Today,
Wednesday March 4th, a crowd funding campaign commenced on Kickstarter
to fund THE DEVIL ON WHEELS, a feature documentary about the making of Duel,
Steven Spielberg’s first success, and the cult that surrounds it. The
campaign will run for the next 30 days in an all-or-nothing basis.
The project's goal is to achieve a minimum of £60.000 (82.500€,
$92.000) that will allow the film to be shot this summer in the USA. In exchange
of financial support the production company offers to backers a wide variety of
rewards: copies of the film, books, new posters, film credits and even the
appearance in the actual film.
TWO
YEARS IN THE MAKING
The crowd
funding campaign
has started at noon USA Eastern time, unveiling the project page and
its teaser trailer, which was filmed in four countries. Two years ago, an
international group of Duel fans joined forces to make this project a
reality. Throughout the campaign, the team will première at least three short
documentaries about very special Duel fans.
THE
DEVIL ON WHEELS project has the approval of both NBC/Dreamworks and the
community of the very loyal fans of Spielberg's film. The DOW team, coming from
Italy, China, Spain and England, is scheduled to tour the United States
exploring the Duel phenomenon: it will interview the surviving members of
the Duel crew, reconstruct the way the film was made, and meet with
fans and experts to discuss the ongoing appreciation of the film.
AN
UNDYING CULT
In
Duel, a Movie-Of-The-Week shot in 1971, a terrifying truck, whose driver we
never see, for no apparent reason chases a lone driver along the desert roads
of Southern California. Such was its success, that the TV film was extended and
distributed as a film worldwide.
How
come this tiny film, made cheaply and quickly for TV, has generated such a
passionate, international and undying cult is the question the documentary
wants to answer. THE DEVIL ON WHEELS will find out what makes Duel so unique
and, in so doing, will explore the power and fascination of films on
people.
INTERNATIONAL
DIE HARD FANS
Duel
fans from all over the world regularly visit the film locations in the desert
next to Los Angeles. They go to see the surviving truck in North Carolina.
Would-be filmmakers analyse the way it was made. Steven Spielberg’s first known
work has become a top cinematic reference. Director Alfonso Cuaron revealed he
used Duel as a source when he made “Gravity”.
The title of the documentary, THE DEVIL ON WHEELS, is the straight
translation of the Spanish title of Duel, and it's been chosen as an homage to
the international recognition of the film.
A
CROSSROADS FOR DUEL LOVERS
The
filmmakers have created a website, www.thedevilonwheelsmovie.com,
which for the first time gathers in one place all Duel related information to
be found on the internet. The Facebook page www.facebook.com/thedevilonwheels serves
as a meeting point for the fans.
Director
Enric Folch, a multi-award winning TV director in Spain, returns to documentary
making after the excellent international reception of Chining Me, an ironical
view on pre-Olympic China. His most successful TV film, Tempus Fugit, will soon
have a theatrical remake through an international coproduction.
For
all information about the crowd funding campaign,
please
visit THE DEVIL ON WHEELS' Kickstarter page:
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