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Before wed shoot a scene, everyone, the location people, the police department, the stuntmen, the director and Steve, would get into discussions. Bullitt - Car Chase - Complete Reel SF Copyright 2023 Silent Cal Productions, LLC. Bullitt thwarts a second assassination attempt at the hospital, but Ross dies from his earlier wounds. Im a sucker for espionage flicks set in Europe. Also, according to the book entitled The Films of Steve McQueen by Casey St. Charnaz, the other reason for McQueens removal from the Mustang was that McQueens wife at the time found out that he wanted to do all his own driving and apparently SHE had some input into the decision not to have him do all the driving. One of the few modern car chases I like is from The Bourne Supremacy (2004). See where the "Fast and Furious" movies and "Mad Max: Fury Road" land on our list. The 13th episode of TV series Alcatraz includes a recreation of the chase scene, with newer models of the Mustang and Charger. The next few scenes are in the Bernal and Potrero areas; you can see green hills to the southwest on the horizon in one shot. Yes, they use tricks to make cars do things that are not physically possible, it is mostly quick cuts that I find annoying, and there are continuity problems (damage seen at one moment is not there in a subsequent scene), but the innovations the filmmakers developed to allow a camera to film the star in the car during the chase made the sequence very exciting. Car chase scene in Bullitt - Credit: Solar and Warner Bros. Pictures 893 Filbert St Address 893 Filbert St San Francisco, CA 94133, USA Popular with locals and tourists alike for many years, the city's steep streets gained international fame thanks to Bullitt. All rights reserved. They top a rise and Angel Island comes into view slightly on the left, placing them on about Stockton and Chestnut. At the movies: Rewatching Bullitt - Hagerty Media In the ensuing decades, the car was assumed to be lost. But thats in a train station. Both were painted Highland Green and had the GT package with 390 CID engines. With a slope of 31.5% in places, Filbert Street connects Lyon Street, next to the Presidio, and Telegraph Hill. In the scenes in the Charger with Hickman, he was scared to death. Sanchez and Garcia are now in the process of giving the car a full restoration. I think its the best car chase of any James Bond movie (though the parking garage chase from Tomorrow Never Dies and the chase down the Greek hills from For Your Eyes Only give it a run for its money). Well, I wasnt going to argue, so I said, okay, fine. McQueens stint as a stunt driver didnt last long, however. Mafia men in a Dodge Charger tail Frank Bullitt, but he . In reality they only filmed on sections of the route but thats movie business for ya! Car '558 had been damaged severely during filming and was subsequently sent to a scrapyard. "[21][22] Katharine Ross was offered the role of Cathy but turned it down as she felt that the part was just too small.