It is the feature fulllength directorial debut of american director, producer, and screenwriter steven spielberg, and is distributed by universal pictures dennis weaver portrays david mann, a business commuter from california driving a plymouth valiant while on his way to meet a. The brilliance lies in the simple plot and the complete lack of background. Duel a conversation with steven spielberg part 1 youtube. Duel 1971 from steven spielberg then and now video clips. This is a little ambiguous, but calling duel spielberg s feature film directing debut is clearly misleading. Duel 1971 steven spielberg, film locations a business. It was released on dvd and bluray on august 23, 2016. Director steven spielberg discusses the making of his motion picture duel 1971. Duell 1971 steven spielberg alte deutsche synchronfassung. Duel 2000 part 4 comedy spoof remake based on steven spielberg 1st film duel duration. Duel is an economical, strippeddown film, starring dennis weaver as david mann. Duel by steven spielberg dennis weaver, jacqueline scott. Spielberg tends to direct his horror films in an action way.
It is the feature fulllength directorial debut of american director, producer, and screenwriter steven spielberg, and is distributed by universal pictures. Empires april 2018 magazine is all about steven spielberg and full of tributes to the director from the likes of j. May 08, 2017 a giant alien creature comes to earth. Later the powersthatbe gave it a theatrical release in europe. A conversation with director steven spielberg steven spielberg and the small screen richard matheson. Pictures his new movie reflects on the flight from reality r eady player one presents a scifi vision of the near future so eerie and provocative that the first. Originally made for television, duel was shown theatrically in europe in the early 70s but did not have an american release until 1983, after spielberg had become a household name with jaws, close encounters of the third kind, and e. Ready player one spielberg movie dodges tough questions. Duel is probably the most literal example of nightmare fuel i have ever seen. Duel 1971 from steven spielbergthen and now video clips.
My name is nobody western english free and full movie henry fonda hd spaghetti. Tense, highenergy thriller featuring classic car chases about a tough, risktaking. Egdar wright interviews steven spielberg about duel. Originally made for television, duel was shown theatrically in europe in the early 70s but did not have an american release until 1983, after spielberg had become a household name with jaws, close encounters of the third.
Its hard to think steven spielberg was around directing movies as far back as 1971, dunno why, just is. His first film was duel, based on the short story by richard matheson and produced as a television movie for abc in 1971. Duel is an intensely visual film, and this duo holds primary responsibility for transforming richard mathesons masterfullywritten story into an amazing cinematic vision. Spielbergs duel is a remarkable film in many ways and not just on a technical level. Notwithstanding academic debate over its meaning, duel has become a cult classic, and has been hailed as spielberg s best film by many, including the legendary new yorker film critic, pauline kael, who, as paul rossen states in his online article, had championed spielberg s films in the 1970s, expressed disappointment in his later.
Netflix or any other streaming service can only grow and conquer so. Spielberg started in hollywood directing television and several minor theatrical releases. Duel steven spielberg, dennis weaver brian troutman land. The film stars liam hemsworth, emory cohen, woody harrelson and alice braga. What makes this film so great is the fantastic camera shots from both the vehicles concerned. Hello fellow wikipedians, i have just modified 2 external links on duel 1971 film.
Dennis weavers red plymouth and the demonic gasoline truck. Sep 08, 20 notwithstanding academic debate over its meaning, duel has become a cult classic, and has been hailed as spielbergs best film by many, including the legendary new yorker film critic, pauline kael, who, as paul rossen states in his online article, had championed spielbergs films in the 1970s, expressed disappointment in his later. So the fact that the film elicits excitement from many viewers is, i believe, an artifact of spielbergs directorial style rather than the nature of the events on screen. Amazingly it was all shot in less than 2 weeks, and, on spielberg s insistence, all on location in the californian desert. Find movie and film award information for duel 1971 steven spielberg on allmovie. Anyway this movie was originally a tv movie only recently found out, a rather short tv. Duel is the one of the first and most underrated films in steven spielbergs. Duel, any competition between two persons or parties. Despite the tv movie limitations, steven spielberg has managed to convey an illogical yet completely visceral thriller better than most filmmakers today. Duel spielbergs arrival still remains an impressive achievement. Amazingly it was all shot in less than 2 weeks, and, on spielbergs insistence, all on location in the californian desert.
This 1971 tv thriller made studio executives take notice of its young director, steven spielberg. Richard matheson screenplay, richard matheson story. Matheson adapted it into a teleplay, although universal execs wanted to make duel a major film, but when gregory peck declined the role later assigned to dennis weaver, they decided on television. Just about every aspect of the movie is covered here as the director starts off talking about what he was doing during this period of his career and then he goes into hearing about the story and that richard matheson was doing a screenplay. Mar 24, 2010 duel 1971 from steven spielberg then and now video clips. The film was released for limited release and video on demand on june 24, 2016, by lionsgate premiere. Released by intrada in 2015 special collection vol.
Duel became a young spielbergs first theatrically released film and his ticket out of television and into movies, where he would really hit it big four years later with the release of jaws. Its enormous success played a significant role in propellng spielberg towards the stardom he enjoys today. Businessman david mann dennis weaver is in a hurry to get to an appointment, so he innocently passes a slowmoving big rig on an isolated highway to be on his way. From steven spielberg comes the gritty and intense road rage thriller duel. At the time, spielberg said he intended his film as an indictment of machines and a fight for survival between man and machinemade danger. Steven spielbergs madefortv thriller duel debuts on dvd with a standard fullframe transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1. Regarder film duel of the tough en streaming, telecharger film duel of the tough gratuitement, voir film duel of the tough en ligne.
He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the new hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. Screenplay by richard matheson, based on his published short story. The making of a film career, steven awalt provides an exhaustive study commemorating the film that decisively launched the career of a major film artist. I saw duel on its first release in the uk, as a support film. Duel 1971 steven spielberg synopsis, characteristics.
Played largely as a twohander, pitting the increasingly fraught but determined david mann a brilliant dennis weaver against a beatenup monster truck, this is essentially a film about fear of the unknown. Simple and taut, the movie presents a clear and gripping tale. Duel is spielbergs jaws of the highway, a raucous nascar race of a film that was. A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent driver of a massive tractortrailer. The sounds i mentioned above in the dvd version are now there in the blu. Duel is a 1971 american action thriller film written by richard matheson, which is based on his own short story. Writer richard matheson concocted an exercise in paranoia, featuring dennis weaver as the salesman, in which. As a tribute to the intense car and truck chase movie, ive put together a list of 10 fun. Steven spielberg discusses his dyslexia for the first time ever, on 12 september, 2012 duration. As a tribute to the intense car and truck chase movie, ive put together a list of 10 fun facts that you might not know. He made a few shorts, and worked on some tv shows, but his first full budget real movie was tonights saturday night special made for tv movie called duel in 1971. Jaws and jurassic park are more or less actionhorror hybrids, and i believe duel fits that description too.
Duel was spielbergs first fulllength feature film as director, and it is a minor masterpiece. The writing of duel photograph and poster gallery theatrical trailer cast and filmmakers production notes bluray update. Based on a richard matheson short story, a salesman finds himself being pursued down the highway by a tanker truck that. Though his directorial efforts have garnered him the most acclaim, his work as a producer has managed to make possible some of the most widely successful films in the past decade. Steven spielberg movie scripts steven spielberg may be one of the most widelyrecognized living filmmakers of our time. English soundtracks are rendered in dolby digital 5. The movie was released november 11th, 1971, which is 43 years ago today. The director chosen to helm duel on location in soledad canyon was a bright 23yearold whod shown promise on such series as night gallery and columbo. First telecast on december 18, 1971, duel was so popular that a somewhat longer version with added violence and profanity was prepared for theatrical release in 1983. Duel, single combat, in general duel, the wager of battle. It was made and initially released as an abctv movie. Steven spielberg has picked the wrong way to argue against. Notwithstanding academic debate over its meaning, duel has become a cult classic, and has been hailed as spielbergs best film by many, including the legendary new yorker film critic, pauline kael, who, as paul rossen states in his online article, had championed spielbergs films in the 1970s, expressed disappointment in his later.
Egdar wright interviews steven spielberg about duel indiewire. The truck exploded into flames in mathesons script, but spielberg felt it would be more haunting if mann and the viewer could look upon the wreckage of the truck afterwards. Steven spielbergs earliest film albeit one created for television duel holds up nicely more than 30 years after its initial release. Duel official trailer 1971 dennis weaver, steven spielberg thriller movie hd. You can say that about almost all of steven spielbergs films, for better. If hollywood had some sort of an efficiency scale that weighed the amount of money spent against the quality of the film and its cultural impact, duel would be off the charts. Rent duel 1971 starring dennis weaver and eddie firestone on dvd and bluray. Duel was one of stephen spielberg s first films, and it was an incredible start to what would would become an amazing filmmaking career. With steven spielberg, john belushi, lucille benson, amy douglass. A conversation with director steven spielberg 2004 12 out of 4 excellent interview with spielberg who discusses his movie duel. A traveling salesman and a mysterious truck that pursues him are the only ingredients in this minimalist story that marked steven spielbergs first major directorial feature.
A conversation with director steven spielberg video. May 07, 2015 duel a conversation with steven spielberg part 1. Duel, a fight between two animals see tournament species. Rinzlers the complete making of indiana jones 2007. Spielbergs first film, superbly scripted by richard matheson, made for tv but booking its own place on the big screen. Dec 18, 2014 spielberg has since conceded that the youthful vigor of duel is most definitely a result of the age he was when he made it and that he would be hardpressed these days to imbue the film with the same reckless abandon if he were to make it today. Although spielberg permitted star dennis weaverwho played a motorist chased by a homicidal truck driverto register a onenote. Son 1er film, et toujours aujourdhui encore lun des meilleurs. The movie is great, dont knock it till youve seen it. Through indepth research and interviews with the films creative and technical crew, the author tracks the film from genesis through production to release. Jun 12, 2014 duel official trailer 1971 dennis weaver, steven spielberg thriller movie hd. I dont recall the main feature, but i remember rushing out of the cinema to check. Duel, an iranian film directed by ahmad reza darvish.
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