Bullitt [1968] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Primary Contributor : Steve McQueen
Primary Contributor : Robert Vaughn

Product Details

Director : Peter Yates
Actor : Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall
Format : Box set, Colour, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Limited Edition, NTSC, Widescreen
Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0663286201105
Picture Format : Letterbox
Product Group : DVD
Region Code : 1
Release Date : 2000-11-07
Running Time : 114minutes
Studio : Creative Design Art
UPC : 663286201105

ASIN : B00004W5TB

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

San Francisco has been the setting of a lot of exciting movie car chases over the years, but this 1968 police thriller is still the one to beat when it comes to high-octane action on the steep hills of the city by the Bay. The outstanding car chase earned an Oscar for best editing, but the rest of the movie is pretty good, too. Bullitt is a perfect star vehicle for cool guy Steve McQueen, who stars as a tenacious detective (is there any other kind?) determined to track down the killers of the star witness in an important trial. Director Peter Yates (Breaking Away) approached the story with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, using a variety of San Francisco locations. Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Duvall appear in early roles, and Robert Vaughn plays the criminal kingpin who pulls the deadly strings of the tightly wound plot. --Jeff Shannon

Amazon.co.uk Review

San Francisco has been the setting of many exciting movie car chases over the years but the one in Bullitt is still the one to beat when it comes to high-octane action on the city's steep hills. The outstanding car chase earned an Oscar for best editing but the rest of the movie is pretty good too. This 1968 police thriller is a perfect star vehicle for cool guy Steve McQueen, who stars as a tenacious detective (is there any other kind?) determined to track down the killers of the star witness in a major trial. Director Peter Yates (Breaking Away) approached the story with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, using a variety of San Francisco locations. Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Duvall appear in early roles, and Robert Vaughn plays the criminal kingpin who pulls the deadly strings of the tightly wound plot. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews

See McQuueen at his uber cool best (2008-09-16)

Bullitt is the prototype for many a 70's movie and TV series. Steve McQueen at his uber cool best as the cynical case hardend cop, following the trail of mafia hitmen against a backdrop of political intrigue. Bullitt is the prototype for many a 70's movie and TV series. This ia a streetwise movie with adult relationships and realistic action: noteably the famous up/down San Frisco car chase which has been copied but never bettered in direction or effect. Mcqueen needs no driving stunt double here - he's the man!Good support caste not least Jacqeline Blisset (girlfriend) and Robert Vaughn (political wannabe) add depth and character to the essential cop action. This is an adult rather than boys action movie. The San Frisco locations are familiar yet the cars fashion and the music are a late 60's nostalga trip.See the McQueen original before its appears in some bloody awful Alec BBaldwin etc remake and ruins the effect.Five stars forever!!

Sophisticated and intelligent crime drama (2008-08-24)

In one of the most renowned crime films of the 60's, Steve McQueen (The Great Escape) stars as detective Frank Bullitt, a man assigned to protect Pete Ross, who is due in court in a few days. But Ross is killed and now Bullitt has to track down the murderer and unravel the case.Bullitt is a slick and exciting typical crime drama with great visuals and perhaps the most iconic car chase of the 60's with great direction to match.McQueen's performance is second to none as the intelligent and sophisticated detective Frank Bullitt and this performance by the talented actor brings the plot to life with exquisite timing and smart judgement to the role.The plot is consistent, with only a few lapses and a slightly puzzling cast who all look the same, making the plot a must keep your eye on which actually adds to the fun and surprise of the twists and turns.Having never been around in the 60's and watching it for the first time a few days ago, Bullitt was a surprise to me, with such a vast difference in terms of action compared to modern day crime dramas. With only a couple of chases or action sequences, it is amazing to watch as the plot is so focused upon the plot rather than visual effects and pure gun adrenaline. The stakes have obviously been raised in modern cinema, with the Bond films for example all star driven with plenty of action, which isn't a bad thing necessarily, but a film like Bullitt or the Bourne films are so pin point accurate on the plot rather than an overdose in action, which is what films should be about rather than showing everyone what they can do with technology.The car chase is very exciting and even knocks out modern day chases with the direction so good.There are a few lapses and the similar looking cast had me scratching my head a few times but Bullitt is a sophisticated crime drama that uses the genre to its advantage and doesn't overuse action to make a gritty well established film.8/10

the complete chase? (2007-11-16)

As much as Bullitt is one of the greats, a question must be asked. Is the car chase complete or the edited version from the last VHS restoration?Answers on a postcard...

Decent car chase stuck in a (now) rather dull film (2007-08-27)

Made in 1967-8, this Frisco-set movie somehow manages to miss entirely the Haight Ashbury 'Summer of Love'. (There is some pleasant jazz in a cafe scene, but it's certainly not Jefferson Airplane.)Even measured in today's money, I suspect the typical episode of '24' has more money lavished on it than this film. The film climaxes, as such, with a chase around San Francisco aiport at night, but there's no tension, and frankly I'd given up caring. The plot is fragile -- why do the hitmen assume it just takes one gunshot to the shoulder to finish off their man, then hang around outside the scene of the crime and follow the ambulance to the hospital to finish him off again?McQueen is good, Bisset is gorgeous, and San Francisco's curious flat-and-hilly road system never looked more precarious. The Saturday morning kid's programme 'Tiswas' used to show the car chase sometimess -- I think they pretty well condensed the movie down to its essence!

Not impressed! (2007-08-04)

Somewhere inside the overlong, 114-minute Bullitt there is a brisk 90-minute long film desperate to get out. But as it is, it's seriously overlong with nothing to sustain it. Many pointless scenes come and go with loads of long, indulgent tracking shots goose-up the running time. I almost nodded-off a few times, I honestly don't see what all the fuss is about regarding this film.The paper-thin story has Detective Bullitt trying to determine how a Mob informant in Police custody managed to be killed (he's not actually killed until about an hour later though). A local politician (Robery Vaughn, who didn't really want to do the film) acts as the token bureaucrat, standing in the way of getting things done. But getting WHAT done exactly? In 114 minutes almost NOTHING happens in this damn movie! Instead of mystery, clues, police procedure, shoot-outs and problem-solving we're treated to scene after scene of...not much. Bullitt eats food at the hospital, he goes shopping for celery and TV dinners, he hangs around with his girlfriend (a completely pointless character played by Jaqueline Bissett) and sometimes takes a passing interest in the case. About 80-minutes into this bore he is FINALLY involved in a car chase (THE car chase that everyone raves about) that 'tears up' the streets of San Francisco.I don't understand why this film has so much adoration or why all the fans proclaim it's 'the original and best', 'the one that started it all' or any other generic soundbite you can think of. There were cop movies before this, there were car chases before this. What exactly is Bullitt credited with 'starting'?A sense of being cool, calm and collected doesn't turn water into wine. Bullitt is plain, repetitive, agonizingly slow and almost completely without a plot. Don't consider me a philistine or someone who has been brainwashed by the over-edited nature of modern films where we're guaranteed and explosion every five minutes. I appreciate films from all eras and from all backgrounds. But Bullitt is just way, way overrated certainly does not deserve the high regard it's been lauded with. A real disappointment.Aside from a few reeaally grainy shots, the HD DVD features a fine 1.85:1 1080p transfer with Dolby Digital Plus Mono sound. A fair amount of extras too.

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