What is the name of the 1971 Spielberg film which pits Dennis Weaver against an unseen truck driver?
"Nail's voice, learning that he is still alive and free. In his screenplay for ""Joy Ride"", J. J. Abrams was influenced by the first film directed by Steven Spielberg, ""Duel"", and there are numerous references to it. For example, in one scene, a seemingly maniacal ice truck pulls up to a gas station that the brothers have pulled up to. In ""Duel"", a likewise maniacal truck pulls up the protagonist, and a small billboard for ice is visible in the background. The central antagonist, ""Rusty Nail"", remains almost entirely unseen throughout the film and was portrayed by hulking actor Matthew"
"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"
"small round headlights. Remaining in production until 1976, the 281/351 was a durable and popular series. The basic design made way for different models, with tilt cab-over-engine models introduced in 1959. The 1971 release of ""Duel"", Steven Spielberg's first feature film, imprinted the 281's intimidating image on the public. The film involved a psychotic trucker in a rusty, old 281 chasing a terrified motorist down a lonely California desert highway. After considering four big rigs, Spielberg chose the 281 for its anthropomorphic appearance; feeling it suggested a face viewed from the front. Throughout the picture the truck's driver remains unseen,"
"Orson Welles' ""Touch of Evil"". Weaver repeats one of his lines from ""Touch of Evil"", telling the truck driver in the cafe that he has ""another think coming."" This phrase is commonly misstated as ""another thing coming"", as Weaver's character did in ""Touch of Evil"". In the Archive of American Television website, Spielberg is quoted in an interview given by Weaver as saying: ""You know, I watch that movie at least twice a year to remember what I did"". Matheson's script made explicit that the unnamed truck driver, the villain of the film, is unseen aside from the shots of"
"Vanishing Point (1971 film) Vanishing Point is a 1971 American action road film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Dean Jagger. Car delivery driver Kowalski (Barry Newman) arrives in Denver, Colorado on a late Friday night with a black Imperial. The delivery service clerk Sandy (Karl Swenson) urges him to get some rest, but Kowalski insists on getting started with his next assignment to deliver a white 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Magnum (supposedly supercharged) to San Francisco by Monday. Before leaving Denver, Kowalski pulls into a biker bar parking lot around midnight to"
"Only one of those trucks has survived, a 1960 Peterbilt 281 that was kept and prepared as a back up truck for the 351 truck, but wasn't used. Stock footage of both vehicles was later used in an episode of the television series ""The Incredible Hulk"", titled ""Never Give a Trucker an Even Break"". Spielberg was not happy about this, but the usage was legal, as the show was produced by Universal and the ""Duel"" contract said nothing about reusing the footage in other Universal productions. The 1960 Peterbilt 281 truck was purchased several times. It is currently owned by"
"virtually identical to the original, except for its air intake. It was used to film additional scenes, but was later destroyed in another production. The final truck was a short-wheelbase 351 that never appeared in ""Duel"", but was used in a 1978 episode of the CBS-TV series ""The Incredible Hulk"". The episode, titled ""Never Give a Trucker an Even Break"", added stock footage from ""Duel"" to new scenes with the 351, making Spielberg furious. However, the usage was legal as the movie and the episode were both produced by Universal Studios, and the ""Duel"" contract said nothing about reusing the"
"who turned it down. Universal hired Dennis Weaver, who was well known as a ""western"" actor from ""Gunsmoke"". The pilot, ""Portrait of a Dead Girl"", aired on February 17, 1970, and established the premise by having McCloud escort a prisoner from New Mexico to New York City, only to become embroiled in solving a complicated murder case. This premise of ""a cowboy in the big city"" was adapted from the 1968 Don Siegel film, ""Coogan's Bluff"", starring Clint Eastwood. Herman Miller, who was responsible for the story of ""Coogan's Bluff"" and co-wrote the screenplay with Dean Riesner and Howard A."
"The Driver The Driver is a 1978 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill. It stars Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern and Isabelle Adjani. The Driver (Ryan O'Neal) - real name unknown - is a quiet man who has made a career out of stealing fast cars and using them as getaway vehicles in big-time robberies all over Los Angeles. Hot on the Driver's trail is the Detective (Bruce Dern), a conceited (and similarly nameless) cop who refers to the Driver as ""Cowboy."" The Player (Isabelle Adjani), a beautiful, mysterious woman, witnesses the Driver speeding away from"
"tow truck driver was a local garage owner, Berlin Wike. The film features the custom clothing and costuming of Niver Western Wear of Fort Worth, Texas. Niver provided much of the western attire worn in the film, as well as the custom-made sheriff's uniforms (waist size 64 inches) that Jackie Gleason wore throughout the film. Reynolds and Sally Field began dating during the filming of ""Smokey and the Bandit"". While made to take advantage of the ongoing 1970s CB radio fad, the film added to the craze. Though the film ""Moonrunners"" (1975) is the precursor to the television series ""The"
"The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West is a 1976 American Western comedy film directed by Jack Arnold. The film stars Bob Denver as Dusty, the bumbling assistant to Wagonmaster Callahan featured in the syndicated series ""Dusty's Trail"". The film itself consists of four episodes of ""Dusty's Trail"" edited together: ""Tomahawk Territory"", ""Horse of Another Color"", ""There Is Nothing Like a Dame"", and ""The Not So Magnificent Seven"". A stagecoach and covered wagon heading west across the plains become separated from their wagon train thanks to Dusty (Denver), a bumbling assistant to Wagonmaster"
"on the picture, and Totten also disclaimed the credit, angry that he had been replaced. In consequence, the credit was given to Alan Smithee, the infamous pseudonym designated by the Directors Guild of America as ""director"" on films which are disowned by their true creators. In the February 15, 1971 ""Gunsmoke"" episode entitled ""Cleavus"", Totten plays the title guest-starring role, a red-bearded man who finds a gold mine after he accidentally kills the owner. He grabs $200 worth of gold dust from the mine owner's pocket. In Dodge City, Kansas, Cleavus learns that the owner's claim was not yet registered."
"– spend a night in Austin, Texas for fun, unknowingly followed by a mysterious man in a souped-up 1971 Chevy Nova. The man, Stuntman Mike, stalks the young women with his ""death proof"" car, eventually killing all three. Fourteen months later, Stuntman Mike, now in Tennessee and driving a 1969 Dodge Charger, tails another group of young women – Lee, Abernathy, and stuntwomen Kim and Zoë – a group of women working below the line in Hollywood, whose stock 1970 Dodge Challenger proves a worthy adversary. Before each segment, there are trailers advertising fake films, as well as vintage theater"
"the plot of the movie. Cleavon Little also appears in the video. In an episode of ""Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee"", comedian Jerry Seinfeld takes friend and fellow comedian Brian Regan for coffee in a 1970 Dodge Challenger, stating it was ""all the rage"" in the 1970s due to Newman and ""Vanishing Point"". In an episode of ""Top Gear"", presenter Richard Hammond road tests a 2008 Dodge Challenger across Nevada and fondly references the film as the inspiration for him choosing that car. In the finale episode of the series ""Sons of Anarchy"", Jax Teller commits suicide in a fashion"
"for Jerry's competition. A lawsuit goes against her that puts her livelihood in jeopardy. When a bus goes out of control, endangering passengers including children, Foster is able to stop it and save everyone just in time. He then joins forces with Jerry to save her company. Daredevil Drivers Daredevil Drivers is a 1938 American crime film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell, Gloria Blondell, Gordon Oliver, Charley Foy and Donald Briggs. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 12, 1938. Automobile racer Bill Foster is"
"Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and Leonard Harris. Set in a decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of a lonely veteran (De Niro) working as a taxi driver, who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate a presidential candidate (Harris) and then the pimp (Keitel) of an underage prostitute (Foster) whom he befriends. Critically acclaimed upon release and nominated for four Academy"
"did not complain about not winning the NFL rushing crown. He figured with a war going on there were better things to cry about. Tony Bova, a half-blind 4-F, led the team in receiving with 417 yards. The 1971 film ""The Steagle"" starring Richard Benjamin takes its name from the Steagles football team. In the opening scene, the protagonist of the film, a bookish college professor, explains the history and meaning of the term to a pair of loudly arguing sports fans on a commuter train, and draws an admiring look from an attractive Asian woman who is a fellow"
"as ""The Bandit"", who escorts ""The Snowman"" in an effort to deliver contraband (or ""bootleg"") beer, envisions trucking as a ""hedonistic joyride entirely devoid from economic reality"". ""Breaker! Breaker!"" was another 1977 action film focused on truck drivers, starring Chuck Norris and displaying movie posters with the tagline ""...he's got a CB radio and a hundred friends who just might get mad!"" Sylvester Stallone starred in the 1978 film ""F.I.S.T."", a story loosely based on the Teamsters Union (a labor union which includes truck drivers) and its then president, Jimmy Hoffa. The latter portion of the 20th century saw the"
"Two-Lane Blacktop Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman and starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, the Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird. ""Blacktop"" means an asphalt road. ""Esquire"" magazine declared the film its movie of the year for 1971, and even published the entire screenplay in its April 1971 issue, but the film was not a commercial success. The film has since become a counterculture-era cult classic. Brock Yates, organizer of the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (better known as the Cannonball Run) cites ""Two-Lane Blacktop"" as one source of inspiration for"
"Rolling Vengeance Rolling Vengeance, also known as Monster Truck, is a 1987 exploitation film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Don Michael Paul and Ned Beatty. The movie follows a truck driver that builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family and raped his girlfriend. The film script's initial premise centered on a young boy that created special monster trucks in order to eliminate drunk drivers. The five drunken sons of influential local business owner Tiny Doyle have been terrorizing the streets of their small town in their pick-up truck. Local"
"mostly positive review for ""Rolling Vengeance"", stating that although the film didn't go against any genre conventions, it does ""play all the right notes to their hilt"". Dread Central also praised the film, commenting that it was ""a cult film just waiting to be rediscovered"". The San Jose Mercury News panned the film, calling it ""predictable"". Rolling Vengeance Rolling Vengeance, also known as Monster Truck, is a 1987 exploitation film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Don Michael Paul and Ned Beatty. The movie follows a truck driver that builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against"
"Den ofrivillige golfaren Den ofrivillige golfaren, also known in English as The Accidental Golfer and The Involuntary Golfer, is a Swedish comedy film and the fourth installment of the popular ""Sällskapsresan"" series directed by Lasse Åberg. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 1991. Åberg won the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 27th Guldbagge Awards. The business cycle in Sweden is booming. Hapless Stig-Helmer Olsson (Lasse Åberg) is laid off from a toaster factory and gets an offer to play a one-on-one golf competition against a wealthy man for money, something he"
"The Gravy Train The Gravy Train, also commonly known as The Dion Brothers, is a 1974 American crime-comedy film directed by Jack Starrett, written by Terrence Malick (under the pseudonym David Whitney) and Bill Kerby, and starring Stacy Keach and Frederic Forrest. Although initially overlooked by audiences and critics alike, it has in recent years developed a cult following, and has been highly praised by filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and David Gordon Green. The film is still relatively obscure and hard to find, as there has never been any official VHS or DVD release. Two West Virginia brothers quit"
"who doesn't know the first thing about running a brewery—or apparently—running a business. Most of the film was shot in Dubuque, Iowa, and the Dubuque Star Brewery, also some minor scenes were shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ""Take This Job and Shove It"" was the first film to feature monster trucks. Bob Chandler's Bigfoot #1 is seen throughout the movie as Ray's pick-up truck. Everett Jasmer's USA-1, credited as ""Thunderin' Lightning"", is the blue truck at the starting line that, in the script, broke down when the race started. Jasmer's daily delivery truck was used as the rival truck to Bigfoot,"
"The Unhanged The Unhanged (Finnish: Hirttämättömät) is a 1971 Finnish western comedy film directed by Spede Pasanen and Vesa-Matti Loiri. It is the sequel to the 1970 film ""Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika"". In addition to featuring Pasanen and Loiri (originally set to appear in ""Speedy Gonzales"", but unable to appear due to an injury), the film also stars Pasanen's other stock actors, such as Simo Salminen and Olavi Ahonen. The two main characters are parody versions of The Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto. The film was released the same year as Kahdeksas Veljes and Saatanan Radikaalit"
"were never properly claimed, making the series one of the last television series to enter the public domain before the Copyright Act of 1976 (and its much longer copyright terms) took effect. As the film was sourced from this series, the film itself is also in the public domain. The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West is a 1976 American Western comedy film directed by Jack Arnold. The film stars Bob Denver as Dusty, the bumbling assistant to Wagonmaster Callahan featured in the syndicated series ""Dusty's Trail"". The film itself consists of four"
"Roadblock (film) Roadblock is a 1951 American film noir starring Charles McGraw and Joan Dixon. The 73-minute crime thriller was shot on location in Los Angeles, California. The film was directed by Harold Daniels and the cinematography is by Nicholas Musuraca. Insurance investigator Joe Peters (McGraw) and his partner Harry Miller (Louis Jean Heydt) solve a case and prepare to fly home. Joe meets Diane (Dixon) at an airport. She pretends to be his wife without his knowledge in order to get a large discount on the airfare. They wind up sharing a hotel room after a storm forces an"
"Roadblock (film) Roadblock is a 1951 American film noir starring Charles McGraw and Joan Dixon. The 73-minute crime thriller was shot on location in Los Angeles, California. The film was directed by Harold Daniels and the cinematography is by Nicholas Musuraca. Insurance investigator Joe Peters (McGraw) and his partner Harry Miller (Louis Jean Heydt) solve a case and prepare to fly home. Joe meets Diane (Dixon) at an airport. She pretends to be his wife without his knowledge in order to get a large discount on the airfare. They wind up sharing a hotel room after a storm forces an"
"Something Evil Something Evil is a 1972 American made-for-television horror film starring Sandy Dennis, Darren McGavin and Ralph Bellamy. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the screenplay was written by Robert Clouse. A married couple with two young children move into a Pennsylvania farmhouse that turns out to be inhabited by demons. Darren McGavin portrays the TV producer husband, while Sandy Dennis plays his artist wife. Popular child star Johnny Whitaker co-stars as their oldest child, who becomes possessed and begins to torment his family and their friends. When the mother begins to sense that something may be wrong with her son,"
"was seen and admired by Steven Spielberg, who had not previously met Lucas. It also came to notice of parts of the mainstream film industry, such as Los Angeles Times film critic Charles Champlin, and Ned Tanen, then a Universal Studios production executive, who was later involved with Lucas' ""American Graffiti"". In 1971, Lucas re-worked the short as a theatrical feature, ""THX 1138"". The last act of the feature-length ""THX 1138"" roughly corresponds with the events in this film. In the final scene, people are warned not to exit the underground city through the door, which allegedly leads to death."
"policing Manhattan in """", a 1971 film about the revolutionary psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich by Dusan Makavejev. An anti-police-brutality skit from his Revolting Theatre appeared in the 1971 Richard Pryor underground film ""Dynamite Chicken"". In 1972, Kupferberg played the role of God in the Canadian experimental film ""Voulez-vous coucher avec God?"". Kupferberg later appeared in the music video for ""Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror"" by Jeffrey Lewis. Kupferberg suffered a stroke in April 2009 at his home in New York City, which left him severely visually impaired and in need of regular nursing care. After treatment for a number of days at"
"in 2006 at his Best of QT-Fest. The Gravy Train The Gravy Train, also commonly known as The Dion Brothers, is a 1974 American crime-comedy film directed by Jack Starrett, written by Terrence Malick (under the pseudonym David Whitney) and Bill Kerby, and starring Stacy Keach and Frederic Forrest. Although initially overlooked by audiences and critics alike, it has in recent years developed a cult following, and has been highly praised by filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino and David Gordon Green. The film is still relatively obscure and hard to find, as there has never been any official VHS or"
"Tom embrace at the top when Molly asks him ""where did you park?"". Throttle (film) Throttle (also known as No Way Up) is a 2005 American thriller film directed by James Seale and starring Grayson McCouch. Other cast members include Adrian Paul and Amy Locane. It was filmed entirely in Denver, Colorado. Financial analyst Tom Weaver (Grayson McCouch) is a troubled man. He has recently broken off a potential affair with a co-worker named Rebecca. He is also arguing with himself if he wants to continue with a shady ten million dollar business deal with his boss. He has also"