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DUEL

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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    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 the 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 it's deft use of relentlessy mounting psychological tension, Duel features one of the most uniquely terrifying "characters" in movie history: a massive, roaring, 40 ton truck with sheer menace. A few years later, the action of Spielberg's blockbuster Jaws would echo Duel's tale of a lone hero in a heart-stopping fight to the finish against a monstrous inhuman foe.

STARRING:

Dennis Weaver: David Mann

SCREENWRITER: Richard Matheson

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes

STUDIO: Universal

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: C +

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(1 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Movie Made For TV
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This movie marks Steven Spielberg's first time directing a film. This movie was actually released as a TV movie on ABC and was 74 minutes long, a feature length version extended to 90 minutes was made for a European theatrical release shortly after.
• Screenwriter Richard Matheson said he came up the idea for this story the same day that JFK was shot. He said that on the day he was repeatedly tailgated by someone, and that incident inspired him to write a short story which was published in Playboy. He then turned the story into a full script.
• Footage of this film was recycled and used in a few episodes of TV's The Incredible Hulk. Spielberg was upset that his movie was turned into stock footage and on all of his future projects he had a clause in his contract stating they could not use his films as stock footage.
• This entire film was shot in 13 days.

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