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Bullitt

For other uses, see Bullitt (disambiguation).

Bullitt
Theatrical release poster by Michel Landi
Directed byPeter Yates
Screenplay by
Based onMute Witness
by Robert L. Fish
Produced byPhilip D'Antoni
Starring
CinematographyWilliam A. Fraker
Edited byFrank P. Keller
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date
  • October 17, 1968 (1968-10-17)[1]
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[2]
Box office$42.3 million (~$283 million in 2023)[3]

Bullitt is a 1968 American neo-noir action thriller film[4] directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. The picture stars Steve McQueen as the title character, San Francisco police detective Frank Bullitt, who pursues a group of mobsters after they kill the witness he's been assigned to protect. The cast also features Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland and Norman Fell.[5] The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness[6][7][8][9] by Robert L. Fish, under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike.[10][11] The film was made by McQueen's Solar Productions company, with his partner Robert Relyea as executive producer. Lalo Schifrin wrote the original jazz-inspired score.

Released by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on October 17, 1968, the film was a critical and box-office success, later winning the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller) and receiving a nomination for Best Sound. Writers Trustman and Kleiner won a 1969 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Bullitt is famous for its car chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, which is regarded as one of the most influential in film history.[12][13][14][15]

In 2007, Bullitt was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[16][17]

  1. ^ Bullitt at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "British Director to Film U.S. Dilemma" Lesner, Sam. Los Angeles Times, February 9, 1968: c14.
  3. ^ "Box Office Information for Bullitt". Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. The Numbers. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Bullitt (1968) - Peter Yates". AllMovie. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Bullitt". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 30, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  6. ^ Monush 2009, p. 274.
  7. ^ Eagan 2009, p. 641.
  8. ^ Eliot, Marc (2011). Steve McQueen: A Biography (1st ed.). New York City: Crown Archetype. ISBN 978-0-3074-5321-1. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  9. ^ Murphy 1999, p. 179.
  10. ^ Pike, Robert L. (1963). Mute Witness. New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 978-9-9975-2787-5.
  11. ^ Kabatchnik 2012, p. 231.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ebert was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Maltin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Levy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Weber was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "National Film Registry 2007". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  17. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2020.

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