Bullitt

UPC: 085391136842

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations]

Summary: 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

Category: Thriller

Awards: Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay – Edgar Allan Poe Awards Best Screenplay – Edgar Allan Poe Awards

Features: Commentary by director Peter Yates
2 feature length documentaries:
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing in 1080p high defintion and 5.1 audio
Vibtage featurette: Bullitt: Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
Theatrical trailer

Bullitt

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 02/27/2007

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 114 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Bullitt
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Chapter 19
20. Chapter 20
21. Chapter 21
22. Chapter 22
23. Chapter 23

Brendon Hanley

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

Cast and Crew: Joanna Cassidy  Actor 
Georg Stanford Brown  Actor 
Bill Hickman  Actor 
Suzanne Somers  Actor 
John Aprea  Actor 
Al Checco  Actor 
Paul Genge  Actor 
Pat Renella  Actor 
Robert Lipton  Actor 
Charles Dorsett  Actor 
Phil D'Antoni  Producer 
Harry Kleiner  Screenwriter 
Lalo Schifrin  Composer (Music Score) 
Alan R. Trustman  Screenwriter 
Peter Yates  Director 
Robert E. Relyea  Executive Producer 
Robert E. Relyea  Producer 
Steve McQueen  Actor 
Robert Vaughn  Actor 
Jacqueline Bisset  Actor 
Don Gordon  Actor 
Robert Duvall  Actor 
Simon Oakland  Actor 
Norman Fell  Actor 
Justin Tarr  Actor 
Carl Reindel  Actor 
Felice Orlandi  Actor 
Vic Tayback  Actor 
Ed Peck  Actor 

Country: USA