None of it was done on a Southern California back lot. Real doctors and nurses were used, for example, in the hospital scenes, which were filmed in a real hospital. The objective was to make Bullitt as real as possible. Instead, director Peter Yates and cinematographer William Fraker used their considerable combined experience, along with the latest technology of the era, to put the realism of the chase right in our faces. And there were no speedometer shots to "prove" that it was a highspeed pursuit. The chase scene was not sped up to give the false impression of speed. Whether seen in a movie theater or on the small domestic screen, the images of a Mustang fastback roaring through the streets of San Francisco in hot pursuit of a black Dodge Charger remain in our minds (and stomachs!) for hours after the final credits roll.īullitt was released by Warner Brothers/Seven Arts in the fall of 1968, and it set a standard for realism that was a highwater mark in filmmaking for years. Nearly all car enthusiasts remember the first time they saw the action drama Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen. BULLITT ©By David Kunz (published in Mustang & Fords Nov.
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