Talk:Duel (1971 film)
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Sequel?
[edit]I expected the truck to burst into flames, at least when it finally came to rest. The tumble down the cliff was (potentially) survivable, but after a search around the internet I cannot find if a sequel was ever planned. Perhaps Spielberg considered flaming crashes too cliche; but the car did start to burn, and the truck (literally) had 'FLAMMABLE' written all over it. JohndanR (talk) 06:33, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
- No sequel was planned. (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 the truck afterwards.--Martin IIIa (talk) 17:34, 27 June 2017 (UTC)
- Many years ago I was a young police officer attending the police academy. During EVOC training (Emergency Vehicle Operations Course) I recall one of the instructors telling us that often it's the short fast crash that kills more then the long drawn out spectacular crash. A couple days later Dale Earnhardt was killed in a race. His crash wasn't "spectacular" but he was killed instantly....in contrast to those NASCAR wrecks where the car seems to explode as it flips drown the racetrack. I've always liked the crash of the truck. Those are often how they happen and what they look like. Plus Spielberg was working with a tiny budget. Thunderbuster (talk) 15:08, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Movie of the Week/Weekend?
[edit]There are many promos on Youtube that show Duel being shown as a Movie of the Weekend, not a Movie of the Week. ABC started "Weekend" in 1971, the same year Duel came out. Should this be changed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.82.104.141 (talk) 08:53, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
Arch Oboler influence on story
[edit][article for “Lights Out!”] suggests that the story/script was felt to resemble Arch Oboler’s “What the Devil?” episode so closely, that he felt his copyright had been violated, and took legal action which resulted in him recieving payment from Universal. Jock123A (talk) 10:38, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Scene
[edit]How many scenes are there in duel? 184.58.149.25 (talk) 03:41, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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