Battle

I love Duel, but this edit does everything is sets out to do, eliminating character altogether and getting right to the point -- a deadly face-off between dualities that ends in a big mutherfukkin bang. I didn't miss anything that's cut out and this version makes a tremendous double-bill with your Mad Max movie of choice. Don't miss it.

If you liked the 75 minute TV movie before being lengthened to the 90 minute Cinema edit, then this 45 minute will top that or at least up there with it.
This edit is one hell of a roller-coaster ride that never stops from beginning to end, edited really nicely and the cuts are unnoticeable.
Highly enjoyable and recommended

I'm about to go into the booth, guys, because it's confession time (really hope I'm not in Boston circa 2000). I had never seen Spiely's first movie. I'd heard about it, sure, and always meant to. Also, I knew that Duel was Maniac's first edit, very well-received and I'm a fan of pretty much all of his work. So I was browsing Amazon and saw the BD for less than ten bucks, I decided to remedy both of those problems. For the film itself, really liked it. Shot so extremely well that it makes sense who did it. For the edit:

A/V Quality - 10 - Looked great, enough said.
Visual Editing - 10 - Cuts seamless, never noticeable and I missed nothing taken out.
Audio Editing - 9 - Again, really well done. As has been mentioned, the one part with the voiceover is odd (watched the edit first and it came out of nowhere, however it did not bother my wife who had also never seen the theatrical cut. She thought he was starting to crack).
Narrative - 10 - All the padding is gone. I actually prefer the narrative in the edit because it well and truly is just all about the battle. It more closely fits Spielberg's stated intentions IMO. Anything else just isn't as interesting and thus detracts from the battle.
Enjoyment - 10 - It's a thrill ride, short and sweet. What more could you want?

Duel has never looked so good. I have the DVD version of the film and it's grainy and wonderful but I've never seen it looked so polished as edited by maniac51. Trimming out the husband/wife drama and extraneous plotlines works wonders for this film. I've loved this movie since I saw it as a kid but when I tried to show it to my wife she found it boring. I feel like this version will give me another chance to show her how good young Spielberg was. The editing is great. I've seen other reviews asking to cut the internal monologue. This didn't bother me at all, it could be cut but I don't see why it's a necessity to cut it out.

This edit was a rip-roaring roller coaster straight to the end!
From what the cut made sound like those scenes stop the movie in its track for long periods of time. The story is the truck vs car!
Enjoy!