r/videos • u/AshIsGroovy • 1d ago

Bullitt | The Car Chase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq8YD7-Aimw
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u/Barry41561 1d ago

One of the best ever.... and absolutely zero dialogue.

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u/qawsedrf12 1d ago

count the hubcaps

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u/typhoidtimmy 1d ago edited 1d ago

And Steve McQueen’s Mustang with apparently about 16 gears to shift.

Also the only green Volkswagen with the ability to lap a Mustang and Charger and keep getting in front of them.

As a personal note, I love that 68 Mustang but I covet that 68 Charger R/T. That combo of that black sinister look and that growling 440 Magnum plant underneath the hood just does it for me.

Edit: Ah my bad, fat fingered wrong year. Hey, put down that pitchfork!

Thanks for the heads up, corrected.

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u/UnknownCubicle 1d ago

Just a small internet "Well ackshually" here: the Mustang is a 1968 390GT, not a '69. Sorry about the pedantry, but my Ford OCD couldn't let it slide.

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u/Super_Colossal 1d ago

I mean, the movie didn't even come out until 1968, and the 1969 Mustang was a totally new model. Not too pedantic to correct that.

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u/typhoidtimmy 1d ago

Nah he is correct….it was a 68 and I was typing too fast.

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u/wopper 1d ago

Loved this chase.  Loved Mcqueens commitment to realism throughout but damn..the continuity errors are hard to get past.  How many damn times we going to see that VW Bug?!?

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u/Abba_Fiskbullar 1d ago

The route also makes no geographic sense if you know San Francisco.

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u/crackheadwillie 1d ago

Yup. This bumps me every time. Still a great chase, but the streets don’t connect that way and sometimes one scene takes place 2-3 miles from the last.

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u/bongohappypants 1d ago

I've always thought they should have hired a makeup artist to paint some expressions on the bad guy's faces. But nope, we get to watch two bored late-middle-age 1960s accountants just sitting in a Chrysler product waiting for the red light to change.

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u/jacobwebb57 17h ago

those guys were in there 30s. cigarettes

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u/obvious_bot 1d ago

wtf happened at 4:23

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u/Joubledeebus 20h ago

Camera was probably mounted on or next to the white car and got taken out during the crash. The editors probably wanted the shot to last a split second longer, so they spliced in some frames before the Charger came into the shot, as they must have decided that would looked better than the camera quickly panning up to the sky.

Just my guess, but that crossed my mind too. It's really interesting to think of these chases before CGI, and how everything must have been set up, shot, and edited.

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u/timestamp_bot 1d ago

Jump to 04:23 @ Bullitt | The Car Chase | Full Scene | Warner Classics

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u/TheJackalsDoom 1d ago

The Fast and Furious movies has ruined the expectations for car chases for a lot of people. Also, in know aerodynamics is a thing and there's improvements to safety and all that, but can we please get some modern vehicles with these looks?

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u/johnh1019 1d ago

Like the seat belt click. “Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”

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u/darybrain 1d ago

Simple, sexy, and cool af.

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u/Mild-Ghost 1d ago

Need this on 4K UHD.

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u/Mal_Reynolds84 1d ago

I really don't understand why people say this is the best car chase ever. I thought it was boring as hell

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u/Garrosh 1d ago

I don't think it's boring, it's just that car chases have improved a lot since. Which is something to be expected.

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u/29187765432569864 1d ago

at the time that the movie came out, it was note worthy. But yea, boring.

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u/HiFiGuy197 1d ago

That Beetle beat them to a lot of places.

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u/AlpineVW 1d ago

Nah, there were a lot of green Beetles around. It was the style at the time