He said the cops were watching the action and werent watching the traffic and this motorcycle guy slipped through, and got into the scene and ended up in the picture. I said, you really think thats what happened? The extra said, I know, I saw it, I was there. And I said thats the way its supposed to look, because it wasnt supposed to look like a stunt. Ron Riner comments on the scene, I didnt know about the stunt and I was supposed to get the information!, There were THREE cars racing wildly through the streets of San Francisco, making car chase history, although only two are seen in the movie. It was a Corvette chassis, and he had stripped all the stuff off and built a good suspension, good engine and everything. Mafia men in a Dodge Charger tail Frank Bullitt, but he . Pat Houstis, a terrific driver, had just built the camera car, and he showed it to me. Relates Carey Loftin:The first thing Steve said was, he was going to do his own driving. Remarkably cut out, the chase is on the other hand freed from any geographical reality. 562K views 2 years ago #SteveMcQueen #CarChase #60s A visual and verbal breakdown of the famous car chase to the 1968 American crime thriller starring Steve McQueen Bullitt. We questioned some of the crew who participated in the filming, and asked them how the chase was coordinated and shot, who was involved in the chase scenes and what happened during the filming. When McQueen is driving the rear view mirror is down reflecting his face. It was real!, McQueen was determined to have the best car chase ever done, recalls Carey Loftin. Chalmers suggests to Bullitt that the situation can be exploited to benefit both of them. [49] Among 21st-century critics, it holds a 98% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, representing positive reviews from 40 of 41 critics with an average rating of 7.8/10. The film was made by McQueen's Solar Productions company, with his partner Robert Relyea as executive producer. Frank Bullitt's car is a 1968 Ford Mustang 390 GT 2+2 Fastback. With reviews like that, and sharing double billing with the hit BONNIE AND CLYDE, BULLITT devastated audiences with incredible scenes of leaping, screaming automobiles that seemed to fly off the screen. [68] In November 2022, Bradley Cooper was cast as Frank Bullitt. Also set in San Francisco: Whats up, Doc. Please enter your email address or username. That was what shocked me and I didnt expect it, because we were using a 185 frame which is a very small frame. It is located not far from the Saints Peter and Paul Church, a Roman style religious building, whose foundations date from 1884. No one has duplicated the electricity or the savage ferocity that manifested itself in BULLITT chase scenes, and its doubtful anyone ever will. The total time of the scene is 10 minutes and 53 seconds. Dressed to double McQueen, Loftin laterally towed the Charger at 90 mph with its two dummy passengers and at the right moment released the Charger into the nitro-loaded gas station. We set out to learn what the recipe is for such a successful chase sequence. Delving into the. Bullitt is a 1968 American neo-noir action thriller film[4] directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. The enduring scenes of the forboding Charger and the powerful Mustang have etched themselves in film making history. For the rear end, Balchowsky told us, I got some special rear springs, what you call a high spring rate, a flat without any arch in it, and using that spring the car would stay low. They were real good., Because some of the stunts were so well orchestrated, they did not look like stunts at all. The chase in The Dead Pool is my second favorite. We hopped it up because Steve wanted the car hopped up. It was successful at the 1970 Laurel Awards, winning Golden Laurel awards for Best Action Drama, Best Action Performance (Steve McQueen) and Best Female New Face (Jacqueline Bisset).