hell's Angel Tavern.
Fantastic movie, I love how the truck has license plate trophy's all over the bumper, the thing I like the most about this movie is that in every scene you find yourself scanning the background for the truck and have the sense that no matter where he is, the truck seems to know, great writing
The license plates aren't "trophies"... back in those days trucks had to display a plate for every state they operated in.
@@arleighburke9095 Your right and that may indeed be the case but Spielberg himself referred to the plates as trophy’s in the special features, and I prefer that theory
@@arleighburke9095 Besides, its what I do…
@@IceTruckKiller1 You drive a refrigerated ice truck around Miami ?
@@tsmith3286 Only on occasion, I work as a prosthetist so I’m normally pretty busy
Spielberg's best work in opinion...
The camera angles, editing, nothing short of brilliant..
Steven Spielberg said Jaws was a sequel to Duel because both films are about these mysterious killers preying on everyday people. As a young man working at Universal he got to see some Alfred Hitchcock films being made and you can easily see Spielberg took notes on how to build suspense from the master himself.
He did indeed, citing the basis is the same. A threat endlessly looming but impossible to stop.
Jaws used the “groan” dying sound the truck makes as it goes over the cliff when the shark is killed, that was deliberate.
Both are great films
This was an awesome movie😂.I watched it years ago. I Can not get enough.
I love the blu-ray remaster of this, one of my favourite movies. Always brings back memories of my mother when I was a kid and dad worked nights at some point in the 70’s.
Yeah I went to the movie theater in Ukiah California. And saw this movie. I guess that's about how old😊 I was too
@@johnellis3309 fantastic to hear. I always wanted to go to where it was filmed.,
Probably the best one scene movies ever made.. no over the top violence, no talking for talking sake.. just engages constant menace and isolation throughout..
Who would've thought that a movie about a car and a lorry could be so compelling?
It inspired a remake !
In the US, it’s called a truck.😊
I'm in The UK. We call it a LORRY.
@@barjumbo1969 It’s an American movie. When I comment on Downton Abbey, I’ll call it a lorry.
I'm in The UK. I'll call it a LORRY.
1:13 is such an awesome sequence in the year 1971. This shows that Spielberg was thinking different even at the beginning of his career.
I was in my early 20’s first time I saw this movie. This video presentation was nicely executed. Job well done!
I like this movie but but I think that guy should’ve just kept the pedal to the metal, Dennis Weaver should’ve had that thing at 60 all the way if you look is only doing 45 ....let’s go Dennis pick it up a little
I agree @@Crazytoys.
Man that little slant6 is running hard. I bet they pulled it from the wreckage and it’s still running today!
The shot at @10:15 the way the truck sticks to the road round that bend, it's so unnatural for a truck that size to keep up with a nimble car and take corners the way it does which makes it more frightening.
Also, @15:05 Dennis Weaver can sprint! He runs like the T-1000 chasing John Connor.
it's incredible driving - the current owner of the surviving truck; Brad Wike says it would have been a real skill to drive that truck, from that age, at high speeds
A piece of cake for a professional driver. 😊
@@asafaust8869 Agreed, but because you don't see the driver, it's like the truck itself wants to kill the driver of the car, the truck is like the hunter after its prey.
I've been driving for 30+ years and have yet to meet one. Loftin was pushing it beyond no return. A master. @@asafaust8869
اللهم انصر اخواننا فى فلسطين الحبيبه
Steven Spielberg's debut film today is the prime example for every director and producer on how to make an independent Hollywood-style suspense thriller with minimalist elements with a small budget and film crew. All you need is a good and unique idea, usually inspired by events and stories in real life, such as in Duel's case. I also like the new music tracks added to this remastered version. It adds a special flavor. Kevin MacLeod in particular is a great composer for licensed music!
Even though he killed the truck driver, he was still stuck out there with no car, no way to call his family in the dark. On top of that I'm reasonably sure he lost his client and probably his job, and when he does get home, his wife probably won't believe him and when he has to tell the police what happened, they might charge him for murder because he can't prove that the truck driver was trying to kill him.
Yeah indeed its like that only him knows
Well the truck followed him upthere and ran the car off the clift, there is no other way to explain how tbe truck when over if he didnt try to push the caf over, and they can interview the snake lady gow the truck tried to run him over in the booth, i think he would had been ok but he was stranded out there so who knows, at night snakes wolfs
How do you know he killed the truck driver? Was there a body? Rethink your words
You mean all this happened to him and at the end of it he'll be the killer. Come on. Check out the size of the two vehicles. 😏
I was only saying with all the bad luck he's had the police would probably say it was his fault, you people need to get a life
Wow...I remember
..I was a freshman in high school n me n my friends all went to a friends house n somehow we ended up in his basement watching this movie n we were all like glued to our seatswatching it n COULNT wait to see how it ended...hard to believe it was 50 + years ago but the movie never grows old...what memories it brings n of all those friends I now remember that I forgotten...kinda brings a tear to my eyes..
I think after you see it you realise why Steven Spielberg got the job for directing jaws
Great tone of Peterbild 281, inline 6-cylinder turbo engine sound!
Is that what you saw in the movie...a sound from an old Peterbilt??????... 😂 I should watch Friday the 13th with just the Ha ha ha haha...cha cha cha cha cha ...duuuuuuummmmmmm
After 30 minute last 8 minute goosebumps 🔥🔥especially that bgm superb ❤️
I always thought, doesn’t the trucker have a JOB to do? 😂😂
even in '71 that truck was considered old, so the driver more likely than not just joyrode his truck searching for victims, and just one glance at the rig is enough to confidently say it had many miles of hard revenue service
Listening to that badass old school diesel is worth watching alone
This is the movie that inspired me to become a truck driver (35 years now)as a kid I watched this movie in the early 1970s and just listing to the magnificent sound of the semi engine specially when shifting gears is music to my 59 year old ears 🙌🏼🚛.
How many people have you run off the road…?
@@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563 none but what do you drive?..just kidding ✌🏻🚛
Hello friend where are you from
@@johnjacob2236 west of Missouri
@@jesseserna8424 me from kerala
That Plymouth Valiant was the perfect car for this movie. With a underpowered slant 6 under the hood it’s believable that a truck could keep up with it.
I want that car! Looks great compared to todays garbage. Yeah its an underpowered death trap, but its orange!
@@ajbianchi85 if you like orange you would’ve loved my old Jeep. ‘‘Twas the most orange 4x4 to ever orange.
Even as a kid i never understood why he agreed to push a 40,000lb school bus with his car lol
They just had to make the movie longer so they could air in theatres and stuff
if that little plymouth was a 70 dodge charger that truck would never be able to catch him
Imagine what could make with this truck one Javelin or NLAW😂
Kowalskis 70 challenger would be my weapon of choice if I was stuck in 1971 being pursued by a killer truck
sure. even better if it was a Nissan GTR.
but Dennis Weaver said in his thoughts that, " he must have some sort of souped up rig". I always thought that the car was a Veleant
LOL! I always thought the similar thing. If I lived in 1970, I would drive a 69 Mustang BOSS 429 just in case haha
This and The Hitcher are my two favorite road horror flicks of all time. I kinda grew up with this movie and got into a fan craze on it about a year ago. I had the pleasure of watching it in official entirety over the weekend after finally getting access to it. It is my latest horror movie on my watch logs as the day I post this
I just noticed that they seem to keep covering up the 'Plymouth' logo on the bonnet with silver tape. Also what looks like a camera? on the rear bumper at the far right @ 10:37? What an awesome movie. And even better in HD 😀
What a movie this is, I seen it many times from the -70s and I love the simplicity and yet thrilling movie and this remastered piece was well done 👍
Thanks a lot.
Gotta love the subtle implications that the mysterious trucker is actually a serial killer
All the license plates tied to the front are a chilling sight once you've seen the film for the first time!
Man I always loved the roar of that motor on the truck.
After looking in the rear view mirror, he still turns around to look adding to the drivers disbelief…Spielberg is a genius. Honestly Dennis Weaver character was a scared driver before this encounter it seems
If you pay attention during the cafe scene, the vibe of him dealing with PTSD is obvious.
@@RW4X4X3006 надо было вкусно поесть.
An enjoyable movie to watch in the eighties. Enjoyment without words because throughout the movie we only heard the actors’ feelings a little. This is creativity.
Joy Ride fits perfectly for that final chase scene.
Duel inspired Joy Ride
@@willthetrill4849 and that film can be seen as a sequel in a sense
Your music choices made the movie even better.Good job
This man sure needed a Remington Rifle
Or a v8
Or a fixed radiator hose
@Hilda, Or Christine.
Fantastic movie. The truck almost feels supernatural at times.
قائد الشاحنة وأمثاله من الجبناء لا يتجرأون على المواجهه إلا من خلف عناصر تحميهم .. فقائد الشاحنة استغل كبر حجم شاحنته للتعرض للآخرين ومضايقتهم ولو كانت السيارتين متكافئة القوة لما تجرأ على هذا الفعل !
يذكرني ذلك بالجبناء الذين يشتمون الآخرين من خلف هواتفهم وشاشاتهم في الحياة الافتراضية ، وإذا واجهتهم في الحياة الواقعية لما تجرأوا على فعلها ولرأيتهم يهربون كما تهرب الفريسة من الأسد !
صحيح جبناء
Fuck me , bit indepth, it's a movie ...
@@Montykoby
قد يكون عقلك لا يستوعب كلامي ، انظر لما هو أبعد وستفهم قصدي .
وانت ليش شاد على حالك كل هالقد روق لايطقلك عرق ياعرة
Loved it really enjoyed watching it that truck and the sound of the raw engine man sounds mean and the look of it.. this film was quite 😂😂 funny I had my laughs but it was brilliant to watch thanks for the upload of this film first time watching it big massive thanks
what a shame there are few evil truck/machinery horror films.
did you seen MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE? This was back in 1986 when was made by Steven King
@@WilliamARandolphJr-sk7dl oh yeah, but the main truck with the green face was too unrealistic, therefore not scary for me. But some other trucks from that movie were. Generally, the old Bulldozer movie (I don't remember the exact name) and the Mangler based on King are scarier.
@@ЕкатеринаПетрова-л6й the movie you were thinking of was called "KILLDOZER" which was caused by some kind of meteor from space that crashed landed
@@ЕкатеринаПетрова-л6й the main truck from MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE had that GREEN GOBLINS mask from SPIDERMAN it wasn't supposed to be REALISTIC it was suppose to show the OTHER trucks who was the leader & also noticed what type of truck it was, it was from a TOY COMPANY
@@WilliamARandolphJr-sk7dl lol I didn't think it's an actual truck's face. I mean the mask makes the truck look not scary at all, comparing to duel truck for example, only babies can be scared by that mask. Older persons see that effort comic. You don't see such a mask on the road in real life, and you feel the fiction, and your fear is ruined.
Sestříháním filmu a vylepšením hudby jste vytvořil výrazně lepší dílo než je původní verze...👍
OMG straight classic… this had me rollin when I was a kid 😂
Hello. Very nice muvie. 😀👏👏👏👋👋👋👋
I love this part! 30:26 - 34:13 - CJ Burnett - Joy Ride!!!
Amazing work loved it
The truck driver is insane
Yes
Там нет водителя.
Thanks for the movie!👍
Ten years ago, I was traveling with my friend on one of the long desert roads in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It started around 3am when I forgot my car's headlight. He hit the car owner who was driving in front of us. He started chasing us and threatening us with the machete he had, and continued to chase us until sunrise, there was no network transmission on the way so I could call the police. Therefore, one must be careful and not act recklessly, as one may encounter crazy people or criminals in the wrong place and time.
Aoo ooo oooo !!!
I love this movie, keep watching all over & over again but every moments of it seems soo fun & exciting 😂😂😂
I watched this movie when i was a kid. I couldn't sleep so i turned off TV, and this movie was starting. Amaxing movie.
Edit:
I'm sorry. I mistyped. I turned TV on. English is not my mother language.
You mean on not off
Huh
That makes no sense at all
Ya good point
Typo, big deal, when you read the sentence everybody knows what he meant in contence
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20:54 Yes….that truck would be able to push that car like it was a matchbox. IT’s Hollywood!
Could be he was just playing with him like a cat does a mouse
@@garyharrall4002 Hey. If you want to take it up a notch. The driver meant great harm. Like trying to run Dennis over in the phone booth. And the countless times as the movie progressed. That semi truck is probably 30,000 lbs, empty. That car 3-4,000? Torque is the determinant.
@mrdave777 I'm aware of the torque they have. I drive one for a living. But I also know you can Feather that clutch to just barely move
There were 3 Plymouth Valiants used for the shooting of this movie. A '70 318 cu-in LA, a '71 cu-in Slant-6 & a '72 cu-in Slant-6 used in the extended scenes for 1972 re-release.
هل يوجد عربي متلي شاهد الفيديو كامل😅 لا تخاف يا صديقي هادا تمثيل ولكن الشاحنة مرعبة والله😢😫 تحية لي اي حد هنا عربي متلي❤ فيلم جميل🎉
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I love watching this type of movie, it is so wonderful and the truck is so awesome💯💯💯🖐️👍👍💯🚌
This is one of the best Steven Spielberg movies ever made besides Jaws he's a great director ..Dennis weaver played that part goo also thanks to Cary Lofton the truck driver which he's actually a stunt driver ..such a great film
.poor David never made it to work that day
I always wondered if all those different licence plates from different states on the front of the truck are his previous victims. Maybe the press would have dubbed him 'The licence plate killer' if he became more known.
Back in the day it had to do with a fuel tax. Commercial vehicles had to be registered in all states they were hauling to and even passing through
@@thefrase7884 Both theories make sense really. Spielberg said he added that touch to see who noticed.
30:25 synth music is amazing, doesn't fit with the vibe of the movie IMHO ,but i like it it needs to be its own hit single!
If anyone else can notice that the driver side door opened right before the truck went over what if the driver jumped out before and is still out there hahah😂I love this film
That’s the stuntman jumping out at the very last second.
I didn't even think about that the stunt man wow I feel very smart 😂 lol thanks for bringing that to my attention shows how much the film maker's didn't even try to hide the door and at least make it look like it stayed closed I guess in them times it didn't matter well it does matter to me but I wasn't even close to being born till 1982 my mind is bagoling
@@GillyJackson-r3n no CGI back then, or at least no *good* CGI, with very few exceptions.
The fact that the door opened as close to edge as it did, shows just how close to death the actual driver was.
BEST analysis EVARRRRRR.
this is the first time I've ever watched this. Even with all the modern movies out these days, lord of the rings, avatar, im amazed how much tension and intrigue was made in these old films with very little. No wonder it was made by Spielberg. What a movie!!
یادش بخیر، 35 سال قبل این فیلم رو دیده بودم، البته سیاه و سفید ❤😂❤❤❤
Saw this as a kid and was transfixed to the screen......loved it. That truck was fucking scary!
옛날에 흑백티비 시절 봤던 영화...감독이 스필버그인걸 보고 깜놀했었고 역시 스필버그 구나!했던 기억이 있네요.
Omg am freaking out. That trucker is nuts 😂😂😂😂
The sad thing is after he kills the truck he doesn't have a car anymore and is in the middle of nowhere.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
This is viewer manipulation at its most unfettered, just as Columbo was. No wonder this is from the same time as the original Columbo, and Spielberg even directed the second regular Columbo episode, first to be aired after the pilots. Just as in Columbo the theoretically "watertight" crime is thwarted by the culprit´s own stupidity, and the viewer is cheated into accepting the whole scam because he KNOWS that the criminal is guilty since he SAW it doing it, "Duel" exploits the viewer by submersing him in a fake "inevitability" situation, just as if the car driver just HAD to keep on chugging down the road IN EVER THE SAME DIRECTION instead of phoning home, the police, and whomever was waiting for him for doing business, calling it quits, and going back home. We are forced to believe this is some sort of Via Crucis that the victim just MUST go along no matter what!
Well the camera men and stage hands were there, so hopefully they gave him a lift back to town…
This is my favorite movie did I was watch this movie while I was child
I think this Duel was ended in a "DRAW".. @36:15 Car driver opened door & escaped but his Car lost.. Similarly ☝️ @36:30 Truck driver also opend his cabin door & fled away taking advantage of dust just before falling in to valley..he also lost his truck.. So final Conclusion is Duel continues 👉
Love from India. One of the greatest movie all time. My heart beat raised at the chasing scene.
32:00 is the railroad crossing from when the truck nudges Mann’s car after the school bus scene but filmed from the opposite direction. It’s an observation I enjoy watching this movie, spotting all the reused roads.
Fun fact: the guy who is driving the car plays Chester Good in Gunsmoke too.
28:00 puts me in mind of the behaviour of Oppressor 2 pilots in GTA. As soon as you get out of your vulnerable vehicle, they leave.
All Times one of the best...👍👍👍
Thanks for the Upload 🙋
I remember watching this film as a kid, absolutely brilliant film, my mum says I had nightmares from it lol, but what a fantastic film, going to watch it now in 2024 😁
They should make a remake of this with LIam Neeson as the car driver ....using his particular set of skills !!
Screw Remakes. Hollywood couldn't properly remake a box of chewing gum, even with all their best minds put together and pushed past their limit.
Truck driver need a oscar
Başyapit bir film Azərbaycandan Salamlar Duel1971 Truck vs Driver🇦🇿👋
I Like it Thank you have A nice day W LOVE ❤
looking at the truck at that angle at 31:15 was amazing i cant get enough of it and to anyone who watched the show carnage the truck looks like the pusher but without the scoop
Now this is called the real horor movie ....excellent 🤘🤘 worth to watch it guys....
I first watched Duel on the late movie back in the mid 80's. Maybe me & MovieJunkie watched it on the same night. I was about 10 as well.
This film is such a classic.
Great video, very well done
Man back at a time when Spielberg was still a fantastic Director. This movie is so simple yet so effective
the movie still gets at me. i watched it when i was 11 years old and it scared me. great movie but real creepy..