Duels in Film
Further information: combat in filmIn cinema, duelling has provided themes for such motion pictures as Ridley Scott's 1977 The Duellists, itself adapted from Joseph Conrad's 1908 short story "The Duel". The 1943 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp shows two main characters becoming friends after fighting a duel, the preparations for which are shown in great detail. The climactic duel in 1952's Scaramouche is reputed to be the longest in cinema at over six minutes. Perhaps most notable is the career of Max Ophüls, who employs duels to resolve passionate conflicts in a number of his films.
Other duels include:
- The Big Country (1958), with duelling pistols
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), between James Bond and Scaramanga, each armed with his favorite pistol
- Barry Lyndon (1975), pistols
- Rob Roy (1995), swords
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