"Duel (1971 film) Duel is a 1971 American television (and later full-length theatrical) road thriller film written by Richard Matheson, which is based on his own short story. The film is the full-length film directing debut of American director, producer, and screenwriter Steven Spielberg. ""Duel"" stars Dennis Weaver who portrays a terrified motorist driving a Plymouth Valiant who is stalked upon remote and lonely California canyon roads by the mostly unseen driver of an unkempt 1960 Peterbilt 351 tanker truck. David Mann is a middle-aged salesman driving on a business trip. He encounters a dilapidated tanker truck in the Mojave"
"The Duel (1971 film) The Duel, also known as Duel of the Iron Fist, is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh and starring Ti Lung, Wang Ping, Yue Wai and David Chiang. Tang Ren-jie (Ti Lung) and his older brother Tang Ren-lin (Ku Feng) are triad leader Shen Tian-hung's (Yeung Chi-hing) adopted son and henchman respectively. Shen was involved in a battle against rival triad leader Liu Shou-yi (Ho Ban) where both of them were killed. Jie then takes the initiative to be the scapegoat for the crimes of his brother Lin and Gan Wen-bin"
"Union, and was the subject of much controversy and discussion at the time of its release due to its graphic nature and subject matter. Another popular and critically acclaimed television movie was 1971's ""Duel"", written by Richard Matheson, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Dennis Weaver. Such was the quality and popularity of ""Duel"" that it was released to cinemas in Europe and Australia, and had a limited theatrical release to some venues in the United States and Canada. The 1971 made-for-TV movie ""Brian's Song"" was also briefly released to theatres after its success on television, and was even remade"
"The Grand Duel The Grand Duel (Italian: ""Il Grande duello""), also known as Storm Rider and The Big Showdown, is a 1972 Spaghetti Western film directed by Giancarlo Santi, who had previously worked as Sergio Leone's assistant director on ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"" and ""Once Upon a Time in the West"". The film stars Lee Van Cleef as a sheriff who seeks justice for a man accused of murder. Philip Wermeer has escaped from prison where he serves a sentence for the murder of Ebenezer Saxon, the patriarch of Saxon city, who in his turn is believed"
"Duel of Karate Duel of Karate, also known as To Subdue the Evil, is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film produced by and directed by Fu Ching-hua and starring Chan Hung-lit and Tien Peng as twin brothers who were separated at a young age after their parents were murdered by the chief antagonist (Yik Yuen). Three years ago, Iron Palm School head instructor Lung Shao-kang (Wong Chun) defeats Lei Chi (Yik Yuen) in a duel match. Three years later, Lei murders Lung after extensively training in karate. Lung's twin sons, Wei and Yu, were separated at young age as"
"William Friedkin William Friedkin (; born August 29, 1935) is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the ""New Hollywood"" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is perhaps best known for directing ""The French Connection"" (1971) and ""The Exorcist"" (1973), the former of which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director. Some of his other films include the pioneering queer drama ""The Boys in the Band"" (1970), the international suspense thriller ""Sorcerer"" (1977), the highly controversial 1980 crime film ""Cruising"" (1980),"
"Robert Aldrich Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His notable credits include ""Vera Cruz"" (1954), ""Kiss Me Deadly"" (1955), ""The Big Knife"" (1955), ""Autumn Leaves"" (1956), ""Attack"" (1956), ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" (1962), ""Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte"" (1964), ""The Flight of the Phoenix"" (1965), ""The Dirty Dozen"" (1967) and ""The Longest Yard"" (1974). Aldrich was portrayed by Alfred Molina in the anthology television series ""Feud"" (2017), which received highly positive reviews. Robert Burgess Aldrich was born in Cranston, Rhode Island into a family of wealth and"
"Duel of Fists Duel of Fists (; ""Quan Ji"" or ""Kuen gik"") is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh and starring David Chiang and Ti Lung. Filmed on location in Bangkok, the story concerns a Hong Kong engineer (Chiang) who goes to Thailand to find his long-lost half-brother (Ti Lung), who is a Muay Thai boxer. Fan Ko, an engineering architect in Hong Kong who is also highly skilled in martial arts, is called to the bedside of his dying father, who reveals that he long ago had an affair with a woman in Thailand,"
"design of the Atkinson residence in Bel Air, which was modeled after the Petit Trianon at Versailes. As construction declined during the Great Depression, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired Duell in 1936 to design the set of the Capulet home in Irving Thalberg's production of Romeo and Juliet. In 1937, he joined the MGM art department in a full-time capacity. During his career as a motion picture art director, he was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He received screen credit for his work on 38 films, among them ""Ninotchka"" (1939), ""The Postman Always Rings Twice"" (1946), ""Intruder"
"from 1971–1976. Alex Segal Alex Segal (July 1, 1915 – August 22, 1977) was an American television director, television producer and film director. Segal directed television making over 25 productions, including ""Celanese Theater"" (1951–52), between his debut as a director on ""Starring Boris Karloff"" (1949) and his death. Segal directed some films, including ""Joy in the Morning"" in 1965. He received several Emmy nominations for his directing in the 1950s and won a Primetime Emmy for his TV directorship of ""Death of a Salesman"" in 1966. Segal also served as chairman of the Division of Drama at the University of"
"1971 made-for-tv film ""Duel"" portrayed a truck driver as an anonymous stalker, and was the first feature-length film directed by Steven Spielberg. ""White Line Fever"" was a film released in 1975, that told the story of a Vietnam War veteran who returns home to take over his father's trucking business, only to find that corrupt shippers want to force him to carry illegal contraband. The movie played upon several cowboy and western film motifs, and portrayed the notion that truck drivers are possessed with a certain wanderlust. In 1976, the number one hit on the ""Billboard"" chart was ""Convoy,"" a"
"""War of the Worlds"", ""Counterstrike"", ""The Outer Limits"", ""Goosebumps"", """", ""The Zack Files"", ""Da Vinci's Inquest"", ""Chasing Rainbows"", """" and """". Prior to his career as a writer and director, Fruet also had an acting role in the 1963 film ""Drylanders"". William Fruet William Fruet (born January 1, 1933) is a Canadian film and television director, playwright and screenwriter. He made his directorial debut with the drama ""Wedding in White"" (1972), based on a play he had also written. The film won Best Picture at the Canadian Film Awards in 1973. His later career included several horror films, including ""Death"
"John Badham John MacDonald Badham (born August 25, 1939) is an English-born American director of film and television, best known for the films ""Saturday Night Fever"" (1977), ""Dracula"" (1979), ""Blue Thunder"" (1983), ""WarGames"" (1983), ""Short Circuit"" (1986), and ""Stakeout"" (1987). John Badham was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, the son of U.S. Army General Henry Lee Badham, Jr., and English-born actress Mary Iola Badham (née Hewitt). Badham's father, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, moved his family back to the U.S., when Badham was two years old. John's parents and paternal grandparents are buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. John's"
"first film at the film board was the drawn-on-film short, ""Mail Early"". He would go on to refine his technique make a series of hand-drawn films at the NFB during and after the Second World War, most notably ""Boogie-Doodle"" (1940), ""Hen Hop"" (1942), ""Begone Dull Care"" (1949) and ""Blinkity Blank"" (1955). The NFB was a pioneer in several novel techniques such as pinscreen animation, and as of June 2012, the NFB is reported to have the only working animation pinscreen in the world. McLaren's Oscar-winning ""Neighbours"" popularized the form of character movement referred to as pixilation, a variant of stop"
"first Emmy for ""Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"" on ""CBS Playhouse"". In 1971–72, he was head writer on the CBS Daytime serial ""Love of Life"", for which he won the 1973 . His best known and most acclaimed work was the 2001 TV film ""Conspiracy"", which dramatized the 1942 Wannsee Conference and featured an ensemble cast, including Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, and Colin Firth. The film was nominated for multiple awards and Mandel personally won the 2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For a Miniseries or a Movie. In 2004, Mandel received the Paddy Chayefsky lifetime"
"of work is in danger of slipping over the horizon."" Japanese film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa noted Aldrich's influence on him. Robert Aldrich Robert Burgess Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His notable credits include ""Vera Cruz"" (1954), ""Kiss Me Deadly"" (1955), ""The Big Knife"" (1955), ""Autumn Leaves"" (1956), ""Attack"" (1956), ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" (1962), ""Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte"" (1964), ""The Flight of the Phoenix"" (1965), ""The Dirty Dozen"" (1967) and ""The Longest Yard"" (1974). Aldrich was portrayed by Alfred Molina in the anthology television series ""Feud"" (2017),"
"Dennis Weaver William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s to not long before his death in 2006. Weaver's two most notable roles were as Marshal Matt Dillon's trusty partner Chester Goode on the CBS western ""Gunsmoke"" and as Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama ""McCloud"". He appeared in the 1971 television film ""Duel"", the first film of director Steven Spielberg. He is also remembered for his role as the twitchy motel attendant in Orson Welles' film ""Touch"
"Duel for Gold Duel for Gold (US: Huo bing ) is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chor Yuen and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Ivy Ling Po, Lo Lieh, Chin Han, Wang Ping, Tsung Hua and Chen Chun. The screenplay was written by Ni Kuang. Six swordsmen, including two sisters and their husbands, a ranger and a security man, are after millions of taels of gold stored in a secure vault in Datong Prefecture, and betray and outwit each other during their quest. Two sister acrobats, Meng Yu Yieh (Ivy Ling Po) and Meng Yu"
"Fire"" rated the film a 8.5 out of 10 and writes """"The Duel"" is a well-paced, action packed tale that won’t disappoint. It’s the perfect example of Chang Cheh’s slickness. It’s also one of Ti Lung’s and David Chiang’s coolest roles together."" Ian Jane of ""DVD Talk"" rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and praised its action scenes, interesting plot twists and the performances by Ti and Chiang. The film grossed HK$1,375,619.20 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 21 April to 6 May 1971 in Hong Kong. The Duel (1971 film) The Duel,"
"Warrior"" (1971), ""The Great American Beauty Contest"" (1973), ""Lepke"" (1975), ""The Four Deuces"" (1975), ""Bittersweet Love"" (1976), ""The Late Show"" (1977), ""Tribute"" (1980), ""The Amateur"" (1981), ""Mother Lode"" (1982), ""Losin' It"" (1983), ""Draw!"" (1984), ""Blame It on Rio"" (1984) and ""The Philadelphia Experiment"" (1984). Kenneth Wannberg Kenneth Gail Wannberg (born June 28, 1930, in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer and sound editor. He has worked extensively with the composer John Williams on some of the biggest box office films of all time. His music editing credits include ""Star Wars"" (George Lucas, 1977), ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (Steven"
"Douglas Trumbull Douglas Huntley Trumbull (; born April 8, 1942) is an American film director, special effects supervisor, and inventor. He contributed to, or was responsible for, the special photographic effects of """", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", """", ""Blade Runner"" and ""The Tree of Life"", and directed the movies ""Silent Running"" and ""Brainstorm"". Douglas was born in Los Angeles. He is the son of Donald Trumbull who created visual effects for the 1939 movie ""The Wizard of Oz"" as well as later movies including ""Silent Running"" and ""Star Wars"". Douglas Trumbull's early work was at Graphic Films in"
"Defiant Ones"" (1958), ""On the Beach"" (1959), ""Inherit the Wind"" (1960), ""Judgment at Nuremberg"" (1961), and ""Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"" (1967). Besides dramas, he also directed ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"" (1963) with an all-star cast of famous comedians. His films often generated interest and other times failed, such as ""Bless the Beasts and Children"" (1971), ""Oklahoma Crude"" (1973), ""The Domino Principle"" (1977), and ""The Runner Stumbles"" (1979). His first film as director was ""Not as a Stranger"" (1955), the story of medical students and their career, some of whom lose their idealism and succumb to blind"
"Duel in the Sun (film) Duel in the Sun is a 1946 American Technicolor epic Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, which tells the story of a Mestiza (half-Native American) girl who goes to live with her white relatives, becoming involved in prejudice and forbidden love. The film stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, and Lionel Barrymore. Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught her with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a"
"eleven Oscar nominations, winning three: ""The King and I"" (1956), ""Cleopatra"" (1963), and ""Hello, Dolly!"" (1969). His son, John DeCuir Jr. is also a production designer. John DeCuir John DeCuir (June 4, 1918 – October 29, 1991) was a Hollywood art director and production designer known for his elaborate set designs that were illustrated with his own watercolor paintings. He studied at the Chouinard Art School, joined Universal in the late 1930s, and by the mid-1940s was designing sets. In 1949, he signed with 20th Century Fox where he worked on productions noted for their elaborate sets. At home with"
"Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of ""The Godfather"", a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from both critics and the public before winning three Academy Awards—including his second Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay,"
"David Lynch David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, musician, actor, and photographer. He has been described by ""The Guardian"" as ""the most important director of this era"", while AllMovie called him ""the Renaissance man of modern American filmmaking"". His films ""Blue Velvet"" (1986) and ""Mulholland Drive"" (2001) are widely regarded by critics to be among the greatest films of their respective decades, while the success of his 1990–91 television series ""Twin Peaks"" led to his being labeled ""the first popular Surrealist"" by film critic Pauline Kael. He has received three Academy Award nominations for"
"Box"", directed by Paul Newman (Golden Globe Award, Emmy nomination); ""Falling in Love""; ""The Witches of Eastwick"", adapted from the novel by John Updike; ""The Bonfire of the Vanities,"" adapted from the novel by Tom Wolfe and directed by Brian De Palma; ""Breaking Up"", and ""Casanova"". His directing credits include ""Gia"", for HBO Pictures (starring Angelina Jolie, Mercedes Ruehl and Faye Dunaway), which was nominated for five Emmy Awards and for which he won a Directors Guild Award. He next directed ""Body Shots""; and ""Original Sin"", which was released in 2001. For eight years he worked as artistic advisor and"
"Misadventure: SS Lusitania"" 1969: ""If the Village Dies"" 1969: ""Deep South"" 1969: ""Stones in the Park"" (one of 5 directors) 1970: ""I Was A Soldier"" 1971: ""Freshman"" 1972: ""Working the Land"" 1973: ""A Life Apart: Anxieties in a Trawling Community"" 1974: ""A life Underground"" 1976: ""Bag of Yeast"" 1976: ""The People’s Land"" 1979: ""Before the Monsoon - Roots of Violence"" 1979: ""Before the Monsoon - State of Emergency"" 1979: ""Before the Monsoon - Seeds of Democracy"" 1981: ""For My Working Life"" 1984: ""Too Long a Sacrifice"" 1987: ""Living on the Edge"" 1990: ""The Silent War"" 1990: ""Dear Mr Gorbachev"" 1991:"
"Don Siegel Donald Siegel (; October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American film director and producer. His name variously appeared in the credits of his films as both Don Siegel and Donald Siegel. He is best known for the original sci-fi film ""Invasion of the Body Snatchers"" (1956), as well as five films with Clint Eastwood, including the police thriller ""Dirty Harry"" (1971) and the prison drama ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979), and John Wayne's final film, the 1976 Western ""The Shootist"". Born to a Jewish family in Chicago, he attended schools in New York and later graduated"
"I plan to begin a process of making one personal movie after another and if something leads me back to look at that, which I'm sure it might, I'll see what makes sense to me."" Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer. He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing ""The Rain People"" (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film ""Patton"", earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with"
"Death Duel Death Duel () is a 1977 Hong Kong ""wuxia"" film directed by Chor Yuen under the Shaw Brothers Studio banner. The film stars Derek Yee (whose role as the third master launched his career), Ling Yun, and marked the debut of Candice Yu for Shaw Studio where she plays a prostitute. The film based on the Gu Long's . The Third Master is considered to be the greatest sword master of the day. But leaves his clan when he sees the wrongs of his father and the greed of his fiancé. Ending up as the lowest at a"
"""Run Silent, Run Deep"" (1958), ""I Want to Live!"" (1958), ""The Haunting"" (1963), ""The Andromeda Strain"" (1971), ""The Hindenburg"" (1975) and """" (1979). Wise was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1971 to 1975 and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1984 through 1987. Often contrasted with ""auteur"" directors such as Stanley Kubrick, who tended to bring a distinctive directorial ""look"" to a particular genre, Wise has been viewed as a craftsman, inclined to let the (sometimes studio-assigned) story concept set the style. Later ""cineastes"", such as Martin Scorsese, insist that"
"returned to TV in the late 1970s with a string of TV movies, including a sequel to ""Lilies of the Field"" called Christmas Lilies of the Field which starred Billy Dee Williams, Maria Schell, and Fay Hauser. He died in 1987 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 71. Ralph Nelson Ralph Nelson (August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987) was an American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor. He was best known for directing the Oscar-winning films ""Lilies of the Field"" (1963), ""Father Goose"" (1964), and ""Charly"" (1968). Nelson was born in Long Island City, New"