Driving along Soledad Canyon Road - DUEL

Driving along Soledad Canyon Road in California, which was the setting to the 1971 Steven Spielberg film, Duel.
Update, 16th Sept 2015... Just to give you the background of the video... First of all, I live in the UK so I dont really know too much about the area except around where Duel was filmed.
I filmed this back in 2011 (in a Dodge Charger) that I hired from New York (Newark), drove it all the way to San Francisco and back again (9000 miles was the total if I remember correctly), yep... a long way however it was great fun and i've done another 2 road trips since (in Dodge Challenger's ;D ) but I have only visited here, Soledad Canyon once...
To any Duel fans who are in the LA area, I recommend you go and take the same drive. Its fantastic... Its only about an hour away from LAX...
Thanks, and enjoy...

[@airplayvideo]

At 6:57 is where the truck stopped to wait for David Mann and when David sees the truck he screeches to a halt in the middle of the road and almost gets hit by a station wagon. At 9:45 is where David Mann ran his car off the road and hid by the train tracks and waited for the truck to pass him by. He falls asleep and the train wakes him up (thinking it's the truck) 18:07 is where the School Bus scene was filmed They also filmed a bunch of the chase scene on a road that is parallel to this road with the freight train (back near that 6:57 mark)

[@pauljennings9388]

Wow, the whole trip in real time! Nice job. Just as a matter of information, only a small portion of Duel was actually shot on Soledad Canyon Road. A lot was shot on the Sierra Hwy which is the location of Chuck's Cafe at a small settlement called The Oaks. The railroad crossing where the Truck tries to push David Mann's car into the passing freight train no longer exists (Metrolink re-routed the tracks onto a high fill on the other side of the road to eliminate the crossing). The "Snakerama" Gas Station was near the town of Pearblossom. The part where David Mann's car over-heated was shot on Godde Hill Rd. in Leona Valley just West of Palmdale (only the West side of the pass was used). The Grand Finale where the car and truck dive-off the cliff was shot on Mesa Rd. just off Vasquez Canyon Rd. near Forest Park.

[@ltcolumbo9708]

More vital information referencing the classic movie above then the damn drive video

[@cw9817]

Some sources, though, say that even given all that you've mentioned, most of the movie still was shot on Soledad Canyon Road.

[@chinwart]

It's amazing how little the area had changed. I recognise most of the landscape. Great video m8, I am DUEL's biggest fan!

[@RTD8481]

I wish there was a "DUEL FAN FESTIVAL" Where fans can gather and see all the famous sites throughout the film and any other entertainment that can be thought of I would travel for that Seems there are many Duel fans!

[@DesertMike]

After visiting my son in Santa Clarita I drove down this section of Soledad heading back to the AV.

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

I want you to cut it out...

[@leroyybrown]

Awesome video, it looks the same as in Duel except for some of the irrigated land in the valley. The cuttings through the rock look original and the road doesn't appear to be upgraded in any way. Glad to see light traffic as the area appears just as isolated as in the original movie

[@Malgrange54]

I'm french and i would like to be live here !! This location is definitly magical

[@chinwart]

Loved what you did at the tunnel thanks for sharing m8, i will post this on the duel fanpage on facebook.

[@calopii]

For the impatient: the famous tunnel from duel can jump to 18:00

[@personanongrata987]

I just watched Duel for the first time in over thirty years, and am finding KZbin videos on the shooting locations. I came across yours and watched it straight through and enjoyed it. What does that say about me? Two months ago I bought a dashcam which has latitude and longitude annotation, and someday I will drive this stretch and the other Duel location shots and post them to KZbin. Thanks for posting this.

[@jeanlou79]

24 season 4 had a scene filmed at 08:00.

[@ptchello]

Fantastic meeting at 15:16, very good !!!

[@TheLORDPHEASEY]

5.25 - the white pick up truck indicates left, then promptly turns right....hahaha and i thought that only happened in Britain !

[@pollypocketfan7837]

When Svengoolie showed the Duel movie, there's another movie though only during it's climax was filmed on this road too that's called X: The Man With The X-ray Eyes from 1963 and Sven pointed that out too before the commercial break.

[@cw9817]

Twin Peaks: the Return was also filmed in part on Soledad Canyon Road

[@hilljacademics]

Great video....all you needed was a red hood...a red VALIANT hood!

[@ablue5419]

Tv series Roswell 1999 to 2002 I was in that road in 2012 is definitely a magic place.

[@carlfisher9268]

Thanks!! Great clip!!

[@AndyPansy-hv6yr]

Fantastic video!! I'd love to visit the locations in this movie but unfortunately I live in Scotland and the airfare is a bit steep.

[@LiLgPnoy15]

Love that film!

[@MrJoeytony]

I notice you didn't pass up the white truck .

[@forrest2457]

I can think of the truck sitting right at the end of the tunnel then turns the lights on

[@123NeilyB]

@390merc65 - Hi! Yes you are correct. I should have updated the description! Sorry, I just set them all uploading when I got back. Ill update the description now.

[@lamontarnold1612]

Classic

[@ivana_dibujante]

Excelent!! 😍😍😍😍😍👍👏👏👏👏💕🙋‍♀️🇦🇷

[@hardit359]

How can he go so fast..?

[@Chris1141992]

7:39 the place where the Grebleips Pest Control car stand??

[@123NeilyB]

+Chris1141992 Yup!

[@hardit359]

Spielberg backwards

[@planetX15]

Is Chucks Cafe still there?

[@123NeilyB]

Yes, but its now: lechene.com/

[@nathanjedrej792]

Watch out for tankers

[@brunoleopoldo7304]

Lembra a 381 que liga BHTE/MG a Guarapari/ES (BRASIL) KKKKKKKKKKK

[@autumnfall1997]

u live there