The MirrorARCHIVES: Aug 19-25.2004 Vol. 20 No. 9  
Vidiot's Box

Long before Steven Spielberg was crowned Hollywood royalty and free to run amuck with Lord Hanks, he was just a young rogue who liked a good chase scene. For further proof, check out his first two major films, both new on DVD this week. Essentially one long highway pursuit, featuring Dennis Weaver and an 18-wheeler death machine, Duel (1971) is Spielberg's rawest movie to date. The digital release has been long awaited in cinegeek circles. Conversely, The Sugarland Express (1974) is one of Spielberg's most adult films. Goldie Hawn stars in this true story about Lou Jean Poplin, a desperate woman who holds a cop hostage and leads the authorities across Texas as she tries to get her son back from foster care. And in non-Spielberg related releases, Mayor of Sunset Strip is the sad tale of Rodney Bingenheimer. Now sexless and unemployable, the infamous KROQ DJ/hanger-oner looks back on his glory days in the '60s and '70s when, legend has it, he trapped more groupie pelt than Bowie and Plant put together. » Sarah Rowland

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