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Bullitt is a 1968 thriller film starring Steve McQueen. It was distributed by Warner Bros.
The director was Peter Yates. The story was adapted for the screen by Alan Trustman and Harry Kleiner, based on the novel titled Mute Witness (1963) by Robert L. Fish (aka Robert L. Pike). Lalo Schifrin wrote the original music score, a memorable mix of jazz, brass and percussion.
The movie won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller) and was nominated for Best Sound. Writers Trustman and Kleiner won a 1969 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay.
Bullitt is most-remembered for its central car chase scene through the streets of downtown San Francisco, one of the earliest and most influential car chase sequences in movie history.[1] The scene had Bullitt in a dark “Highland Green” 1968 Ford Mustang G.T.390 Fastback, chasing two hit-men in a “Tuxedo Black” 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum. (In honor of the Mustang in the film, the Ford Motor Company produced a limited edition 2001 Ford Mustang GT “Bullitt Mustang,” which took styling cues from the ‘68 movie car and even mimicked its exhaust note).
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here is somethin to surprise u all imagine this….Two 1968 390 CID V8 Ford Mustangs (325 bhp) were used for the chase scene, both owned by Ford Motor Company and part of a promotional loan agreement with Warner Bros. The Mustangs’ engines, brakes and suspensions were highly modified for the chase by veteran car racer Max Balchowsky. Ford Motor Company had also originally loaned two Galaxie sedans that were intended to be used in the chase scenes,
The driver of the Charger Bill Hickman was an actor able to do dialog. They chose not to use any so as to keep the focus on the chase itself.
The car chase to end all car chases. Great scene!!
…Not too shabby.
during the chase ther eis no musi and on dialog! how great!!!
All the cars had beefed up frames..a stock suspention would foldup like a camp tent. The bad guys were stuntmen and without a Actor’s Equity card couldn’t do dialog…a very young Robert Duvall has a small part as a cab driver…Martin Luther King would be shot a few months after the movie’s release..Robert Kenndy a few months after that..The VietNam war was in it’s 5th year…it would go on for another 6 years..
jeepers!!! whattachase!!!
Nobody spoke during the entire chase ha ha. I’d love to test the new Bullitt though.
oh, interesting. i didnt know that.
hunter95959 the mustang may handle better on the jumps but in practice when they were doing the jumps the mustang kept getting its suspension broke,but the charger didnt in pratice or the proper film
i do like the 68 charger more, but the mustang handles way better on the jumps, and turns, unlike the charger which is too front heavy. reply if you agree with me.
OMG HE RAMPDIT
what a car!
fucking orgasmic.
Yeah the Mopar better run!!!! LOL
Wait how did they pull off the end without killing someone?
This overteer on gravel is very unreal.
its great how every other car was a Mustang
San Francisco is full of roads like that.
The Charger’s driver really drove that car in chase sequence!
seriously. who builds a road with that many humps?
new movies use computer graphics and modify the cars etc. In this they didn’t!
I’m from San Francisco and at 5:18 they went from Golden Gate all the way to Daly City I guess they wanted to use Guadalupe pass as it was a more open place.
Regardless its still a great movie
if you notice, it is the same shot, but taken from different angels
