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Robert L. Pike's crime novel Mute Witness makes the transition to the big screen in this film from director Peter Yates. In one of his most famous roles, Steve McQueen stars as tough-guy police detective Frank Bullitt. The story begins with Bullitt assigned to a seemingly routine detail, protecting mafia informant Johnny Ross (Pat Renella), who is scheduled to testify against his Mob cronies before a Senate subcommittee in San Francisco. But when a pair of hitmen ambush their secret location, fatally wounding Ross, things don't add up for Bullitt, so he decides to investigate the case on his own. Unfortunately for him, ambitious senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn), the head of the aforementioned subcommittee, wants to shut his investigation down, hindering Bullitt's plan to not only bring the killers to justice but discover who leaked the location of the hideout. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
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Disc #1 -- Bullitt
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Bullitt: Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality - Vintage Featurette Explores the Making of a Classic
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool - Documetnary on the Life of Steve McQueen
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing - Documentary About the Art of Film Editing. Clips Are Shown From Many Groundbreaking Films With Innovating Editing Styles
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Art Director - Albert Brenner
Book Author - Robert L. Pike
Cinematographer - William A. Fraker
Composer (Music Score) - Lalo Schifrin
Costume Designer - Theadora Van Runkle
Executive Producer - Robert E. Relyea
First Assistant Director - Tim Zinnemann
Second Assistant Director - Walter Hill
Sound/Sound Designer - John K. Kean
Stunts - Bud Ekins
1968's surprisingly influential Bullitt is a precursor to the hyper-explosive action movies that ruled the box-office in the 1980s and 1990s. More immediately, it made car chases de rigueur for nearly every police film of the 1970s. Bullitt's chase scene, a roaring ten minutes up and down seemingly every hill in San Francisco, took about three weeks to shoot; along with the two in The French Connection and the more protracted one in The Road Warrior, the scene is still regarded as one of the best pursuits ever filmed. Apart from this rather dubious legacy, Bullitt is also significant for recharging the crime-thriller genre with its snappy, faux-naturalistic look. Finely stylized by director Peter Yates and editor Frank Keller (who won an Oscar for his work), the film wears its gritty, urban feel on its sleeve; such an attitude would become a major hallmark of American films in the 1970s. Bullitt also elevated Steve McQueen from the status of mere star to that of worldwide superstar. The actor delivers perhaps the most consequential performance of his career as the fashionably icy title character. ~ Brendon Hanley, Rovi
Frank Keller : Best Editing - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc, 1968
Harry Kleiner : Best Screenplay - Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 1968
Alan R. Trustman : Best Screenplay - Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 1968
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