Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. [citation needed] The original 74-minute TV movie used a tag axle 1955 Peterbilt 281. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil When the truck pulls in alongside the car, you're looking north.
I think he was in his 60's or 70's when he drove the truck in Duel! Storyline While traveling through the desert for an appointment with a client, the businessman David Mann from California passes a slow and old tanker truck. I look and look for more pictures and a bio of the guy, but not much luck. Loftin was born on January 31st, 1914 in Blountstown, Florida and broke into movie stunt work in the late 1930s. So this would be duel from the truck drivers perspective. Post Mar 09, 2008 #4 2008-03-09T20:42. Duel is a 1971 television thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Richard Matheson, based on Matheson’s short story of the same name. It was destroyed in the film's climactic crash scene. He was portrayed by the late Carey Loftin. A 2nd 281, a 1960 with tag axle, was prepared as a backup, but went unused. from the "Duel: Special Edition DVD (2005)" The Duel Truck is a dilapidated Peterbilt 281 starring as the main antagonist in Steven Spielberg’s Duel. Also, was that movie any good? Duel Truck Driver is on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Duel Truck Driver and others you may know. When the attendant slams the hood closed, the sun has moved across the sky to the west and the car is no longer in a shadow cast by the building. The scene took them a long time to film. Re: Who was the truck driver in DUEL (Poppa18T) 05-02-2005 09:25 PM #4 I think you can see him in the truck window on one of the scenes but I couldn't pause live tv I have to get it on dvd. Carey Loftin, Actor: Patton. He eventually found it in the TV movie Duel, about an anonymous truck driver stalking a hapless businessman driving around the lonely canyon roads of California. The psychotic truck driver feels offended and chases David along the empty highway trying to kill him. It stars Dennis Weaver as a terrified motorist stalked on a remote and lonely road by the mostly unseen driver of a mysterious tanker truck. Maybe he was reflecting on some recent tragedy in that cab when all of a sudden 'honk,' 'honk' -- this businessman type in a red four door is getting on his case for no really good reason. He is the nameless and unseen driver of a large rusty 1955 Peterbilt 281 gasoline tanker truck. Additionally, Spielberg said that the multiple license plates on the front bumper of the Peterbilt subtly suggested that the truck driver is a serial killer, having "run down other drivers in other states". It is driven by an unseen trucker who uses it as a weapon by attempting to kill those who overtake him. When Weaver first pulls his car into the gas station, the sun is in the east and the building is casting a shadow completely over the car. By the way, I love your name on this!
But the one on this site is real good, along with the ones on the DVD Special Features. The Truck Driver is the main antagonist of the 1971 short story Duel by the late Richard Matheson, and the 1971 television film of the same name, which is Steven Spielberg's first directed film. Maybe we even see Mann flipping the bird to him with an extended arm in one of the trucks side mirrors. Throughout the picture the truck's driver remains unseen, with the truck serving as proxy for the film's villain. It has been in and out of its Duel "make-up" since. Just amazing. Arguably Hollywood's greatest stunt driver ever, Carey Loftin's amazing driving and stunt skills were utilized in dozens of Hollywood productions over a period of nearly half a century. Duel, which is … Duel (TV Movie 1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.