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Plot isn't in sequence

watched the film a few hours ago, bullitt talks to cabbie and goes on a tour of retracing "ross" 's footsteps, THEN he returned to his mustang to participate in the famous car chase.

References to use

Please add to the list references that can be used for the film article.
  • Leitch, Thomas (2002). "Bullitt and the Police Film". Crime Films. Genres in American Cinema. Cambridge University Press. pp. 215–240. ISBN 0521646715.

Cleanup needed

Cleanup needed: Excess bullets in 'Quotes' section.

Done. Slowmover 20:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Green VW

Does the Green VW need to be mentioned? It was seen (and used to identify it as such) as a purposefully repeated sequence to show the same section from different angles, first from the Charger, then behind from the top of the Fillmore, then from the Mustang, then in a follow car, then from the intersection where they pulled the left.

I thought that could be added under a trivia section or something similar. Watching Bullitt pass a white car, a green car, and make a sharp turn on a downhill section several times seemed fishy. Instinctually, I'm guessing the reason was for cost saving measures, but it did provide unique, multiple angles as you noted. Since the car chase scene is the defining feature of the movie, and the Green VW plays a large (albeit inconspicuous) role, it should be mentioned. LostCause 10:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The film did win the Oscar for best editing, I don't see that given for such ham fisted editing. The other point that it is actually a device (to obviously show the same section over and over again), is that the sound and editing style changes as soon as they complete the cycle. It seems that they are trying to make the chase like a song with the VW being the bridge of the song between 2 different sections. It's just far too obvious to be anything but an intentional device, not a cost cutting measure. Again they don't give editing Oscars for cost cutting obvious gaffes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.213.203.12 (talk) 20:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Allegedly a parody of the chase scene is in Clint Eastwood film The Dead Pool"

This needs a source or citation, otherwise should be removed.

Why is Bullit refering to Bullitt? Bullit is a popular Dutch energy drink and major sponsor of a world championship darter (raymond van barneveld) so it's probably also known outside the netherlands, in my opinion Bullit should not directly refer to Bullitt...

Car chase section

I just finished a copy-edit of this section—mostly moving things around a bit—and I'd really welcome opinions. Make sure I didn't change the meaning of anything. I added the sourced fact about the Mustang reproductions, and all I removed was:

The production company was denied permission to film on the Golden Gate Bridge.

I just couldn't find a place where this fit. It wasn't related to any other fact in the section. (It could use a source too.) One last thing. The fact about being voted the best car chase in film history—it now needs a source, badly. There were 3, but they were all bad and I couldn't find a replacement. If anybody can find a reference for this, please add it. Or perhaps if you could find a nicely sourced similar fact, you could replace this one. Anyway, this is a great article. Hope I improved it just a little. --AnnaFrance (talk) 02:29, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


There should be a trivia note added that famed comic book artist Gene Colan was so excited by the chase scene that he devoted over ten pages of (I believe) Captain America number 109 to a car chase with the red skull up the Meritt parkway in New York. Doing so left so little room in the script for the remaining dialogue that he got into trouble with Stan Lee, who wrote the issue. The annecdote is features in Gene's art book "Secrets in the Shadows" and is a common story told at public appearences.

Seems like entirely too much information about the Mustang reproductions. I think a note mentioning the Bullitt and a link to the main Mustang article would be enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.23.153.248 (talk) 15:50, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]


The article states that Torqueflite-equipped Chargers were used in the chase scene. Despite the number of times I've watched the chase scene, I went back and watched a couple more times to confirm my suspicions. There are definitely three, and possibly four scenes where it's very obvious the Charger is a four-speed. One scene in particular, where Bill Hickman is preparing to do a u-turn, the camera actually shows the shifter in first gear. It also shows him shifting gears, and you can hear him downshift in one scene. There's another scene where the Charger is quite obviously pulling away from the Mustang and you can hear Hickman shifting. I know a lot of sound is dubbed, but I don't think it was in that particular scene. Nevertheless, in the scene where the shifter is visible there is NO doubt the car Hickman is driving is a four speed. Jimpatnmatt (talk) 21:55, 30 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Article for use

Here's an article about Ford releasing a new Mustang based on the one used in the film, if anyone wants to make mention of it in the car chase section.

"Downtown" San Francisco?

The entry read "Bullitt is probably best-remembered for its car chase scene through the streets of Downtown San Francisco..." In fact, the chase scene spends just a few seconds of the 9+ minute sequence Downtown; the vast majority of it is confined to Russian Hill, the Marina, the Outer Mission/Bernal Hill, McLaren Park and the roads of Mt. San Bruno. I've removed the "Downtown" from the description. Bricology (talk) 06:27, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Zodiac

How can a movie made in 1968 be based on a movie made in 2007? 67.176.160.47 (talk) 05:12, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed the grammar, so it says that Dave Toschi was the basis, not the movie Zodiac, for Bullitt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.176.160.47 (talk) 05:20, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

10% of the driving

In this article it states that McQueen did about %10 of the driving. This isn't a scientific number, it's cited as something another stunt driver, Mr. Janes, said when he was interviewed recently (after Peter Yates death in 2011). The man was 80 years old when he said that - the number is completely arbitrary. I've been reviewing the scene for an editing class, it's difficult to get even a rough percentage of definitely McQueen/Not McQueen. I'm not sure how much is rear-projection, but Steve is clearly in the car quite a bit - another report says he intentionally leaned towards camera to show that it's really him.

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