If they use a 60's mustang ok. If they use a new mustang forget it.

 

Hard to beat the original, such a classic movie. But once in a while remakes can be good/great. Such as Gone in 60 Seconds.

 

Oh boy. I think this Bullitt redo idea should be shelved.

 

Is nothing sacred anymore?😡
Don‘t answer that, I already know the answer.

 

Apparently all original ideas have been exhausted...

 

I wouldn't call it a remake since they plan on using a different storyline.

 

Ok. Bullitt "reloaded" should be shelved.

 

Agreed. Its loathsome and lazy what film makers do when trying to ", remake or expand an original.

Chris

 

A little research goes a long way:

"he (Spielberg) is now developing an untitled original film featuring the character of Frank Bullitt as portrayed by Steve McQueen in the groundbreaking San Francisco cop movie Bullitt (Certified Fresh at 98%), which is famous for its big car chase sequence. Whatever the Bullitt project ends up being titled, Spielberg will both direct and produce it for Warner Bros."

Steven Spielberg to Revive Bullitt in a New Film, and More Movie News

We may get Beetlejuice 2 and a Harry Houdini biopic (finally), Nolan's Oppenheimer adds even more stars, Coppola will finance Megalopolis himself, and Jack Harlow Can't Jump.

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NOT a remake. So it will be an original story, but leveraging a pre-existing character, which sounds pretty fun to me. I mean, we're not talking about Bret Ratner here. This Spielberg guy has directed some pretty good movies.

 

And some absolute bombs as well.

 

Also, let's be honest with ourselves. It's a boring movie with a fun car chase. Iconic as it is, that car chase is rife with technical screw ups too. Don't get me wrong, good for it's day, but through a more modern lens it's got problems. Whether it's the Charger losing 6 hubcaps, or running into the camera and dropping a frame, or passing the same Beetle multiple times, it's fine. Really only noteworthy because of the cars chosen and one of the drivers.

I still love it for what it is, but we need to quit treating this mediocre movie like its Citizen Kane.

/rant

 

As I've mentioned in another post, I think Bullitt is a pretty good movie. But it's not an action movie. Just because it has a famous car chase people expect it to be like "The Fast and the Furious" which it's not. It's a detective movie and the Fast & Furious crowd see and it and think, "Gee, this movie is really boring. When do they go to outer space?".

 

It sounds more like a sequel and im all for that !

 

When it comes to the original "Bullitt", four words come to mind: "Car chase" and "Jacqueline Bisset". Not the same images of Jacqueline in "The Deep", but she was still looking good.

 

I saw this thread earlier today and was going to post that same thing. Yep, two things come to mind: car chase and mostly Jacqueline Bisset She was one of my teenage crushes..Well still is..lol .

 

Really only noteworthy because of the cars chosen and one of the drivers.

2 drivers- Steve McQueen and Bill Hickman who is the Charger driver and is the same driver from the chase scene in the French Connection (He also played a Detective in the movie). I think he was also the driver in the Seven Ups

 

Hickman was the stunt driver in the Seven Ups among many other movies. Somewhat unusual, but Hickman actually played roles in movies in conjunction with being the stunt driver. So you can see Hickman in films.

I think the actor in the passenger seat about crapped himself with Hickman's driving if you ever watch this scene.

 

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you mean remake !

 

Maybe Charlie’s Angels come back with a rocking Pinto.

 

Bullet was the best car chase movie ever. Spielberg may be a great director but I just watched his remake of West Side Story. It was boring. Leave the classic alone.

 

It’s surely the most iconic, as it’s arguably the first modern car chase on film, but I’d put the chases in The French Connection and Ronin above it personally. But like most “best” things, it’s subjective.

I haven’t seen his West Side, but the man made Raiders of the Lost Ark. that’s just cherry picking from some of the greatest movies ever, but c’mon. Raiders.

 

I wonder who will be staring ?

 

The King of cool can’t be replaced.

 

I thought that the car chase scene from Bullitt was, and still is imo, hands down the best car chase scene in a movie of all time. Not saying that it can't be beaten, but I think that will be quite difficult to do as most new movies shoot the cars driving at 25-30 mph or whatever but have the camera rolling alongside or use certain angles and cutaways to make it seem like they're driving really fast when they obviously aren't. They'll use exhaust sounds that are clearly not from the cars involved in the scenes and the realism just isn't even close. Like how a car will easily keep up with a motorcycle that is considerably lighter and faster, especially with regards to acceleration. The thing that impressed me so much about Bullitt is that it actually felt like you were there in the cars with them, that they were actually doing the stunts and driving crazy speeds and without any CGI or crazy special effects, because obviously they didn't have that technology available back then. They had to drive faster for the realistic effect as well as the car crashes and so forth.

Obviously it's not a perfect car chase scene with all of the hubcaps flying off, the same VW beetle being used multiple times as well as other vehicles, the charger actually driving around the gas station and never actually hitting it and so forth. But it looked and felt imo much more real than any other car chase scene since then that's loaded with CGI, special effects and a bunch of other stuff added to it. I also liked the scene at the end where Bullitt is at the airport, but yes the rest of the movie is definitely on the slower side. I think that there are some other pretty good car chase scenes out there like Gone in Sixty Seconds, Ronin, The Bourne Identity, The French Connection, both versions of The Italian Job, Vanishing Point and so forth. My favorite part of the GISS scene was when the helicopter was chasing him through the flood control area next to the freeway and he hits the nitrous button leaving them all behind him in the dust. But again, I highly doubt with how safe and cautious movies tend to be nowadays that he was actually doing 150 mph, or anywhere even close to that. And because of that, I don't think it's likely that we'll see a better car chase that beats Bullitt in terms of the realism needed to get the shots that they needed.

 

I don't think it's likely that we'll see a better car chase that beats Bullitt in terms of the realism needed to get the shots that they needed.

Realism like the sped-up burnout or the time Steve upshifted over a dozen times in a row? Lol, I’m not crapping on the movie or the chase scene. It’s important for a reason, I just think we should recognize it for both its greatness and its flaws.

 

My wife and I had a short spot on the Food Network's "Great Food Truck Race", Season 6, Episode 2. We were in Sedona, AZ, for the weekend and stopped at Safeway grocery store to get food supplies for the weekend. A bunch of folks with cameras and boom mikes were running around, and all of a sudden I hear an announcement over the PA that whoever parked a red F150 outside the store could come up to the front and talk to the manager. That was us, so my wife stayed in the checkout line and I found the manager. He said they were filming an episode of the Food Truck Race and if we could move our vehicle to make space for the one of the competitors. Got $10 off our grocery bill for doing that, and while I was parking my truck, and producer came up and asked if I would be willing to be interviewed for the show if we bought something from one of the trucks. I agreed to, signed a release and waited around. Then I saw my wife doing the same. We bought some waffles from the "Waffles of Love" truck, and then got interviewd. We both gave our reviews of the waffles, but only my wife's portion was aired. I'm standing next to her blinking like a startled bird while she says what she has to say. Yeah, I looked like a dork. My interview didn't air because they caught me with my mouth full of waffle and whipped cream...probably looked like a sloppy dork then. Had quite a few folks after the episode aired call and say they saw us on TV.

 

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I’ve never watched Bullitt. I’ve heard plenty about it though. Go ahead and shoot me.

 

No big deal. Movies are subjective. I joke about being a movie snob. If someone thinks "American Pie" is the greatest achievement in cinematic history, I'm not going to agree, but OK, cool. You like what you like. I took the time to watch "Bullitt" and I thought it was a very good movie. Your mileage may vary.

 

I can see it now.... loaded with CGI and special effects.... and Nic Cage as Frank Bullitt... I'll stay home and pop in the DVD....

Edit: Also, the cars will be a new Mach-E and a Hellcat and thousands of Gen Z'ers will fawn over the cars.

 

I can see it now.... loaded with CGI and special effects.... and Nic Cage as Frank Bullitt...

Spielberg is not Jerry Bruckheimer.

 

I remember seeing "Bullitt" in the theater when I was a kid. Saw it with my Mom. She really liked it because she grew up in San Francisco and recognized a lot of the areas shown in the movie. There were portions in the chase scene where the camera is mounted in back seat looking out the windshield. In the theater, I felt like I was actually riding in the car and my stomach doing the roller coaster flip flops when the cars would go over a hill.

 

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The best car chase movie ever made can be summed up in two words. ”Vanishing Point” NO not the remake, the original 70’s version. The engine sound of that big ole mopar is just music to my ears. But I enjoy watching Bullit, all of it. A great car chase and I personally like the whole movie.

 

"Vanishing Point" is another movie I watched in the theater and remember being absolutely stunned at the end. I've been to the little town of Cisco, Utah, where the beginning/ending were filmed and retrieved an old oil can out of the remnants of the Shell station that can be seen in the movie.