Steven Spielberg and Duel: The Making of a Film Career

by Steven Awalt

Book Overview

This is an account of Steven Spielberg's first stand-alone film, Duel, a made for TV movie that first aired in 1971. This book chronicles the film's history, from the original short story by acclaimed writer Richard Matheson (16 Twilight Zone episodes, Somewhere in Time, I Am Legend) to its development as a teleplay, to its production under the direction of Spielberg.

Spielberg provided the author with many rare documents from his archives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081089260X
• ISBN13: 9780810892606
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"