Duel [Collector's Edition]

Director: Steven Spielberg

Overview

"Steven Spielberg's made-for-TV thriller Duel debuts on DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Surround, and Dolby Digital Stereo. Sp

Product Details

Release Date:	02/08/2005
UPC:	0025192197628
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	PG
Source:	UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	12,939

Special Features

Steven Spielberg on making Duel; Steven Spielberg and the small screen; Richard Matheson: The writing of Duel; Photo gallery; Trailer; Production notes; Cast and filmmakers bios

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dennis Weaver	David Mann
Tim Herbert	Gas Station Attendant
Charles Seel	Old Man
Jacqueline Scott	Mrs. Mann
Eddie Firestone	Cafe Owner
Shirley O'Hara	Waitress
Lou Frizzell	Bus Driver
Lucille Benson	Lady at Snakerama
Gene Dynarski	Man in Cafe
Alexander Lockwood	Old Man in Car
Amy Douglass	Old Woman in Car
Cary Loftin	Truck Driver,The Truck Driver
Dale Van Sickle	Car Driver
Dale Van Sickel	Car Driver
Dick Whittington	Radio Interviewer
Shirley O'Hara Krims	Waitress
Billy Goldenberg	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Matheson

George Eckstein	Producer
Cary Loftin	Stunts,Stunts
Richard Matheson	Screenwriter
Edwin S. Hall	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Titles [4:41]
2. Passing Acquaintances [4:22]
3. Roadside Service [5:55]
4. The Road Hog [3:54]
5. Playing Games [6:16]
6. Spinout [3:57]
7. A Big Complication [3:58]
8. He Has to Be Crazy [6:05]
9. Let's Not Play Games [2:27]
10. Back on the Road [2:02]
11. A Little Help [7:07]
12. A Loco Motive [4:45]
13. The Snakerama [4:10]
14. Train of Thought [:30]
15. Impasse [2:54]
16. Follow the Leader [5:53]
17. Making the Grade [7:22]
18. Going Nowhere in Neutral [4:09]
19. Mann Vs. Machine [3:32]
20. Among the Ruins (End Titles) [2:04]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Scenes
Bonus Materials
A Conversation With Director Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg and the Small Screen
Richard Matheson: The Writing of Duel
Photograph and Poster Gallery
Trailer
Cast and Filmmakers
Dennis Weaver... David Mann
Jacqueline Scott... Mrs. Mann
Eddie Firestone... Cafe Owner
Lou Frizzell... Bus Driver
Directed by... Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by... Richard Matheson - Based on His Published Story
Production Notes
Languages
Spoken Language: English 5.1 DTS
Spoken Language: English 5.1 Dolby Digital
Spoken Language: English 2.0 Mono (Original Soundtrack)
Captioned for the Hearing Impaired: English
Subtitles: Español
Subtitles: Français
Subtitles: None

Editorial Reviews

A traveling salesman and a mysterious truck that pursues him are the only ingredients in this minimalist story that marked Steven Spielberg's first major directorial feature. 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.T. Writer Richard Matheson concocted an exercise in paranoia, featuring Dennis Weaver as the salesman, in which the truck driver's face is never shown and his motives are never clear. Thus the story has a Kafkaesque quality, as the salesman is psychologically tortured while being physically terrorized. Spielberg shows a firm grasp of the action, even if it occasionally becomes repetitive. It is hard to imagine, from this spare, economical film, that he would go on to a career as an impresario of big-budget, special-effects blockbusters.