Duel - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital [4K UHD]

I'm so happy this movie came out on 4K. I absolutely love the cover artwork.

This is a Nov. 2023 update! I just received the new 4K UHD/HDR Blu-ray of "Duel." The improvement over HD is impressive, immersing one in the thriller. Differences between 4K and HD are subtle, but with 4K it just seems to put you into the movie itself. I heartily recommend this 4K version! Also, it includes the original 74 minute TV version, which, with less "filler," increases the tension, excitement, and terror. The picture quality of the TV version is definitely NOT "HD", but feels more like watching a '70s tv show--which this was.I first saw "Duel" in around 1972 on ABC as one of their movies of the week. I was mesmerized and thrilled by the relentlessness of the film; I was on the edge of my seat for all 90 minutes! Talk about road rage!"Duel" was Steven Spielberg's first full-length film, a 'made-for-TV' movie starring Dennis Weaver (from 'Gunsmoke' and 'McCloud'), about David Mann, a mild-mannered middle-class traveling salesman being terrorized by the aggressive driver of an 18-wheeler, and how Mann (note the name!) responds during the 90 minutes of hair-raising terror. The original TV version was 74 minutes minus ads. Since ABC decided to release it theatrically in Europe, they added about 15 minutes of "filler" to get it to just under 90 minutes. The "filler" does not adversely affect the white-knuckle thriller, and adds a telephone scene with his wife (Jacqueline Scott of "Fugitive" tv series) that displays Mann's demure, passive husband/wife relationship , at odds with the challenge of facing potential violence threatened by the Peterbilt truck driver (whom we never see). Also, some mild cussing was thrown in to make it seem more realistic for movie theater audiences.The picture quality is excellent in restored high definition and in widescreen (it was originally shot in 35mm 1.33:1 ratio).There are excellent bonus videos, including Spielberg discussing the filming process and how he fought to get it filmed on location instead of in a sound stage with tacky process backgrounds (to save money of course). Also there is a spot with Richard Matheson, who wrote the original novelette published in 'Playboy' magazine, and the screenplay. Matheson wrote many screenplays for 'Twilight Zone', including the famous "Nightmare at 20,000 Ft." with William Shatner.My only 'criticism' is that Universal didn't include the original 74-minute version. Fortunately, for the serious fan, a new 4K UHD Blu-ray is being released in November 2023 that will include a Blu-ray HD print of the 74-minute TV version, in 1.33:1 standard tube-tv ratio.Spielberg credits his work on "Duel" as being the film that propelled him from directing TV show into making feature films. What a debut!

Good action movie

I have seen the movie Duel dozens of times in the past 50 years. However, I had not seen the original TV version since the early 1980's. This new set finally has the original tv version on it. It was neat seeing the shorter version with added dialogue. Some of the dialogue was left out of the theatrical version and it leaves the viewer wondering.."Why ?" Some was key to what was going on in the movie. In other instances you can see why the extra dialogue was scrapped. Although the video quality is not as sharp as the new 4K version, Duel purists will not mind the tv version. Only issues I had were the volume was very low and some of the "touch up" work went a bit overboard. In some scenes Dennis Weaver almost looks imposed instead of natural. I like the fact that the original color looks like it did on tv. It shows the truck in its bronze/gold/ oily colors. Not "brown" as Spielberg called it. The Valiant was not truly red. It was more of a darker orange or orange/red. Thankfully the sound was not doctored. It was left in its original form. This is another plus for Duel purists. If only it had been louder. For the price, you get a ton of cool stuff. Wheter you want the Ultra 4k, standard Blu Ray, or HD tv version, this is a must for Duel fans.

Love this dvd a must have for your suspense horror collection 👍👍

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Hadn’t watched this in years. Forgot how good it is!

Dennis Weaver plays an ordinary businessman driving home through the desert when he becomes the would-be victim of a sadistic and murderous truck driver trying to turn him into nothing but a smear on the pavement.We never see the trick driver's face but his big-rig truck doing battle with Weaver's sedan (which is match for this huge truck) on the deserted highway is what most of this intense film is all about.Can Weaver survive the endless attacks on he and his car from this frighteningly large and powerful big-rig? Can he somehow actually defeat this monster on the road?Watch this terrifying film to find out.It is easy to see how the still very young Spielberg was helmed to direct Jaws after he was able to turn a diesel truck into a monster as frightening as the shark in Jaws needed to be.This film helped skyrocket Spielberg from a teenaged television director into a major motion picture director.The 4K Blu-ray looks surprisingly good, but the new sound mix (back when I saw Dual for the first time the sound was only in mono) was the biggest surprise of all for me. The surround is astoundingly expansive with all of the sounds of the road really coming to life in a sound track that leaves the original mono sound track literally in the dust!I wasn't expecting this disc to look and sound as good as it does. What a treat!A real cinematic experience that any Spielberg fan should love, Dual on 4K Blu-ray comes very highly recommended.

Pues llega con un bonito slipcover de calidad correcta.La calidad de la imagen es muy buena y es una mejorar sustancial desde el blu-ray. La claridad, nitidez y saturación del color con las mejoras sustanciales.El sonido en inglés Dolby Atmos es muy bueno, así como correcto el español latino dolby digital 5.1. Trae subtítulos en ambos idiomas y más.El código digital es válido solo para USA.

Mooie film!

Très bon film de poursuite d’un camion vs voiture je l’avais déjà vu sur YouTube et j’avais adoré et mtn je me suis procuré se film en blu-ray je recommande

A primeira grande metragem de Steven Spielberg....suspense até ao fim, fantástico

以前ﾃﾚﾋﾞのロードショー番組やWOWOWでVTRに収録したビデオテープが処分され消滅。DVD化され購入した。以前Amazonで購入したﾎｰﾑｼｱﾀｰのｽｸﾘｰﾝとAV機材で迫力の映像と音響&サラウンドを楽しんでいます。