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Bullitt

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Bullittis a 1968 Americancrimeactionthrillerfilm[4][5]directed byPeter Yatesfrom a screenplay byAlan R. TrustmanandHarry Kleinerand based on the 1963 crime novelMute WitnessbyRobert L. Fish.It starsSteve McQueen,Robert Vaughn,Jacqueline Bisset,Don Gordon,Robert Duvall,Simon Oakland,andNorman Fell.In the film, detective Frank Bullitt (McQueen) investigates the murder of a witness he was assigned to protect.[6]

Bullitt
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Yates
Screenplay by
Based onMute Witness
byRobert L. Fish
Produced byPhilip D'Antoni
Starring
CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker
Edited byFrank P. Keller
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • October 17, 1968(1968-10-17)[1]
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[2]
Box office$42.3 million (~$283 million in 2023)[3]

Astar vehiclefor McQueen,Bullittbegan development once Yates was hired upon the completion of the screenplay, which differs significantly from Fish's novel.Principal photographytook place throughout 1967, with filming primarily taking place on location inSan Francisco.The film was produced by McQueen's Solar Productions, withRobert Relyeaas executive producer alongsidePhilip D'Antoni.Lalo Schifrinwrote the film'sjazz-inspiredscore.Bullittis notable for its extensive use of practical locations and stuntwork.

Bullittwas released in the United States on October 17, 1968, byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts.It was a critical success, with praise for its screenplay, editing, and action sequences: itscar chasesequence is regarded as one of the most influential in film history.[7][8][9][10]The film received numerous awards and nominations, including being nominated for twoAcademy Awards,winning forBest Film Editing.It grossed $42.3 million worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 1968. In 2007,Bullittwas preserved in the U.S.National Film Registryby theLibrary of Congress.[11][12]

Plot

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On a Friday night inChicago,mobster Johnny Ross briefly meets his brother, Pete, after fleeing theOutfit.The next morning, Lieutenant Frank Bullitt of theSan Francisco Police Department,along with his team, Delgetti and Stanton, are tasked by Walter Chalmers withguardingRoss over the weekend, until he can be presented as a witness to aSenatesubcommitteehearing onorganized crimeMonday morning. The detectives are told he is in a cheap hotel on theEmbarcadero.At 1 a.m. Sunday, while Stanton is phoning Bullitt to say Chalmers and a friend want to come up, Ross unchains the room door. Twohitmenburst in, shooting Stanton in the leg and Ross in the chest.

Chalmers holds Bullitt responsible. After Ross dies in hospital, Bullitt sends the body to the morgue as aJohn Doein order to keep the investigation open. An informant states that Ross was inSan Franciscobecause he had stolen millions of dollars from the Outfit. Bullitt also discovers that Ross made a long-distance phone call to a hotel inSan Mateo.While driving hisFord Mustang,Bullitt becomes aware he is being followed by aDodge Charger.An extended chase ensues through the city, ending in an explosion inBrisbanewhen the Charger crashes into a gas station, killing the two hitmen.

Bullitt and Delgetti are confronted by their superior, Captain Sam Bennett. Chalmers (who is assisted by SFPD Captain Baker) serves them a writ ofhabeas corpus,forcing Bullitt to reveal that Ross has died. Bennett ignores the writ because it is Sunday; this allows Bullitt to investigate the lead of the long-distance phone call to San Mateo. With no car, Bullitt gets a ride from his architect girlfriend, Cathy. The two of them find a womangarrotedin her hotel room. Cathy confronts Bullitt about his work, saying, "Frank, you live in a sewer." She wonders, "What will happen to us?"

Bullitt and Delgetti examine the victim's luggage and discover a travel brochure forRome,as well astraveler's checksmade out to an Albert and Dorothy Renick. Bullitt requests theirpassportapplications from Chicago. Bullitt, Bennett, Chalmers and Baker gather around thetelecopieras the applications arrive. It turns out Chalmers sent Bullitt to guard adoppelgänger,Albert Renick, a used car salesman from Chicago, while his wife Dorothy was staying in San Mateo. Bullitt realizes that Ross was playing the politically ambitious Chalmers by using Renick as a decoy so he could slip out of the country Sunday night.

Delgetti and Bullitt watch the Rome gate atSan Francisco International Airport.However, Bullitt realizes the real Ross (on Renick's passport) probably switched to an earlierLondonflight, which is ordered to return to the terminal. Bullitt chases a fleeing Ross back to the crowded passenger terminal, where Ross guns down a deputy sheriff before being shot dead by Bullitt. Chalmers arrives to survey the scene, but leaves saying nothing. Early Monday morning, Bullitt arrives home to find Cathy asleep in his bed, having chosen to stay.

Cast

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Credits from theAmerican Film Institute.[5]

McQueen in 1968, the year of the film's release.
Dave Toschi,the real-life San Francisco police officer that influenced Bullitt's characterization.

Production

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Bullittwas co-produced by McQueen's Solar Productions and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. The film was pitched toJack L. Warneras "doing authority differently".[18]

Development

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Bullittwas director Peter Yates' first American film. He was hired after McQueen saw his 1967 U.K. feature,Robbery,with its extended car chase.[19]Joseph E. Levine,whoseEmbassy Pictureshad distributedRobbery,did not like the film much, butAlan Trustman,who saw the picture the week he was writing theBullittchase scenes, insisted that McQueen, Relyea and D'Antoni (none of whom had ever heard of Yates) seeRobberyand consider Yates as director forBullitt.[citation needed]

In the original novelMute Witness,the lead character is an older, overweight police lieutenant named Clancy. D'Antoni and his original co-producerErnest Pintoff[20]considered the film a vehicle forSpencer Tracy,but his death in 1967 put an end to that.[21]McQueen was a great admirer of Tracy and took on the project, in part, as a tribute to him.[22]The original novel was also set inChicago,not San Francisco.

Realism

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Bullittis notable for its extensive use of actual locations rather than studio sets, and its attention to procedural detail, from police evidence processing to emergency-room procedures. Director Yates' use of the new lightweightArriflexcameras allowed for greater flexibility in location shooting.[23]The film was shot almost entirely on location in San Francisco. In the emergency-room operation scene, real doctors and nurses were used as the supporting cast.[24]According to McQueen, "The thing we tried to achieve was not to do a theatrical film, but a film about reality."[24]

Filming locations

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Bullittwas one of the first feature films to be shot almost entirely on-location in San Francisco.[5]With the exception of the opening setpiece in Chicago, the entire film was shot there.[25]In a 1968 interview, D'Anatoni reasoned the production would cost no more to shoot in San Francisco than in Los Angeles, despite transportation and housing expenses, because so much money was saved on construction by using real locations.[5]

MayorJoseph Aliotohelped the production obtain permission to film at the San Francisco International Airport, over two weeks of night shoots.

Filming locations included:[25]

Car chase scenes

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Aburnoutbeing performed in the car chase scene

At the time of the film's release, the car chase scenes featuring McQueen at the wheel in all driver-visual scenes generated prodigious excitement.[7]Leonard Maltinhas called it a "now-classic car chase, one of the screen's all-time best."[8]Emanuel Levywrote in 2003, "Bullittcontains one of the most exciting car chases in film history, a sequence that revolutionized Hollywood's standards. "[9]In his obituary for Peter Yates, Bruce Weber wrote, "Mr. Yates' reputation probably rests most securely onBullitt(1968), his first American film – and indeed, on one particular scene, an extended car chase that instantly became a classic. "[10]

Filming

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The chase scene starts at 1:05:00 into the film. The total time of the scene is 10 minutes 53 seconds. It begins underHighway 101in the city'sMission Districtas Bullitt spots the hitmen's car. It ends outside the city, at theBrisbaneexit of the Guadalupe Canyon Parkway onSan Bruno Mountain.[26]Shooting occurred over a period of weeks. The chase sequence combined several locations, located miles apart and edited together. Mapping the movie route shows that it is not continuous and is impossible to follow in real time.[27][28][29][30]

Two 1968 325-horsepower390FEV8Ford Mustang GT Fastbackswith four-speed manual transmissions in Highland Green were purchased by Warner Bros. for the film.[31]The Mustangs' engines, brakes and suspensions were heavily modified for the chase by veteran car racer and technicianMax Balchowsky.Ford Motor Companyoriginally lent twoGalaxiesedans for the chase scenes, but the producers found the cars too heavy for the jumps over the hills of San Francisco. They also felt a Ford-on-Ford battle would not be believable on screen. The cars were replaced with three 1968 375-horsepower440MagnumV8Dodge Chargersin black. The engines in the Dodge Chargers were left largely unmodified, but the suspensions were mildly upgraded to cope with the demands of the stunt work.[32][33]

The director called for maximum speeds of about 130 km/h (81 mph), but the cars (including the chase cars) at times reached speeds of over 170 km/h (110 mph).[34]

Drivers' point-of-view shots were used to give the audience a participants' feel of the chase. Filming took three weeks, resulting in 9 minutes 42 seconds of pursuit. Multiple takes were spliced into a single end product, resulting in discontinuity: Heavy damage on the passenger side of Bullitt's car can be seen much earlier than the incident producing it, and the Charger appears to lose five wheel covers, with different covers missing in different shots. Shooting simultaneously from multiple angles and creating amontagefrom the footage took place to give the illusion of different streets also resulted in the speeding cars passing the same vehicles at multiple times, including, as widely noted, that of a greenVolkswagen Beetle.[35]

In one scene, the Charger crashes into the camera; the damaged front fender noticeable in later scenes. Local authorities did not allow the car chase to be filmed on theGolden Gate Bridge,but did permit it in Midtown locations, includingBernal Heights,theMission Districtand on the outskirts of neighboring Brisbane.[36]

McQueen, a world-class racecar driver at the time, drove in the close-up scenes, while stunt coordinatorCarey Loftin,stuntmanand motorcycle racerBud Ekins,and McQueen's usual stunt driver,Loren Janes,drove for the high-speed parts of the chase and performed other dangerous stunts.[37]Ekins, who doubled for McQueen inThe Great Escapesequence in which McQueen's character jumps over a barbed-wire fence on a motorcycle and performs alowsidercrash stunt in front of a skidding truck during theBullittchase. The Mustang's interior rearview mirror goes up and down depending on who is driving: When the mirror is up, McQueen is visible behind the wheel; when it is down, a stunt man is driving.

The black Dodge Charger was driven by veteran stunt driverBill Hickman,who played one of the hitmen and helped with the chase scene choreography. The other hitman was played byPaul Genge,who played a character who had driven a Dodge off the road to his death in an episode ofPerry Mason( "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise" ) two years earlier. In a magazine article many years later, one of the drivers involved in the chase sequence remarked that the Charger, with a larger engine (big-block440 cu. in.versus the390 cu. in.) and greater horsepower (375 versus 325), was so much faster than the Mustang that the drivers had to keep backing off the accelerator to prevent the Charger from pulling away from the Mustang.[36]

Editing

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The editing of the car chase likely wonFrank P. Kellerthe editingOscarfor 1968,[38]and has been included in lists of the "Best Editing Sequences of All-Time."[39]In the volumeThe Sixties: 1960-1969(2003), of his book series History of the American Cinema,Cinema Arts professor Paul Monaco wrote:

The most compelling street footage of 1968, however, appeared in an entirely contrived sequence, with nary a hint of documentary feel about it – the car chase through the streets of San Francisco inBullitt,created from footage shot over nearly five weeks.[40]

Billy Fraker, the cinematographer for the film, attributed the success of the chase sequence primarily to the work of the editor, Frank P. Keller. At the time, Keller was credited with cutting the piece in such a superb manner that he made the city of San Francisco a "character" in the film.[40]

The editing of the scene was not without difficulties. Ralph Rosenblum wrote in 1979, "Those who care about such things may know that during the filming of the climactic chase scene inBullitt,an out-of-control car filled with dummies tripped a wire which prematurely sent a costly set up in flames, and that editor Frank Keller salvaged the near-catastrophe with a clever and unusual juxtaposition of images that made the explosion appear to go off on time. "[41]

The chase scene has also been cited by critics as groundbreaking in its realism and originality.[42]

Music

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See also:Bullitt (soundtrack)

Theoriginal scorewas composed byLalo Schifrinto track the various moods and the action of the film, with Schifrin's signature contemporary American jazz style. The tracks on the soundtrack album are alternate versions of those heard in the film, re-recorded by Schifrin with leading jazz musicians, includingBud Shank(flute),Carol Kaye(electric bass),Ray Brown(bass),Howard Roberts(guitar) andLarry Bunker(drums).[43]

In 2000, the original arrangements, as heard in the film, were recreated by Schifrin in a recording session with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and released on the Aleph label.[44]The release also includes re-recordings of the 1968 soundtrack album arrangements for some tracks.

In 2009, the never-before-released original recording of the score heard in the film, recorded by Schifrin on the Warner Bros. scoring stage with engineer Dan Wallin, was made available byFilm Score Monthly.Some score passages and cues are virtually identical to the official soundtrack album, although many softer, moodier cues from the film were not chosen or had been rewritten for the soundtrack release. Also included are additional cues not used in the film. In addition, the two-CDset features the official soundtrack album, newly mixed from the 1-inch master tape.[43]

In the restaurant scene with McQueen and Bissett, the live band playing in the background is Meridian West, a jazz quartet that McQueen had seen performing atThe Trident,a famous restaurant inSausalito.[45]

Reception

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Bullittgarnered both critical acclaim and box-office success.

Box office

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The film opened atRadio City Music Hallin New York City on Thursday, October 17, 1968,[1]together with a new stage show.[46]It grossed $210,000 in its first week, including a Hall-record Saturday of $49,073.[46]Produced on a $5.5 million budget, the film grossed $19 million in 1968,[47]making it thefourth-highest-grossing filmthat year, and over $42.3 million in the U.S. through 2021.[3]

Critical response

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Bullittwas well received by critics, and is considered by some to be one of the best films of 1968.[48][49][50]At the time,Renata Adlermade the film aThe New York TimesCritics' Pick, calling it a "terrific movie, just right for Steve McQueen: Fast, well acted, written the way people talk". According to Adler, "The ending should satisfy fans fromDragnettoCamus."[51]

In 2004,The New York Timesplaced the film on its list of the "Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made".[42]In 2011,Timelisted it among the "15 Greatest Movie Car Chases of All Time", describing it as "the one, the first, the granddaddy, the chase on the top of almost every list", and saying, "Bullitt's car chase is a reminder that every great such scene is a triumph of editing as much as it is stunt work ".Quentin Tarantinocalled it "one of the best directed movies ever made."[52]

It won 1968'sAcademy Award for Best Editing.[53]Among 21st-century critics, it holds a 98% approval rating onRotten Tomatoes,representing positive reviews from 45 of 46 critics, with an average rating of 7.90/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Steve McQueen is cool as ice in this thrilling police procedural that also happens to contain the arguably greatest car chase ever."[54]OnMetacritic,the film has a score of 81 out of 100 based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "Universal acclaim".[55]

Awards and honours

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The film was nominated for and won several critical awards.[56]Frank P. Kellerwon the 1969Academy Award for Best Film Editing,and it was also nominated forBest Sound.[57]Five nominations at theBAFTA Film Awardsfor 1969 includedBest Directorfor Peter Yates,Best Supporting Actorfor Robert Vaughn,Best CinematographyforWilliam A. Fraker,Best Film Editingfor Frank P. Keller, andBest Sound Track.Robert Fish, Harry Kleiner and Alan Trustman won the 1969Edgar Awardfor Best Motion Picture.[58]Keller won theAmerican Cinema Editors Eddie Awardfor Best Edited Feature Film. The film also received theNational Society of Film Critics Awardfor Best Cinematography (William A. Fraker) and theGolden Reel Awardfor Best Sound Editing – Feature Film. At the 1970Laurel Awards,the film received Golden Laurel nominations for Best Action Drama, Best Action Performance (Steve McQueen) and Best Female New Face (Jacqueline Bisset).[citation needed]In 2000, theSociety of Camera OperatorsawardedBullittits "Historical Shot" award toDavid M. Walsh.

Vehicles

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Bullitt Mustang '559 on display at the LeMay Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, 2019

Warner Bros. ordered two identical 1968 Mustangs for filming. Both were painted Highland Green and had the GT package with 390 CID engines. These cars had the sequentialvehicle identification numbers8R02S125558 and 8R02S125559.[59]Prior to filming, the cars were modified by Max Balchowsky. Car '558 was modified and used for the stunt driving, while '559 was used for McQueen's close-up driving shots.[59]

After the filming was complete, '559 was repaired and repainted with a single coat of Highland Green, and sold to Warner Bros. employee Robert Ross.[60][61]Ross drove it until 1970, then sold it to Frank Marranca, who had it shipped from California to New Jersey. In 1974, Marranca sold the car to Robert Kiernan through an ad inRoad & Track.[62][63][64]In 1977, Steve McQueen attempted to buy it back but was refused.[61]The Kiernans drove it for 46,000 miles as their family car, then put it in storage in 1980. Kiernan's son, Sean, began to restore the vehicle in 2014, and had it authenticated in 2016, with documentation that included McQueen's letter offering to purchase it. On January 10, 2020, the car was sold by Mecum Auctions for $3.7 million (~$4.29 million in 2023) to an unidentified buyer.[65]

Car '558 had been damaged severely during filming and was subsequently sent to a scrapyard. In the ensuing decades, the car was assumed to be lost. In 2016, though, Hugo Sanchez purchased a pair of Mustang coupes from the backyard of a house nearLos Cabos,Mexico. He then sent the cars toRalph Garciato start work on turning one into a clone of the Eleanor Mustang from the filmGone in 60 Seconds.Realizing one of the two Mustangs was an S-code, Garcia had the car authenticated by Kevin Marti. The authentication revealed this to be the lost Bullitt car. In 2017, Sanchez and Garcia began to give the car a full restoration.[66][67]

Legacy

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The famous car chase was later referenced in, among others,Peter Bogdanovich'sscrewball comedy film,What's Up, Doc?,theClint Eastwoodfilm,The Dead Pool,in theFuturamaepisode, "Bendin' in the Wind",and in theArcherepisode, "The Kanes". The car chase can be seen playing on the screen in the drive-in theater scene in the 2014 film,Need for Speed.The 13th episode of the TV seriesAlcatrazincludes a recreation of the chase scene, with newer models of the Mustang and Charger.[68]Bullittproducer Philip D'Antoni went on to film two more car chases,The French ConnectionandThe Seven-Ups,both set and shot in New York City. "The Bullitt Mustang" was a Season 6 episode ofBlue Bloods,in which the car was central to a plot involving its theft.

The Ford Mustang name has been closely associated with the film. In 2001, theFord Motor Companyreleased theBullitteditionFord Mustang GT.[69]Another version of theFord Mustang Bullitt,which is closer to resembling the original film Mustang, was released in 2008 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the film.[70][71]A third version was released in 2018 for the 2019 and 2020 model years.[63]In 2009,Bud BrutsmanofOverhaulin'built an authentic-looking replica of theBullittMustang, fully loaded with modern components, for the five-episode 2009 TV series,Celebrity Rides: Hollywood's Speeding Bullitt,hosted byChad McQueen,son of Steve McQueen.[72][73]

The Mustang is featured in the 2003 video gameFord Racing 2,in a drafting challenge, on a course named Port Side. It appears in the Movie Stars category, along with other famous cars such as theFord TorinofromStarsky & Hutchand theFord Mustang Mach 1fromDiamonds Are Forever.[74][75]In the 2011 video game,Driver: San Francisco,the "Bite the Bullet" mission is based on the famous chase scene, with licensed versions of the Mustang and Charger from the film.[76]

Steve McQueen's likeness as Frank Bullitt was used in two Ford commercials. The first was for the Europe-only 1997Ford Puma,which featured a special-effects montage of McQueen (who died in 1980) driving a new Puma around San Francisco before parking it in a studio apartment garage beside the film Mustang and the motorcycle fromThe Great Escape.[77]

In a 2004 commercial for the2005 Mustang,special effects were again used to create the illusion of McQueen driving the new Mustang, after a man receives aField of Dreams-style epiphany and constructs a racetrack in the middle of a cornfield.[78]

Several items of clothing worn by McQueen'sBullittreceived a boost in popularity thanks to the film:desert boots,atrench coat,a blueturtlenecksweater, and most famously, a browntweed jacketwith elbow patches.[79]

In February 2022, it was announced thatSteven Spielbergwill be directing and producing a new film centered on the Frank Bullitt character forWarner Bros. Pictures,withJosh Singerwriting the screenplay. The film will be an original story, not a remake of the original film.Chad McQueenand niece Molly McQueen (son and granddaughter of Steve) will beexecutive producers.[80]In November 2022,Bradley Cooperwas cast as Frank Bullitt.[81]

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