Steve McQueen’s mean green Ford Mustang in the 1968 movie “Bullitt” isn’t just a car. The muscular vehicle plays a secondary role in the film as a supporting actor, notes Walter Franco, museum curator at LeMay – America’s Car Museum. The thrilling, extended car chase scenes jumping ...
These famous movie cars have influenced generations, inspired car culture, and become the stuff of every kid's dreams.
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Bullitt’s iconic car chase over the hills of San Francisco—a tire-squealing, exhaust-spewing, suspension-crunching affair if there ever was one—lasted 10 rollicking minutes on film. But it took four weeks to shoot in block-by-block chunks, reported stunt driver Loren Janes in a 2011 int...
“Bullitt” (1968): “Get Carter” (1971): “Against All Odds” (1984): “Good Guys Wear Black” (1978): “Ekusu doraibâ” (éX-Driver) (2000): “Lost Highway” (1997): “Un homme et une femme” (1966): “Pulp Fiction” (1994): ...
Ford unveiled thefirst Ford Mustang Bullitt in 2001 to commemorate the famous car chase scene in Steve McQueen's 1968 filmof the same name. After briefly disappearing, it became one of the more widely produced muscle cars based on a movie sold between 2008 and 2019. While Steve McQueen fans...
A generation later, chase scenes were still pumping up box office revenues, as evidenced by the success of Bullitt and The French Connection. By then cars occasionally had taken on a persona of their own in cartoons, and notably in the film adaptation of Steven King's novel Christine, as ...
Carried out through OnePoll.com, the research also identified the greatest car chases of all time.Number one was the sequence from The Italian Job, second place went to the chase in Bullitt and third spot went to the scene from 1971’s The French Connection....
The 1968 Ford Mustang GT may be the most iconic muscle car of all, thanks to its co-starring role in the Steve McQueen movieBullitt. McQueen piloted a Highland Green Mustang with a 390-cubic-inch V8 to immortality in what many consider to be the greatest movie car chase of all. To cel...
The 1969 Dodge Charger R/T is another muscle car that captured the imagination of enthusiasts, partly due to its appearance in pop culture, most notably in The Dukes of Hazzard and the famous chase scene in Bullitt. The R/T model came with a 440-cubic-inch V8 engine, delivering 375 hors...