Duel Review - Off The Shelf Reviews

[@Ash-928]

The end is very haunting, when the truck is lying at the bottom of the cliff twisted up and leaking diesel and oil, the way it's wheel finally stops turning is like its taken its final breath and it's last heartbeat.

[@TheBoss-pb1gd]

As I sit here close to midnight, north of Seattle. I'm in my shop applying my trade as a carpenter. Then out of nowhere the boys from across the pond decide to bless us with this nearly perfect gem of a movie! Thanks guys this is gonna be a good one. Off the shelf reviews is my favorite channel!!!

[@AbrasiousProductions]

it's currently bordering 3 a.m. here

[@troillmainn]

A Carpenter, eh? Your first name wouldn't by any chance be John, would it? Ba-dum-tsss😂

[@TheBoss-pb1gd]

@troillmainn nice!!!! Well you see The Thing is....

[@oldskoolraver1974]

This Spielberg guy sounds legit….gonna have to check out more of him. Thanks for the recommendation my g’s.

[@MrGrandure]

This movie is why I ALLWAYS select the bigger engine power option when I buy a vehicle.

[@ZODIACTHEFACEOFEVIL-wt5mi]

Richard Matheson said the story was based on a true life experience, he was chased by a guy in a truck on the day JFK was shot

[@MirageMusicUk]

I'm pretty sure i suggested this on Patreon, forgotten about it this was a nice surprise to watch to finish off what's been a stressful day You two never disappoint and i love this movie, that truck is so menacing.

[@danielscott5673]

0:00 Gary: "Hello, and welcome to Off The Shelf Reviews." Iain: "I wonder if Mr. Spielberg did anything better after this." Gary: "And I'm Gary." nice

[@justiceflynn6297]

This is a good film and glad it's getting attention, especially since many films were clearly inspired by Duel and most people are unaware of its influence. 🚗👏🏼 🚛

[@nealsullivan5359]

Another great review. This film has had such a big influence. King of Queens; the Kevin James sitcom has a whole episode dedicated to it. Doug buys an ice cream truck and then is pursued by the previous owner in another ice cream truck. Same camera angles, similar music, even the shot of the boots! So good

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

I’d love to see that episode.

[@vivavideo-videofilmer]

the shot, when the Truck silouette can be seen at the end of the tunnel and the lights go on ....damn that is so haunting. Best shot in the movie.

[@MJW60777]

An Off The Shelf Review of 1977's "The Car" 🤞🤞

[@mrnaughtycat]

My art teacher in college was obsessed with this film

[@andrewblanchard2398]

04:55 you can see the line in the matte painting of the sky behind his right ear

[@Seawing-v5d]

Basically my daily commute.

[@Frankensteins_Highboy]

That 55 Peterbuilt is still one of the coolest movie vehicles ever Carrie Loftin is the pinnacle of cool and is the best stunt driver. Shit, this film, Stroker Ace, Maximum Overdrive, Christine Hell even the Herbie movies

[@Ash-928]

@@Frankensteins_Highboy This truck and the black Pursuit Special from Mad Max are my two favourites.

[@1kylecurry]

A terrific made for TV thriller with some horror elements. Yes, that director... what's his name again & whatever happened to him...?

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Dennis Weaver always delivered the goods. You should see the made for TV movie, "Cocaine: One Man's Seduction"

[@ZODIACTHEFACEOFEVIL-wt5mi]

Richard Matheson also did the Roger Corman Edgar Allen Poe adaptions - the fall of the house of usher, the pit & the pendulum etc

[@Thrakus]

What WAS the film called witch was Dual meets 1984 , future where gas is beaned and people can only drive EVs golf carts, this dude tries to get a sports car across the USA with a jet after him.

[@AubreyTheKing]

Wait...whose Steven Spielberg? Nah I'm kidding lol I had no idea this was his first film! And he sure started off with a bang! One of the greatest directors ever! I'll make sure to check this one out! Great review guys!

[@andrewglazebrook1585]

Inspiration for the film The Hitcher and also the gas station re-appears in Spielberg's 1941 (1979) as the place where Wild Bill Kelso (John Belushi) lands his plane.

[@NickElliott-dv8vn]

Well, amongst all the chaos in my life lately this was an absolute joy to watch! Ive been practically craving a new review so thanks lads! Nothing but top notch stuff! Its been a great distraction amongst all the shite in life lately so thankyou and as i usually say love ya lads 👊

[@Protoman85]

Agree with the studio about the ending

[@johnthemachine]

The truck helps the school bus for the same reason it honks at the train, they’re fellow predators, and cars/small vehicles are prey

[@AmityvilleFan]

Nah,. this "it was all in his head" stuff is much later era. What this film does instead, that the truck-driver becomes irrelevant, and the truck becomes its own being, a mythical beast, which falls into the chasm with a real kaiju-scream. Beautiful.

[@nosprings82]

Yeah, the "flights of fancy" are him planning the next move in the game.

[@MisterMasterShafter1]

The "roar" of the truck going off the cliff was also the sound of 'Spot', the Munsters pet dragon who lived under the stairs. lol

[@TheRedDevil-1968]

I believe Spielberg's first directorial gig was the second story in the pilot TV film for Rod Serling's "Night Gallery." The second segment (of three stories) called "Eyes." It starred Joan Crawford. 1969.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

You are quite right.

[@johnantonywalton-tz6xe]

Duel & The Sugarland Express make a great double bill. Early Spielberg . . . Fantastic. ❤

[@tecumsehcristero]

Close Encounters of The Third Kind was just in movie theaters last night in the Chicagoland area.

[@KingSidJames]

The trucks dying roar was later reused in the death of Bruce the shark from Jaws.

[@kowalsolosolo]

His next movie ""Sugarland Express"" was also kind of a duel on the road,this time among a pair of crazy teens and the police. Both are brilliant movies.

[@singIeservingfriend]

I love this film. I find it scarier than Jaws

[@TheSuperQuail]

The film that scarred Rimmer (physically)

[@jim3541]

It would be so cool if you guys did Smokey and the Bandit sometime

[@MrGrandure]

Lol, that would be interesting 😅

[@jim3541]

@@MrGrandure That and sling blade are the two movies I want the most from them lol

[@Ross-y8c]

I had this movie on dvd, I believe it was a steelbook. It had loads of extras and it was an altogether great package. I wish I never got rid of all of my dvds 😢 keep hold of your physical media people, please!

[@tjenahoj]

I thank you for this advice and I am sorry for your loss. Blessings to you.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

my eyes just lit up seeing this! I had always hoped you guys would review Duel (1971) it's one of my favorite films of all time!

[@TheBeird]

Damn, I’ve never seen Spielberg’s debut. Chuck it on the list of rectification!

[@JakeTilton]

Love your reviews! Keep up the great work! Cheers from America!

[@Jay-mu4xl]

"I play meat." 😂 Have a good one, Shelfers! 👊

[@c.d.scalemodels9198]

Hey guys, Chris here…… excellent film……love it!!!!! Please do The Car…… another favorite of mine!!!!!!!!! Please do The Food Of The Gods….. I shouldn’t even request it but the rat heads do disturb me yet I’m intrigued by it…… I do realize they are only puppet heads however I have a fear of rats but it’s like a train wreck….. I can’t turn away. I know you guys would do a great job with that film even though it’s very very cheesy…….. thanks guys…… love your reviews!!!!!!!

[@oldheadprisonofficer7024]

Hey, from the middle Of america here. Enjoy your content guys. So happy you're reviewing this gem

[@laramiebear2595]

Aloha you beautiful bearded men❤ Gary, I love your shirt. Love from Arizona ❤️

[@Bluewizard35728]

Can you guys do Suspiria both versions. Great horror movies

[@jacklong1290]

Duel is a brilliant film! Another great review guys, but this time on a television film. You should review the pilot episode of The Incredible Hulk starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. Fun Fact: Did you know that Duel was an influence for one of the Hulk episodes in the first series with an episode titled "Never Give A Trucker An Even Break." They reused a lot of car chase footage from the film and placed it within the episode. According to Steven Spielberg, he was vivid at the fact that they deliberately used sequences from his film without asking for permission first.

[@duncancurtis5108]

Breakdown with Kurt Russell from 1997 equally shows an innocent man up against malevolent forces stacked against him and like Dennis Weaver has to grow the balls to outdo them.

[@tjenahoj]

A brilliant movie indeed, well worth a watch!

[@ThreadBomb]

I'm glad you mentioned Hitchcock, as this is certainly a "Hitchcockian" movie. In fact, it's a Hitchcock film that Hitchcock could never have made, because he was not a great action director and hated working on location.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Good to know.

[@samuraijacques952]

You guys like Richard Matheson you should check out his Twilight Zone work

[@MisterMasterShafter1]

Early in the film just after Mann passes the truck the first time, he looks in his rear-view mirror and there's the truck slowly creepin' up on him, and the two headlights look like eyes and the grill it's face. The moment in which you/Mann see it, it's creepy AF.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Spielberg's ending was not only appropriate but far more realistic than the explosion the studio wanted. Vehicles actually don't blow up like that very often even in a bad crash.

[@misterwillguitar]

yes sirs!!! I have never seen this one, but this is a top review as always - I will add it to my watchlist!

[@johanprx7985]

Thanks for another entertaining review. And yes, this movie is a must watch

[@gnc623]

When the truck fell off the cliff and the door was opened, I always assumed it meant that the driver was either trying to escape and failed or to hint that maybe he did escape. I always thought the dripping fluid looked like oil rather than blood.

[@josephmedic7478]

I for a long time didn't realize the license plates in the front of the truck were from the other victims of the driver. So the truck driver is showing off his kills.

[@22Tesla]

I don't think that's the case. I mean, you could see it that way, and it totally would make sense for the character of the trucker. But I think it's something more mundane; I heard/read somewhere that truckers back in the day needed a licence plate of the states they operated in because certain laws vary state to state and you needed to be compliant with those laws in order to operate. I checked a couple sites and one other reason, at least in film making, is the cultural identity of truckers (freedom to travel wherever they want because of their job.) So it's either mundane and normal, or it's just for the context of the movie, which I could see being true for this character.

[@josephmedic7478]

i thought plates were his too, but I remember Spielberg saying the plates were of prior victims. Can anyone confirm?

[@cthewave9955]

Buy the 4K 👍🏻

[@thetruthwillout3347]

Did he make the appointment?!

[@wadeheaton123]

I saw it on TV at its 1st airing. I was in college sitting around getting loaded. To say it blew our minds would be an understatement.

[@Gumblina1]

Mayhem 🤟🎬🍿 reviews

[@tecumsehcristero]

Estaban Spielbergo his non-union Mexican equivalent is pretty good too. That’s a Simpsons deep cut folks

[@slapwagon]

shelf life! ❤

[@pammitchell5501]

I love this movie. Great review, but I'm surprised you didn't mention the most obvious plot hole: i.e., why didn't David Mann just turn his car around and go home once the truck had passed him and was out of sight for hours? Since the truck was up ahead and out of sight, the truck driver would never have seen him turn around. And by that time, the whole reason for David's car ride (his meeting) was out the window anyway. Like I said, I really do love this movie, but that part never made sense to me lol.

[@WorldwideWyatt]

The truck was like Jason Vorhees, even if David turned around the truck would have still been there.

[@Kaiyanwang82]

Did you guys already review Vanishing Point? The old one, possibly the british cut (it has an additional scene that makes the movie all better).

[@OffTheShelfReviews]

We did, and we both loved the film. Sadly we lost the review to copyright strikes and the HDD the review was on broke and the video lost. We will certainly re-review Vanishing Point some time in the future. Cheers, Gary.

[@Kaiyanwang82]

@@OffTheShelfReviews Thank you for the quick answer, Gary. Big fan. Shame I missed the review the small time interval it was on, it now belongs to the fabled lost media! Will keep my eyes open for any re-review. Cheers, K.

[@mikesilva3868]

Great movie 😊

[@anthonyhudak9363]

6:22 That would've been an amazing reveal

[@silverscreenreviews8521]

Brilliant film! Thanks guys! Even built a massive model of this truck for a university project 😅. There’s vids of it on my channel.

[@TheWhiskeyMan-rk7qv]

Duel is an astonishing classic, one I have seen many times over the years/decades and it still remains my favourite. As for the pathetic film Wrecker released in 2015 which was heavily based off Duel, one watch was quite enough. However, I am quite intrigued to hopefully one day see the remake Spielberg and Tom Cruise are working on.

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

DUEL! YES! The Prequel to Jaws. I know it's not but....fuck it, you know what I mean.

[@mattmidgley4275]

Thanks boys 👊👊

[@paulmcgettigan9068]

Been looking forward to u guys reviewing this movie for a long time

[@useyourillusiongnr]

Oh.. this is the movie where there are trucks involved..haunted trucks..this is before Spielberg went to "JAWS".. legendary movie...thank you guys for a great review! 👍 have a great summer-holiday when that comes !!

[@AbrasiousProductions]

no offense but the truck isn't haunted, several times throughout the film we clearly see a hand driving it and there are multiple instances in the film where the truck is absent, so it can be logically deduced that it filled up on gas off-screen, explaining why it never seems to break down, not to mention blood is seen at the end when the trucker's killed, the truck is in no way paranormal, there's too much evidence against that theory.

[@jujutaylor2186]

The haunted trucks movie you might be thinking about is Stephen King's movie maximum Overdrive..

[@AbrasiousProductions]

@@jujutaylor2186 even those weren't haunted, they were controlled by an alien force, not a ghost.

[@jujutaylor2186]

​@@AbrasiousProductionsI know that. I was just responding to the original poster saying that they might be confusing the movies because if you Google haunted trucks movies maximum Overdrive will come up. I was just trying to help the original poster out. But thank you

[@AbrasiousProductions]

@@jujutaylor2186 I know, I wasn't trying to break your balls, I didn't mean for it to come off that way

[@terencechristopherrogers132]

I was waiting for this one I'm so happy

[@johnw8578]

I remember catching this on tv as a kid in the 70s -- my child-mind had the idea that his wife had hired the trucker to off him.

[@Private-Hudson]

Love this movie.

[@StoneyBrownTV]

The truck is very real. Who pushed the bus out of the way when he looked in the mirror? Or did that even happen? 🤔 After defeating the truck, maybe it makes him better in his life.

[@Dani..663]

He reminds me of Pedro pascal

[@DavyDredd14]

DUEL (1971) is such a fascinating, intense, gripping, mysterious thriller !

[@SA-zoom1]

This film is a masterclass.

[@jamesgrassia844]

A few years ago there was talk that Spielberg was considering a remake of Duel with Tom Cruise and Jaws no names for that I don’t know if they are still considering these.

[@MrGrandure]

I hope not

[@horrorfanandy4647]

Unlikely Spielberg will work with Cruise again, they had a falling out in the mid-2000’s. Though time does heal some wounds… Still, it shouldn’t be touched…

[@colcostello160]

Never read a playboy in my life, I've certainly looked at a few though 😉 😂

[@Emulous79]

20:23 Jaa-am!

[@devinpaul9026]

The trucker helps the bus for the same reason he salutes the train-- he's an oldschool trucker, and at one time there was an unofficial code to basically be the boy scouts/big brothers of the road-- a far more masculine and trustworthy figure on the surface than some jumped up little suit in a random tin can. Basically the truck/trucker is adding insult to injury by ceremonially cucking the guy before it kills him. There is one shot that says it all, I believe it's either the snake or the payphone scene-- or WERE those the same scene...? Anyway, the truck rolls right over the camera and we see it's massive working driveshaft almost hanging directly in our faces as the engine guns up and growls. Those scenes are the most BASIC point of the movie-- nature is out for prey. Hungry beast versus nervous little rabbit. Giant masculine icon versus Mr. Mom. It was exploring themes either ahead of it's time or only JUST coming into notoriety at the time.

[@regismathias6707]

jaws on the road

[@G_Elektrik]

It is a simple yet suspenseful and exciting history, easy for you to put yourself in those situations, also in retrospective is interesting being a Spielberg movie and all the things behind the production

[@jujutaylor2186]

I can def see this as all in his mind...a psychotic stress mental breakdown

[@jujutaylor2186]

Round of applause to his secretary 👏🏾👏🏾🎉🎉 for knowing her boss knowing what he needed knowing what he likes. Behind every great man..

[@andrewblanchard2398]

I've seen this movie it's not worth watching twice

[@el4174]

🎩💎

[@ryanleikness3414]

Now that I think about it after seeing this review from you guys. It may be intentionally made for the character David to actually regain his masculine After everything you have listed before.And this evil force of nature in the form of the truck comes in a way to help him reclaim it if he was able to survive.... From the start, he was scared and meek.But by the end he was able to overcome his adversary and regain his manhood

[@christopherhudspeth6823]

I thought this was the one with nitroglycerin.

[@ThreadBomb]

Sorcerer? Or 'The Wages of Fear'?

[@christopherhudspeth6823]

@@ThreadBomb Wages of fear.

[@tomorrowwestport2620]

Woop woop My nerd brethren from the south west strike again with a f*cking awesome review!!!!

[@anthonyhudak9363]

6:22 That would've been an amazing reveal