Movie Trivia Question

[MalahatTwo7]

Been sort of looking at Fire Down Below and saw the truck scenes where Segall is being run down by an old Mack truck. The scene went into a gravel (mining) pit and started to wonder something.

Anyone remember the movie with Dennis Hopper - The Duel? Wonder if the mining pit in 'Down Below is the same one as The Duel? Any thoughts?

On a side note. Too bad about the Chevy.... what a waste of a really nice truck. :( :(

[len1582]

I think you're talking about,"Duel" ( no the) with Dennis Weaver who played Chester on Gunsmoke. It was directed by Steven Spielberg. I havent seen it in a few years but it's a good one.

Filming locations for : Duel (1971) (TV)

Acton, California, USA
(gas station - phone call to wife and radiator hose warning)

Agua Dulce Canyon Road, Agua Dulce, California, USA

Agua Dulce, California, USA

Angeles National Forest, California, USA

Antelope Valley, California, USA
(near)

Arcadia, California, USA

California State Route 14, California, USA

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
(opening scenes)

Highway 5, California, USA

Indian Canyon Road, Acton, California, USA

Lancaster, California, USA

Le Chene - 12625 Sierra Highway, Agua Dulce, California, USA
(Chuck's Cafe truck-stop)

Los Angeles, California, USA

Palmdale, California, USA

Pearblossom, California, USA

Sand Canyon, California, USA

Saugus, California, USA

Sierra Highway, California, USA

Sierra Pelona Mountains, California, USA
(near)

Soledad Canyon Road, Acton, California, USA

Soledad Canyon, California, USA
(crash of the monster truck)

South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA
(opening scenes)

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
(studio)

[rhvfd1214]

I always liked the old Chevy truck that Bill Murray destroys in "GroundHog day."

That, and the old Ford LTD (Or Mercury??) that John Candy had in the movie "Uncle Buck."

[len1582]

Filming locations for "Fire Down Below" (1997)

Agua Dulce Air Park - 33638 Agua Dulce Canyon Road, Agua Dulce, California, USA

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Disney Ranch, Santa Clarita, California, USA
(studio)

Great Saltpetre Cave - Mile Marker 9 State Route 1004, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky, USA

Hazard, Kentucky, USA

Kentucky, USA

Los Angeles, California, USA

PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
(exterior of evil corporate HQ)

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Looks like you have some sharp eyes

[JHR1985]

dennis hopper....

shame on you...

shame on you

[MalahatTwo7]

dennis hopper....

shame on you...

shame on you

YA. Thats what I get for relying on memory and not looking it up first. Wasn't so much about the actors as about the action, this time. :)

And thanks Len for the research. I haven't see Duel in many years either, but there was a special on TV a few weeks ago with Steven Spielberg, and they showed a few clips which included the run through the gravel pit, and over the edge. Just something about that big orange Mack going over that reminded me of it.

[rhvfd1214]

Then there was Uncle Jessie's Ford pickup in the Dukes of Hazzard series. Forget the General Lee, everytime something was wrong with the 'General' Bo and Luke were ripping up the roads in that white Ford. Let's see what Uncle Jessie had under the hood of that ride.. For my imagination, I'm going with a 429... :D

Another great movie car: the ambulance used in 'Ghostbusters'...

Where is Harve in these discussions? He is always a plethora of information of the automotive genre..

Oh, yeah, this was a thread of movie trivia... Whoops.. I'm sorry. Malahat made my thoughts stray when he mentioned movie vehicles..