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<br />When megastar Steve McQueen and director Peter Yates set out to make <em>Bullitt</em>, the object was to make a "real" film with one of the most ambitious chase scenes in the history of cinema. And they did it before computers and CGI enabled filmmakers to do the lion's share of the dangerous work with the click of a mouse. The chase scene in Bullitt remains an all-time classic, with McQueen's 1968 Mustang Bullitt going head-to-head with a black 1968 Charger R/T 440 Magnum. <br /><br />The chase was real, with speeds surpassing 100 mph on the hilly streets of San Francisco. Steve McQueen teamed up with stunt driver extraordinaire Bill Hickman, and the other cars in the scene were driven by eight of the best stunt drivers around to create an epic high speed chase for the ages.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/">Hit the jump</a> to view a 10-minute "making of" documentary of the movie<em> Bullitt</em>. It's an excellent work that shows how much thought and emotion was invested in the making of the film. Our favorite part comes when McQueen describes the chase scene in <em>Bullitt</em>:<br /><blockquote><em>"The big problems, of course, with doing a chase as dangerous as this on the street is that nothing comes off like wheels, axles, shock absorbers, because the things we did on the streets with automobiles I don't think will not be done again for a long long time." <br /></em></blockquote>We're still waiting, Steve, and we're not holding our breath. As an added bonus, we've added the video from the chase scene in <em>Bullitt</em> to refresh your memory. <em>Hat tip to Richard!</em><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/17/video-sort-of-multi-million-dollar-ferrari-250-tr-crashing-at/"><br /><br />[Source: </a><a href="http://%20http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=952448">MySpace</a> via <a href="http://www.auto-focus.us/autoblog/2009/08/17/video-making-of-bullitt">Auto-Focus</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>VIDEO: 'Making Of' Bullitt short is period awesomeness</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/">VIDEO: 'Making Of' Bullitt short is period awesomeness</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=952448>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19131942/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div align="center"><strong><em><small>Making of Bullitt - click image above to <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/">watch the video</a></small></em></strong><a href="javascript:void(0);/*1250568397154*/"><br /></a></div>
<br />When megastar Steve McQueen and director Peter Yates set out to make <em>Bullitt</em>, the object was to make a "real" film with one of the most ambitious chase scenes in the history of cinema. And they did it before computers and CGI enabled filmmakers to do the lion's share of the dangerous work with the click of a mouse. The chase scene in Bullitt remains an all-time classic, with McQueen's 1968 Mustang Bullitt going head-to-head with a black 1968 Charger R/T 440 Magnum. <br /><br />The chase was real, with speeds surpassing 100 mph on the hilly streets of San Francisco. Steve McQueen teamed up with stunt driver extraordinaire Bill Hickman, and the other cars in the scene were driven by eight of the best stunt drivers around to create an epic high speed chase for the ages.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/">Hit the jump</a> to view a 10-minute "making of" documentary of the movie<em> Bullitt</em>. It's an excellent work that shows how much thought and emotion was invested in the making of the film. Our favorite part comes when McQueen describes the chase scene in <em>Bullitt</em>:<br /><blockquote><em>"The big problems, of course, with doing a chase as dangerous as this on the street is that nothing comes off like wheels, axles, shock absorbers, because the things we did on the streets with automobiles I don't think will not be done again for a long long time." <br /></em></blockquote>We're still waiting, Steve, and we're not holding our breath. As an added bonus, we've added the video from the chase scene in <em>Bullitt</em> to refresh your memory. <em>Hat tip to Richard!</em><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/17/video-sort-of-multi-million-dollar-ferrari-250-tr-crashing-at/"><br /><br />[Source: </a><a href="http://%20http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=952448">MySpace</a> via <a href="http://www.auto-focus.us/autoblog/2009/08/17/video-making-of-bullitt">Auto-Focus</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>VIDEO: 'Making Of' Bullitt short is period awesomeness</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/">VIDEO: 'Making Of' Bullitt short is period awesomeness</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=952448>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19131942/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/18/video-making-of-bullitt-short-is-period-awesomeness/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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