Overall Rating:  4.25 out of 5, including 3 reviews
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Fear Is The Driving Force.
Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about a motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg's first full-length movie, Duel, helped jumpstart the director's big-screen career, with a gripping, action-packed story hailed by critics as a film that "belongs on the classics shelf reserved for top suspensers" (Daily Variety). Dennis Weaver stars as the traveling salesman waging a desperate battle for survival after he is mysteriously singled out. praised for its deft use of relentlessly mounting psychological tension, Duel features one of the most uniquely terrifying "characters" in movie history: a massive, 40-ton truck with sheer menace. A few years later, the action of Spielberg's blockbuster hit Jaws would echo Duel's tale of a lone hero in a heart-stopping fight to the finish against a monstrous, inhuman foe.
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Features:
| Steven Spielberg On Making Duel
Steven Spielberg And the Small Screen
Richard Matheson: The Writing Of Duel
Photograph Gallery
Trailer
Production Notes
Cast & Filmmakers Bios
| Video:
| | Standard 1.33:1 Color | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
ENGLISH: DTS Surround [CC]
| Subtitles:
| | Spanish, French
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| Studio: Universal Studios
Production Year: 1971
Release Date: 8/17/2004
Length: 90 mins
Rating: PG
| Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: 61021976
UPC Code: 025192197628
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Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5, including 3 reviews
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A man is forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse on the open road. - 4.25 out of 5 (8/19/2004)
The great network of roads and highways has made America into a truly mobile country, gas shortages not withstanding. People from every social class have at one time or another traveled the highways, often on long, tedious journeys for business or pleasure. What Duel does is take the mundane and create a tale of tension, apprehension and fear. David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is a typical, everyday sort of fellow. He has a job, a wife and family and the usual stress that results from his pursuit of th
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Customer Review
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Duel - B+ - 3.75 out of 5 (8/31/2004)
I've had this thing since August of 2003. Blockbuster placed it on the shelf at that time, because it had been officially released. Then, it was announced that the title had been pulled, and blockheads didn't take it down. So I've had plenty of time with it. The two documentaries are terrific, and the transfer is everything you could ask for in a DVD master made from a 35mm television print from '71. It's a fantastic disc to own, especially if you're a fan of Steven Speilberg's.
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