8mm Forum: Bullitt " A Classic car chase "

This is topic Bullitt " A Classic car chase " in forum General Yak at 8mm Forum.

To visit this topic, use this URL:
https://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=000366

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on August 04, 2006, 07:42 PM:

One of the best car chases ever put on film , [Smile]

well after watching it lately my wife yvonne pointed out something that completely spoiled it, [Frown]

when she said did I notice that during the chase they passed the same green volkswagon a number of times so now when I watch the film I am watching for that green volkswagon. I have done a count but wont say at this point so if anyone out there wants to check it out and reply and see if we come to the same conclusion could be interesting ? [Roll Eyes]

Graham.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on August 06, 2006, 06:21 PM:

They say if you look at the epic car chase in the Seven-Ups, one of the cars loses five hubcaps during the chase.

I actually have a 400 footer which is basically just the chase. I'll have to check it out!

Having lived with the local roads for years we New Yorkers always get a chuckle out of the chasing cars tangling with buses and trucks on the Taconic Parkway. Our Parkways are cars only and always have been!

The scene where someone opens a car door in the path of the big Pontiac and it's ripped off the car was said to be unscripted. It happened accidentally and they decided to keep it in the movie.

I guess it's hard to put mayhem up on the screen and completely avoid it behind the scenes too!

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on April 21, 2011, 07:08 PM:

....Four times.... [Big Grin]

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on April 21, 2011, 07:29 PM:

Graham is right...4 times. And I think it is the BEST chase scene ever filmed without using any CGI. In those days everything was done for real. Including passing the same VW 4 times. [Confused]

I remember seeing a behind the scenes of the filming of that famous scene. It was incredible. [Eek!]

Posted by Joe Caruso (Member # 11) on April 22, 2011, 10:51 AM:

FRENCH CONNECTION still has a lollapalooza of a chase too

Posted by Larry Arpin (Member # 744) on April 22, 2011, 12:45 PM:

There are some scenes that are under cranked so the action moves faster. I'll watch it again for the VW. I saw it at the theater when WB matched it with Bonnie & Clyde. What a great double-bill.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on April 22, 2011, 01:45 PM:

Shorty ...

Now there is one possessed cop ...

I have that full feature, "The French Connection" and your right, a truly great car chase. It's a wonder that no one was hurt during it.

Fortunately, my copy of the feature as held up well and it's one of those neat features that goes from full frame to letterbox on and off throughout the film.

Funny thing, I bought it because it stars Roy Scheider, as far as I'm concerned, but Gene Hackman is of course darn good. I believe it really made him a star, as he had been in films for about ten years as of that time. The first time I saw him was in "Hawaii"

Posted by Wayne Tuell (Member # 1689) on April 23, 2011, 04:18 PM:

ahhhhh...I love a good car chase. [Smile]

Let's not forget, besides the green VW, they passed the same white LeMans a few times too in the chase.

Posted by Pasquale DAlessio (Member # 2052) on April 23, 2011, 04:52 PM:

Was it parked behind the green VW [Confused]

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on April 23, 2011, 07:15 PM:

Drat [Smile]

I will never be able to watch the car chase again.. that green VW was bad enough but not another one. [Roll Eyes]

My wife totally spoiled it the first time round by pointing it out, and every time since I keep watching for that VW....oh! there it is again. Its like you have been reading a good book when someone spoils it by telling you the end before you have finished it. [Frown]

Posted by Wayne Tuell (Member # 1689) on April 23, 2011, 07:33 PM:

Graham, there are a LOT of bloopers in the chase sequence. That is what makes it so enjoyable for us. [Cool]

Posted by Colin Robert Hunt (Member # 433) on April 24, 2011, 02:39 PM:

Same here in Britain. Have watched these productions of old where they film and you know the locations do not match the area. Bullit is a classic film and a film of it's time. I really like the chase but never, noticed all the above statments.

Posted by David Michael Leugers (Member # 166) on April 25, 2011, 09:28 PM:

The actor you see driving the Dodge Charger in the chase in Bullet is the actual stunt driver driving the car. He did the stunt driving for The Seven Ups and others. Pretty good wheel man.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on April 28, 2011, 08:59 AM:

-You should see what my wife does with a minivan!

(..or is is that "to a minivan.")

I made a connection the other day. My son plays this serious mayhem driving game on Nintendo DS. I pulled out my "Seven-Ups" cutdown and projected it for him.

-this morning he asked to see it again!

I figure it's basically senseless violence and destructive driving: everything the game offers him.

Posted by David Kilderry (Member # 549) on April 29, 2011, 07:58 AM:

Rarely has their been a more sinister car in a chase than that 1968 Dodge Charger.......they still look mean.

Another classic chase scene featuring a Dodge Charger is the one in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry; very well captured in the Super 8 digest.

Posted by Nathan DeHahn (Member # 2192) on April 29, 2011, 08:14 PM:

One my favorites of car chases from the blues brothers, Mall car chase is one the of best scenes from the movie. I remember the bluesmobile crashes into the mall and cops countinue chase inside of the mall. The Bluesmobile crashed through Toys R Us did crack me up. People starting screaming and running around randomly. After the chase, the cop blames the blues brothers for breaking his watch. [Big Grin]

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on April 30, 2011, 05:43 PM:

Nathan
The car chase through the streets in Chicago in the Blues Brothers was filmed at normal speed... they were really motoring [Eek!]

The Blues Brothers must be in the Guiness Book of records for the biggest pile up of cars ever recorded in film history...brilliant stuff. [Smile]

Graham.

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 16, 2013, 03:12 AM:

Watched it again tonight [Roll Eyes]

DVD on the VP....its still good [Cool]

Has anyone watched the blu-ray version? is the quality much better than the special edition DVD?

Graham. [Smile]

Posted by Hugh Thompson Scott (Member # 2922) on February 16, 2013, 04:54 AM:

A handful of great car chases spring to mind with Tom Courtney
sitting his driving test at the time, in pursuit of villains, and passing it in "Otley", the chase at the beginning of "Violent City" with Charles Bronson, Giuliano Gemma, helping wreck Hamburg while avoiding the Mafia in "A Man To Respect", and Jean Paul Belmondo being
hunted by Omar Shariff in "The Burglars". The reason these car
chases are standout to me is that there were no computers
involved, just the skills of the stunt drivers.
A point to look out for in "Bullit" is where he goes up the gears
16 times!

[ February 16, 2013, 11:08 AM: Message edited by: Hugh Thompson Scott ]

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on February 16, 2013, 12:36 PM:

Without a doubt "Bullitt" put the 1968 Ford Mustang on the map as one of the most sought after cars around to this day.

I was lucky enough as a apprentice mechanic to work on the Mustang as many american navy servicemen used them at the Holy Loch submarine base way back in the 1960s.

I always wanted to own a Mustang but never did [Frown]

One of the things with Bullitt unlike other car chases, was that it was done in the streets of San Francisco. The shots taken at speed from the inside car perspective were amazing, you really feel as a passenger you are flying downhill.

I still go...WOW..a 60s Mustang when I see one at a car show.

thats what I call a... [Cool]

...car

Graham

UBB.classic^TM 6.3.1.2