Here is a great thread about "Bullitt" being filmed.
http://selvedgeyard.com/2009/09/26/required-viewing-bullitt-the-granddaddy-of-car-chase-scenes/
Remember the car chase climax, the Charger flying into the gas station and immolating everything, including the bad guys? When they were filming that, the Charger was being towed, and they cut it loose to go to its impact, but they calculated wrong, it missed the gas station! The incendiary charges were triggered though, the gas station exploded, and a bit of editing covered the error.
Plenty of great reading about everything to do w/the filming, from how they decided what cars to use, to arrangements w/SFPD for street filming, the stunt drivers, mods to the cars for safety, reliability, and being able to use it the next day, just a great trove of info on the movie, which I'm gonna assume, probably everyone on here has seen multiple times. Is there anyone reading this who hasn't seen the movie?
Steve talking w/some young neighborhood residents/fans during the filming. Crop the adult woman's arm out of the picture, and I think that would be one of my favorite pics of McQueen, ever. He's on a Triumph. Wonder if it's the one that does a slide-out close-to the end of the car chase.
http://selvedgeyard.com/2009/09/26/required-viewing-bullitt-the-granddaddy-of-car-chase-scenes/
Remember the car chase climax, the Charger flying into the gas station and immolating everything, including the bad guys? When they were filming that, the Charger was being towed, and they cut it loose to go to its impact, but they calculated wrong, it missed the gas station! The incendiary charges were triggered though, the gas station exploded, and a bit of editing covered the error.
Plenty of great reading about everything to do w/the filming, from how they decided what cars to use, to arrangements w/SFPD for street filming, the stunt drivers, mods to the cars for safety, reliability, and being able to use it the next day, just a great trove of info on the movie, which I'm gonna assume, probably everyone on here has seen multiple times. Is there anyone reading this who hasn't seen the movie?
Steve talking w/some young neighborhood residents/fans during the filming. Crop the adult woman's arm out of the picture, and I think that would be one of my favorite pics of McQueen, ever. He's on a Triumph. Wonder if it's the one that does a slide-out close-to the end of the car chase.