DUEL (1971) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction! A Filmmaker Reacts! Analysis too!

Hey Guys, this weeks offering "Duel" by the great Spielberg, it is a tight thriller masterpiece. The film Stars the inimitable Dennis Weaver (Gunsmoke, McCloud). Come and see me react for the FIRST TIME to DUEL! Ps Major is still out.
Watch as Major has his first experience with this film.
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[@rashadwalker8218]

Loved this movie ...it's simple but effective..the mystery of the driver never having his face revealed kept it in a somewhat creepy stage.

[@stuartwesthall]

Cary Loftin played the truck driver - he did the driving stunts in a whole bunch of hollywood action movies over the decades.

[@BigSleepyOx]

Finally a youtuber reacts to this! Great reaction. I've loved this movie for decades.

[@majormoviemadness9927]

Am I a KZbinr now, idk how to feel about this!😀

[@AbrasiousProductions]

The Moment With David Talking To Himself In The Diner Makes Me Think Of The Twilight Zone. It Has That Same Atmosphere.

[@CaptOrbit]

One fun little detail I always liked about the diner scene was that when the truck and driver are occupying Mann's thoughts the truck is so large that it takes up almost the entire window. When his mind is elsewhere like when he is talking to the waitress, the truck suddenly becomes smaller and more distant.

[@fredzeppelin3969]

Carey Loftin (truck driver) was a legendary Hollywood stunt driver who worked in tons of films, including "Bullitt." There is a brief cameo of him in the diner. He IS at the counter, 2nd from right, and turns to look at Weaver just as the waitress startled him.

[@michaels6496]

I saw an interview with Spielberg about this movie. One of the things he said regarding the truck "death scene". He didn't intend for the truck to reappear from the smoke and dust while it was falling. It was essentially an anomaly caught on one of the cameras. But he really the the effect and even reproduced the same effect in Jaws as the dead body of the shark reappeared from the bloody water. The spiral death of this truck is almost exactly like the spiral death of the Jaws shark.

[@LeroyKinkade]

This Movie just proves on thing, Mr Spielberg is just a Master at making Movies. Nothing more, nothing less.

[@imocchidoro]

I was just a kid when I first saw it, and was totally captivated. Still love it.

[@bobschenkel7921]

This is one of my three all-time favorite Made-For-TV movies, along with Salem's Lot and The Night Stalker. I remember watching it when it was first on, everyone was talking about it the next day at school. And you mentioned the sound, especially at the end. Apparently the sound of the truck going over the cliff was used as part of the sound of the T-Rex in Spielburg's "Jurassic Park".

[@Bill-oe6pw]

I just saw this for the first time a couple months ago and I can't believe how good it is. That tenacious truck is a practice run for a Spielberg tenacious great white shark.

[@keithwilson6060]

This film haunted my childhood after I saw it late one night.

[@blackswan7568]

"That 'stache says awesomeness"😂

[@toastnjam7384]

I first saw this when it first aired, and this movie made me realized that filmmaking was more than pointing a camera. It was art. I read the short story earlier in Playboy, so I was really hyped to see it.

[@xyz8655]

Jaws on wheels. Watch the making of DUEL, it's excellent.

[@matthewstroud4294]

The great man also directed an episode of Columbo: Murder by the Book.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

And what a wonderful episode that is, another early Spielberg TV classic. Weaver of course, had his own popular TV series McCloud (1970-77) its intro sequence was so good. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn3SiY2ardyGla8

[@clarencewalker3925]

The scenes with the wife and the school bus were added later for European distribution as this was originally a t.v. movie. The stunt driver was Carey Lofton.

[@vladyvhv9579]

Many people don't realize that the trucker is a seriel killer, the varius plates on the front are his trophies from others he's chased down, and that the tanker is empty.

[@arleighburke9095]

The theory that the multiple plates on the truck are some sort of ‘trophies’ is false. Back in those days trucks had to display license plates for many of the states they operated in. That’s just the way it was until the inception of the cab card, making the multiple plates obsolete. but hey, it’s a fun theory.

[@nikolatesla5553]

It was a movie of the week. It was Spielberg's first big test. The studio wanted it shot on the lot. But Spielberg was told he could do it on location if he could shoot it in ten days. The studio provided him with experienced DPs and ADs, both of whom were skeptical of the young man. However, he quickly won them over. Spielberg felt irresponsible and worried as he approached the 10 day deadline. But was assured by the professionals working with him that he was doing great and no one could have finished shooting in 10 days. He shot it in 12 . There were 6 cameras set up for the truck's death. But only one camera operator followed the truck from going over the cliff all the way down, All the footage is from that camera.

[@rickardroach9075]

It was a TV movie first then Spielberg shot extra footage to bump it’s run time to 90 minutes which was required for a theatrical release. The extra footage used a different truck as the original was destroyed in the cliff jump. One of the additional scenes was the truck trying to push the car into the train. The sound of the dying truck was reused in _Jaws_ as the sound of the dying shark. I love this film. My dad first showed it to me as a cautionary tale about road rage when I was learning to drive. Thanks for reacting to this.

[@TTM9691]

I knew it was a TV movie first, but did not know that Spielberg added extra footage for theatrical release, thanks for the info! I've always classified this as a TV movie, but now I see that it is really a hybrid!

[@kylederry5031]

Carey Loftin drove the truck. He jumped the Blue Mule in Whiteline Fever, and drove the 70 challenger r/t in Vanishing Point.

[@tubularap]

Me and my cinema-friend went to see this unknown movie by a unknown young director in the cinema. We were impressed by this well made movie, so we remembered the director's name. To keep an eye out for what other movies he would make later on in his career.

[@BayAreaMike99]

11:24 this whole shot is so damn ominous and bad ass especially when the lights come on with the music😳

[@janna2245]

This was a TV movie!!! It was amazing. TV movies sucked. But you could tell there was something different about this one

[@michaelgehrke8272]

One of my favorite underrated movies.

[@galandirofrivendell4740]

I saw this movie when it originally aired as a Movie of the Week on ABC television way back when. I thought it was a very thrilling film, and still do. Just goes to show you that pure entertainment doesn't have to involve multi-million dollar special effects, just a quality story and characters that you care about. And Spielberg was good at both.

[@jpwartist]

Spielberg said in an interview that the truck driver was actually a serial killer, and the multiple different plates on the truck were trophies from his kills.

[@AzulinhoAzulinho]

The first time I saw this movie it blew me away, and I think it was probably the first time I really appreciated cinematography, without knowing that was what I was doing. Such an amazingly simple premise and the tension is great.

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

Richard Matheson adapted the script from his own short story, which was originally published in the April, 1971 issue of Playboy magazine. Matheson got the inspiration for the story when he was tailgated by a trucker while on his way home from a golfing match with friend Jerry Sohl on November 22, 1963, the same day as the John F. Kennedy assassination

[@spindletopcenter]

This basically Jaws before it was Jaws

[@bwilliams463]

This has mostly been honorarily accepted into the pantheon of killer car movies, like 'Trucks.' 'Maximum Overdrive, 'The Car,' and 'Christine.' The truck is generally referred to as 'The Big Dirty Pete'(rbilt).

[@javix2013]

It looks like a Hitchcock movie, because of the suspense and even the same style of music.

[@botz77]

Jaws with a truck. Not bad.

[@bustercolin7507]

Unlike other films where a psycho is chasing a car with a group of friends, having it being just the one guy adds so much to the feel to this movie, it makes you feel that it's you in that car being hunted down which adds so much on a personal level, especially when watching on your own. Great movie. Great review.

[@thunderstruck5484]

I remember seeing this on tv super scary thanks again and hope Major is doing well

[@danielgrimes8312]

What an effort from Steven , I mean he has better films but on a "Technical " level i think this is the film where he puts the best he's ever got...

[@javix2013]

Surprising for being a movie from 1971 and also made for television, how well done the action scenes and the editing are, they are still very modern. I think the remastering they did a few years ago also helps make it look very current.

[@Maverick25ish]

I thought you was Steven Speilberg for a second watching his own work, nice reaction

[@thunderstruck5484]

There’s a great making of I watched on KZbin a while back excellent! From how they chose the truck to interview with the stunt driver to the rattlesnake scene, I believe Dennis may have done his own stunt diving out of the way, but this is how you make great entertaining content it makes me sad and miss old Hollywood, also check out “Used Cars” with Kurt Russell I believe Spielberg was involved with that also and it is a hoot! I remember watching 1941 in the theater I loved it but the theater was kind of empty sadly, thanks again

[@TTM9691]

First off, continued and sincere, heartfelt good wishes to Major and his loved ones. Thanks for continuing the channel on your own, and sharing with us this reaction. This was great and although I love you guys as a team, feel free to do solo stuff from time to time (both of you), it gives the reaction video a different flavor and is as engaging and entertaining. Obviously having the two of you is optimal! But this was great too and, as usual, I appreciated all your remarks.

[@Silveradoman61]

Spielberg is god still the ultimate Road Rage movie.

[@aranerem3767]

A classic

[@dh5697]

Fun fact, the car @ 16:23 "Grebleips pest control" is Spielberg spelt backwards!

[@frankmoyer5822]

I watched this back in the 70s with my dad who was a traveling salesman and had some run ins with psychotic truck drivers.

[@donpace6405]

Sound effects from the truck going over the edge were used in the final scene from Jaws when the shark is sinking at the end sounds like a Dinosaur.

[@coinsaver]

I-5 north from LA goes to Fresno, then Sacramento. But this, it's on old Route 66? Snake attraction, roadside diner, and all.

[@KBH27]

You can see the reflection in the phonebooth glass of the film crew

[@tweevers2]

There are people that do youtube dashcam videos today driving from his house and continuing down his exact route. Pretty much Route 14 and in the Angeles National Forest just north of Los Angeles looks all the same with many of the stops and places still there. The crashed truck (or what is left of it) is still down in the ravine. There are pictures floating around showing the rusted out remains of it all. Though it is on private land now and not really accessible.

[@AdamtheGrey02]

Spielberg gave a nod to his own movie here in Jaws when he mimicked the truck tumbling about in the dust with the shark's carcass doing similar during it's own demise within the foggy bloody water.

[@eirikrdberg1161]

The truck is still at the bottom of the hill. Collectors can get a piece of Spielberg history.

[@arleighburke9095]

No!… neither the truck or the Valiant are at the bottom of the cliff anymore. There is nothing there…… nothing

[@pattiharvey1787]

Steven Spielberg's first movie and made for TV 👍 Cult favorite for me too. Thanks 👍

[@ebktoonz8436]

Carey loftin the truck driver/stunt man really moved that peterbuilt

[@BayAreaMike99]

14:11 this whole shot is good reminds me of a western for some reason

[@robertjohnson6601]

I have a question for those watching this video. Has anyone reading this ever been in a similiar situation on the highway. Where you know that some other driver , doesn't have to be a truck driver, has it in for you and goes after you. Out there when you are on the road you are on your own. Make sure your car is in the best shape possible before going on a trip. Don't pick up some cute young thing and have her end up saying could you drop me off a little up the road please. She is a lure and there might be men waiting to take away your car and maybe your life. Don't fall for it. If you are at a truck stop or highway restraunt and some says if you are going that way can you give me a lift and offers to pay gas say maybe but how far are you going. Look at their ID. Talk to them and feel them out. Trust your gut instincts. Stay on the main highway and avoid small towns. They don't like outsiders most of the time and don't care if something bad happens to you. Good luck

[@escapetheratracenow9883]

Have you seen the 1985 Rutger Hauer movie 'The Hitcher' It'd make you even more paranoid.

[@DCFCfanatic]

David Manns' reddish/orangy car and the Truck itself make a cameo appearance in the movie Torque. As the bikers are going down the road they pass by Mann's car. one of the biker's makes a comment about the car, something like "what's up with that guy". a few seconds later they run into the truck itself. the only difference is that it doesn't have the flammable printing on the back side. Mann referred to the truck driver as Keller in the novel. On the side of the truck the name Keller was printed. but it was most likely a brand name. in an interview Spielberg said he used the animal like roar for the truck crash because he wanted to imply that there was something supernatural about the truck and it's driver. This could explain why that type of truck was able to keep up with Mann in his car. But Mann even thinks to himself that it's probably just suped up. The studio tried to interfere in the making of the movie. they wanted a big explosion at the end for the truck. but Spielberg said "NO". he wanted to show the slow death of the truck. also the shot of the truck coming out of the dust/smoke was not intended. Spielberg didn't want to show the truck emerge from the dust. but he ended up enjoying how it looked and kept it. he repeated the same scene in JAWS.

[@escapetheratracenow9883]

I must be one of the few who enjoys the movie 'Torque' and likewise enjoyed the homage to Spielberg's legendary movie.

[@jaygdav]

I lived in the Antelope Valley (Lancaster) and always wondered EXACTLY where they filmed this............

[@mattmurtagh6091]

Dam its class this film.along with calafonea kid class.showing speed on dash.things like seat belts going on you knew there was going to be a car chase.

[@grumpyoltimer7523]

I think this was filmed in the San Gabriel mountains.

[@zosometalgod]

When a old school car like the Plymouth Valiant Weaver was driving when they over heat the engine can vapor lock! When he put the car in nutruel and coasted down the hill it's cool down enough so was able to start again! And Howard the duck was a George Lucas movie not Spielberg

[@majormoviemadness9927]

Yeah cars I am John snow with cars, re Howard the duck it was directed by some other guy Willard Huyck? Lucas produced and Ss seems not to have been involved

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

I know Spielberg didn't really care about the car as long as it was red, but it turned out well it was a Plymouth Valiant. A heroic name for a very boring underpowered executive car, much like David Mann himself. In the end, both the car and the man turned out to be Valiant.

[@joeyartk]

This was a made for TV movie.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I Reviewed This!

[@channelthree9424]

React to Soylent Green and Ace in the Hole (the Big Carnival).

[@m1ghty_m1kk04]

The truck had originally started out life as a single axle that had a tag along axle added to it, a 260HP 1673 CAT turbocharged engine with a 13-speed transmission, making it capable of hauling loads over 30 tons and top speeds reaching 75-80 mph. During the original filming, the crew had only one truck, so the shots of the truck falling off the cliff had to be completed in one take.

[@k33ism]

Excellent review.

[@paulocesardosslopes5911]

For me is kind of sad that near no one talk about the plates in the truck, for me it look like this isn´t his first time doing this, only that this time he failed.

[@PromLesbian]

The 1st 'Road Rage' Movie??

[@mikegonzo1262]

One of the few Spielberg films I actually like.

[@mikerodgers7620]

That's lame.

[@hegstad9]

Great review ! If you wondering about the filming of the movie, watch this documentary, in which Spielberg goes in detail about the entire shoot of the film, camera angles, location, etc. This is really a great and informative interview ! Since you praised the filming of the ending ~ Spielberg goes into great detail about that ! Just type in : 'Duel (1971) - A Conversation with Steven Spielberg' NB : You mentioned that he appeared somewhat of a weakling ~ not standing up for his wife ~ That's the idea Dennis Weaver wanted to give his character ! A not very likeable man ~ not wanting much fuss ~ However ~ after surviving this ordeal ~ he could really come out a changed man ! Maybe even becoming a bully !

[@danielgrimes8312]

Sorcere 1977 , if you like Duel you'd like this

[@majormoviemadness9927]

Do you mean the sorcerer? My mentor was the cam op on that

[@danielgrimes8312]

@@majormoviemadness9927 yes

[@miamicool666]

The shark of the roads.

[@Uncle-Charlie]

Great show!

[@joerenaud8292]

This was a made for TV movie. Interesting you should mention JAWS because Spielberg admitted he created the Jaws ending with it sinking to the bottom of the ocean in the same manner the way the fuel truck crashed to the bottom of the gulch and he even used a little bit of the moaning truck into that Jaws scene.

[@MLawrence2008]

An Easter egg for you all. The pest control company car is Greblieps Pest Control, or Spielberg spelt backwards. :) See here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIWcoJ2ans5omrM

[@rashadwalker8218]

The movie cat and mouse game. I can tell u were all in lol. My question was how did he get back home

[@elizadennison7433]

The gas station/Snakerama owner, played by character actress Lucille Benson, appears in the same role in Spielberg's "1941," where she has a run-in with John Belushi's fighter pilot character.

[@waterfaucet9926]

She also plays the biplane pilot/flight instructor Gene Wilder hops a flight with in the classic movie Silver Streak

[@henrynegro8397]

@@waterfaucet9926 yesssss, love silver streak. When Richard Pryor and Gene unite is when the film really goes gold

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

I think the front license plates on the truck are from past victims

[@arleighburke9095]

Nope - trucks used to have to wear plates for many of the states they operated in back then. It was common to see license plates covering virtually the entire face of some trucks.

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

@@arleighburke9095 but Steven Spielberg said they were from past victims.

[@stuartwesthall]

Because Spielberg didn't know the actual reason and just made up an incorrect explanation that he liked the idea of. But yes, back in the day, interstate trucks had to display a plate for every state they operated in.

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

@@stuartwesthall Well since he direct the movie I’m gonna take his word for it.

[@ArthurHILL-xp8bv]

Duel movie in November 13,1971

[@ArthurHILL-xp8bv]

The incredible hulk season 1 episode 7 Never give trucker an even break. David was driving the red plymouth valiant with his friend Joanie. Joanie said to David go to the new road hill. David said what that do?

[@bulgingbattery2050]

TAFT

[@macokreeftmeijer5874]

Watch the car no driver

[@Gravyballs2011]

Have you tried Geoge Lucas' first major film? "THX-1138"

[@majormoviemadness9927]

No but we’ll give it a look

[@dennismason3740]

Benedict Canyon? Way wrong neighborhood. You are thinking, perhaps, Topanga Canyon. Or any of those that emanate from the 101 to the ocean.

[@markcorbett4031]

at 5:10 he should had went over to the truck while that guy was out of it to see what he looked like and maybe talked it over ?

[@TT.4_]

No because that'll be messing up the entire movie! You people forget it's only a movie geez!

[@mattmurtagh6091]

261 hp about 65 miles per hrs top speed in truck. Would not be able to keep up with car in the Peterbelt .

[@spindletopcenter]

This is about masculinity. He says he's not the boss at home, and what's more butch than a gas trucker? It's like he's being haunted by his own diminishing supremecy

[@ddmaul]

In what world does the 5 go to San Francisco?

[@dennismason3740]

I saw Duel when it aired on t.v. I loved it. I had never heard of Steven Spielberg. The bombastic and sentimental squealings of John Williams began to worm their way into every Spielberg film, hence I can not watch a Spielberg film as the sounds that emanate from the mind of Mister Williams literally hurt my bones. John did not soundtrack Duel, so I can watch the film. So simple.

[@davidspedding8349]

just leave car and hitch a lift when its so bad

[@ericodionneviglione9426]

I saw this as a young child back in the mid 1970s--when it came on TV, being one of those weekend afternoon TV movies--and found it so spooky because I thought the truck was a supernatural ghost truck. Heehee. Maybe I was influenced by the TV movie Killdozer (1974)? :) (Ya gotta watch Killdozer! Absolutely more suspenseful than Duel! Heehee)

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

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