| | Bullitt DVD (4 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action/Adventure DVDs, Action Movies, Adventure Videos, Crime, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Detective, Cops, Thieves, AFI Top 100 Thrills | | Starring | Steve McQueen, Robert Duvall, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell, Don Gordon | | Director | Peter Yates | | Cinematographer | William A. Fraker | | Composer | Lalo Schifrin | | Costume Designer | adora Van Runkle | | Editor | Frank P. Keller | | Producer | Philip D'Antoni | | Production Designer | Albert Brenner | | Source Writer | Robert L. Pike | | Writer | Harry Kleiner, Alan R. Trustman |
DVD. Feature film. 113 min. Standard & widescreen. Sound & subtitles in Engl., French, & Spanish. Cast bios, film hil ites, production notes, theatrical trailer, & featurette. Bullitt is a detective who senses that something is wrong behind his assignment to guard a criminal witness. This nonstop thriller features one of the great car chases in cinematic history, along with a great hard-boiled performance by Steve McQueen. In one of his most memorable roles, Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt, a hard-driving, tough-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then deliver him to the courtroom on Monday morning. But before the night is out, the witness will lie dying of shotgun wounds, and Bullitt, a no-glitter, all-guts cop, won't rest until he nabs the gunmen and the elusive underworld kingpin who hired them.
From opening shot to closing shootout, Peter Yates's edge-of-the seat thriller is packed with authentic touches, from on-location San Francisco filming and believably crisp dialogue to uncompromisingly detailed police, hospital, and morgue procedures. The most memorable scene is BULLITT's celebrated car chase. McQueen, an expert automobile and motorcycle racer, does his own stunt driving as he propels his high-performance Mustang GT around and over San Francisco's fabled hills at speeds up to 115 miles an hour. The film is based on Robert L. Pike's book, MUTE WITNESS. Theatrical release: October 17, 1968.
Shot on location in San Francisco, California.
Solar Productions (the Production Company behind the financing for BULLITT) was actor Steve McQueen's company.
Robert Duvall plays a small role as a taxi driver, and Norman Fell as a police captain. Bullitt Reviews: "Steve McQueen was cool, tight-lipped and could maneuver his wheels in a hilly car chase..."
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "A landmark crime caper."
-- Rob Hughes, Uncut "Yates' sleek cop thriller stands up well....The film makes excellent use of its location settings."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound Bullitt Movie Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   Everybody has one....
I had to watch this film a few times to appreciate its intracasies (outside shadows of "Dirty Harry" and "Thomas Crown Affair"), but whenever you team-up McQueen and great cars with an interesting drama and an outstanding supporting cast, the results speak for themselves.
Submitted by oldfilmbuff (Tulsa, OK) 
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McQueen Masterful
Steve McQueen at his smoldering best. The granddaddy of all chase scenes, up and down San Francisco's numerous hills and curves, in which he does his own driving in an awesome Shelby Cobra. And, as cop thrillers go, it has a good story line filled out with lots of name players. Steve McQueen is known for understated performances that get their messages across with subtlety. This would have to be at the top of that list.
Submitted by a reviewer (Danbury, CT)
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Everybody knows the 68 mustang is the star of the movie. The 68 440 charger is the best villian I've ever known. You gotta love the movie from beginning to end; the chase, cops, assasins, city, sounds, etc. Overall a great movie better than Heat. I do not know why they used the exhaust sound of a GT40. Let that old stubborn 390 FE mustang engine speak it's peace. I have driven camaro SS, 300zx, honda SI, and corvettes. But none sound as good nor as cool as old skool Ford/Mopar big block power!!
Submitted by Mon (LC,NM)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Review of Steve McQueen's Bullitt.
I have wanted to purchase this movie for quite awhile.
Great car chase, good overall movie.
A keeper.
Submitted by mpw5 (Centreville, VA)
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 Bullit still great after all these years
One of the great police procedure movies. Wonderful car chase through San Francisco. A classic cop movie.
Submitted by pgrrowe (Ventura, CA)
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Bullitt DVD Region 1
Snap Case
Dual Side - Single Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.78
Full Frame -
1.33
Letterbox -
1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - French
Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
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Production Notes
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