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November 13, 1971 (1971-11-13) Duel is a 1971 American road action-thriller [ 1 ][ 2 ] television film directed by Steven Spielberg. It centers on a traveling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) driving his car through rural California to meet a client. However, he finds himself chased and terrorized by the mostly unseen driver of a semi-truck.
Steven Spielberg filmography. Steven Spielberg is an American director, producer and writer. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. [1] He is also one of the co-founders of Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, and DreamWorks Animation.
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times. Matheson himself was co-writer of the first film ...
Duel. The Code Of Honor—A Duel in the Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris, wood-engraving after Godefroy Durand, Harper's Weekly (January 1875) A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the rapier and later ...
The Sugarland Express is a 1974 American crime drama film directed by Steven Spielberg in his theatrical film directing debut, following the television film Duel (1971). [3] The film follows a woman (Goldie Hawn) and her husband (William Atherton) as they take a police officer (Michael Sacks) hostage and flee across Texas while they try to get to their child before he is placed in foster care.
Steven Spielberg. Steven Allan Spielberg (/ ˈspiːlbɜːrɡ /; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in film history. [1]
(The truck not bursting into flames wouldn't have had anything to do with a sequel anyway, since Duel was made decades before it became common practice to have every movie hint at its sequel.) The truck exploded into flames in Matheson's script, but Spielberg felt it would be more haunting if Mann and the viewer could look upon the wreckage of ...
George Englund (director); Joe Massot, Phil Austin, Peter Bergman, David Ossman, Phil Proctor (screenplay); John Rubinstein, Pat Quinn, Don Johnson, Country Joe and the Fish, Elvin Jones, Doug Kershaw, William Challee, Dick Van Patten, The James Gang, White Lightnin', The New York Rock Ensemble. 24. The Music Lovers.