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* TheAllegedCar: Mann's car qualifies even before getting battered by the truck. Mann mentions early on that he needs to go get the engine fixed.
* AmbiguousEnding: Also a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:David wins the duel, but at the cost of his briefcase and his car meaning that he is left by a cliff in the middle of nowhere with no visible means to return home.]]
* AmbiguousEnding: Also a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:David wins the duel, but at the cost of his briefcase and his car meaning that he is left by a cliff in the middle of nowhere with no visible means to return home.]]
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* TheAllegedCar: Mann's car qualifies even before getting battered by the truck. Mann mentions early on that he needs to go get the engine fixed.
fixed. [[spoiler:This becomes a plot point when the engine overheats.]]
* AmbiguousEnding: Also a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:David wins the duel, but at the cost of his briefcase and hiscar car, meaning that he is left by a cliff in the middle of nowhere with no visible means to return home.]]
* AmbiguousEnding: Also a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:David wins the duel, but at the cost of his briefcase and his
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* TheSpook: The driver's name and his reasons for what he does to the protagonist are never made known. We don't even get to see more than the occasional glimpse of a limb or two. His nature is a complete mystery.
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* AutomobilesAreAlien: Although it clearly has a driver, the truck is made out to be a living entity, inscrutable and irrational, out to specifically kill Mann. Its unkempt appearance makes it all the scarier.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Mann does nothing to the truck driver but pass in front of him. Apparently, that's enough for the truck driver to terrorize him.
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Milquetoast businessman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is driving across the UsefulNotes/{{California}} desert in his underpowered car when he passes a slow-moving semi-truck. Much to his surprise, the truck proceeds to pass him and slow down again. This repeats a number of times, and finally David pulls over into a gas station to get away from the redneck nut.
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Milquetoast businessman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is driving across the UsefulNotes/{{California}} desert in his underpowered car red [[BoringButPractical Plymouth Valiant]] when he passes a slow-moving semi-truck. Much to his surprise, the truck proceeds to pass him and slow down again. This repeats a number of times, and finally David pulls over into a gas station to get away from the redneck nut.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Several times you will hear Mann say "fill the tank with ethyl". He means gas. Ethyl is a fuel additive, equivalent to "premium" in the 1970's.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Several times you will hear Mann say "fill the tank with ethyl". He means ethyl", meaning (leaded) gas. Ethyl is a fuel additive, equivalent to "premium" in was the 1970's.trademark for tetraethyl lead.
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* CarFu: The whole movie in a nutshell.
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* CarFu: The whole movie in a nutshell. The trucker has a very big preference for trying to ram things.
* CarMeetsHouse: When Mann stops on a tourist trap to try to make a call to the police, the truck prevents him from doing so by ramming the phone booth and then demolishes several snake cages trying to run over Mann.
* CarMeetsHouse: When Mann stops on a tourist trap to try to make a call to the police, the truck prevents him from doing so by ramming the phone booth and then demolishes several snake cages trying to run over Mann.
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* PhoneBooth: Mann tries to call the police in one, [[spoiler: and nearly gets killed for his pains.]]
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* PhoneBooth: Mann tries to call the police in one, [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and nearly gets killed for his pains.]]
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* TheAllegedCar: Mann's car qualifies even before getting battered by the truck.
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* TheAllegedCar: Mann's car qualifies even before getting battered by the truck. Mann mentions early on that he needs to go get the engine fixed.
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** Then again, at the time trucks needed a separate licence plate for each state they operated in. Which only adds to the FridgeHorror.
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[[caption-width-right:300:"Hold on, I'll call you back. This guy behind me is being a douche."]]
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The plot is heavily influenced by the era's lack of cell phones.
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* AmbiguousEnding: Also a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:David wins the duel, but at the cost of his briefcase and his car (which are both destroyed) meaning that he is left by a cliff in the middle of nowhere with no visible means to return home.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: Also a BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:David wins the duel, but at the cost of his briefcase and his car (which are both destroyed) meaning that he is left by a cliff in the middle of nowhere with no visible means to return home.]]
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* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:David wins the duel, but he is left by a cliff in the middle of nowhere with no visible means to return home.]]
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Writer Creator/RichardMatheson based the original story on an incident where a truck driver started tailgating him on his way home from a golfing match. (Interestingly, it happened on the day JFK was assassinated.)
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* OhCrap: Mann's reaction when he sees the truck stopped at Chuck's Cafe. Mann's reaction when he sees the truck in the tunnel. [[spoiler: Also when his car begins breaking down.]]
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* OhCrap: Mann's reaction when he sees the truck stopped at Chuck's Cafe. And, later, Mann's reaction when he sees the truck in the tunnel. [[spoiler: Also when his car begins breaking down.]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/RoadGames'' (1981) and (some say) ''Film/JoyRide'' (2001). Also thought to have inspired the "possessed car" genre of TheSeventies and TheEighties, including works like ''Literature/{{Christine}}'', ''Film/TheCarsThatAteParis'', and ''Film/TheCar''.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/RoadGames'' (1981) and (some say) ''Film/JoyRide'' (2001). (2001), along with ''Film/PremiumRush'' (2012). Also thought to have inspired the "possessed car" genre of TheSeventies and TheEighties, including works like ''Literature/{{Christine}}'', ''Film/TheCarsThatAteParis'', and ''Film/TheCar''.
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** The DVD commentary by the writer has him, slightly embarrassed, admit he called the hero "Mann" in order to make him represent all mankind.
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Does it take a long time for gasoline to dry even when [[spoiler:the car]] has been traveling at high speed?
** Though it was [[spoiler: the car]] being MadeOfExplodium rather than the tiny amount of gas that was spilled on it that caused that.
** Though it was [[spoiler: the car]] being MadeOfExplodium rather than the tiny amount of gas that was spilled on it that caused that.
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* POVCam: The opening credits are shown from Mann's perspective as he drives out of the city in his car.
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* POVCam: The opening credits are shown from the perspective of Mann's perspective car as he drives out of the city in his car.city.
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Duel is a 1971 suspense/thriller film directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg.
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* TechnologyMarchesOut: The plot is heavily influenced by the era's lack of cell phones.
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* TechnologyMarchesOut: TechnologyMarchesOn: The plot is heavily influenced by the era's lack of cell phones.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Several times you will hear Mann say "fill the tank with ethyl". He means gas. Ethyl is a fuel additive, equivalent to "premium" in the 1970's. The plot is also heavily influenced by the era's lack of cell phones.
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* NoNameGiven: In the original story, Mann has no first name, while his wife has one. In the film, this is inverted. Also, the truck driver is named "Keller" in the story but is nameless in the film.
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* SpecsOfAwesome: Dan, at the end.
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* SpecsOfAwesome: Dan, David, at the end.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: brazenly inverted. A tanker truck (with "Flammable" prominently displayed on the side), after [[spoiler: attempting to ram the protagonist off the road for the entire movie, is itself run off a cliff. The protagonist runs to the cliff, waiting for the inevitable explosion. And... nothing happens. Fade to black, roll credits]] - this despite the original story and the movie script actually featuring the explosion. Whereas David's ordinary car actually bursts into flames.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: brazenly Brazenly inverted. A tanker truck (with "Flammable" prominently displayed on the side), after [[spoiler: attempting to ram the protagonist off the road for the entire movie, is itself run off a cliff. The protagonist runs to the cliff, waiting for the inevitable explosion. And... nothing happens. Fade to black, roll credits]] - this despite the original story and the movie script actually featuring the explosion. Whereas David's ordinary car actually bursts into flames.
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* MadeOfExplodium: Both followed and averted. At the climax, [[spoiler:David's car]] bursts into flames on impact, but [[spoiler:the truck]] survives the fall into the canyon with no explosions or fire.
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The first full-length feature directed by Spielberg, this MadeForTVMovie was adapted from a short story by Creator/RichardMatheson. Shot in just two weeks, it turned out so well it was given a theatrical release in Europe featuring added scenes filmed after its first airing on television.
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The first full-length feature directed by Spielberg, this MadeForTVMovie was adapted from a short story by Creator/RichardMatheson.Creator/RichardMatheson (who also wrote the script). Shot in just two weeks, it turned out so well it was given a theatrical release in Europe featuring added scenes filmed after its first airing on television.
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Duel is a 1971 suspense film directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg.
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Duel is a 1971 suspense suspense/thriller film directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg.
