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November 13, 1971
Duel is a 1971 American action-thriller television film, that was directed by Steven Spielberg. It centers on a business commuter, played by Dennis Weaver, driving his car through California to meet a client. However, he finds himself chased and terrorized by the mostly-unseen driver of a tractor-trailer. The screenplay by Richard Matheson adapts his own short story of the same name.
Produced by Universal Television, Duel originally aired as a part of the ABC Movie of the Week series on November 13, 1971. It later received an international theatrical release in an extended version, featuring scenes shot after the film's original broadcast. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with Spielberg's direction being singled out for praise. It has since been recognized as an influential cult classic, and one of the greatest made-for-television films ever made.
Sypnosis[]
While traveling through the desert for an appointment with a client, businessman David Mann from California overtakes a slow and old tanker truck. The resulting consequences turn out to be almost deadly...
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Sound Effects Used[]
- Hollywoodedge, Air Brake Hiss Honk PE296501
- Hollywoodedge, Air Horn Blasts Truck PE079601 (Slightly higher pitch; used once as the truck's horn, when it honks it at the gas station that David stops at.)
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Hawk Single Scre PE020801 (Heard in the Remastered edition.)
- Hollywoodedge, Car Crash Roll 3 SS010203
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Car Flip Imp Rol PE111501 (Shifting in volume; heard once as the truck smashes into David's destroyed Plymouth Valiant, as they both go over the side of the cliff at the end of the film.)
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Train Car Mix PE111601 (First half/impact only; heard twice when the truck crashes down the side of the cliff.)
- Hollywoodedge, Doppler Horn By LeftT PE079801 - (Approaching horn only; heard once for a Southern Pacific freight train's horn that is mistaken the truck's horn by David.)
- Hollywoodedge, Semi By Fast Long Rumb PE294201 (Only heard on the 5.1 Surround Soundtrack mix for the truck passing by.)
- Hollywoodedge, Semi By Medium Steady PE294101
- Hollywoodedge, Train Exterior Persp PE064701
- Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Freight Tr TE046002
- Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Freight Tr TE046003
- Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Freight Tr TE046004
- Hollywoodedge, Train Long From Dista PE064401 (Clattering element only; heard twice for the Southern Pacific freight trains going by.)
- Hollywoodedge, Truck By Long Fast Spe TE047602
- Hollywoodedge, V8 Car Fast Skid To Sto PE072701 (Heard thrice for the tires on David's Plymouth Valiant screeching/skidding. Twice in a normal volume, and once in an extremely low volume.)
- Hollywoodedge, Wind Cold Whistle BT022801/Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Mediu PE032901 (Low volume; heard once, when a shot of the road the truck went by is shown on-screen.)
- King Kong Roar (Only heard in the original sound mix; heard once when the truck goes over the cliff with David's (now destroyed) Plymouth Valiant.)
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, CRASH - CAR CRASH, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, AUTO, SKID - TIRE SKID ON PAVEMENT: FAST APPROACH, AROUND CORNER, PULL AWAY 02
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, CROSSING BELL - RAILROAD CROSSING BELL: RINGING 01 (Used for the bells at the railroad crossing David stops at.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, DIESEL - TRAIN, DIESEL, FREIGHT, LONG, PASSING, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, HORN - DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE: SOUND HORN, LONG (Used once for a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive's horn.)
- Sound Ideas, TRUCK HORN, AIR - AIR HORN, PASSES BY, DOPPLER EFFECT FORD (Used multiple times for the truck's horn.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, FREIGHT - CROSSING BELLS, PASS BY WITH HORN (Bell element only.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, FREIGHT - FREIGHT TRAIN: APPROACH AND PASS BY CLOSE, LOUD WHEEL CLACKING (Clattering only; used for a Southern Pacific freight train's wheels clattering as it goes through the crossing David stops at.)
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