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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 1656
Released: May 31, 2005 |
| Our Price: $8.66 |
| Used Price: $7.99 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
His new assignment seems routine: protecting a star witness for an important trial. But before the night is out, the witness lies dying and cool, no-nonsense Detective Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) won't rest until the shooters and the kingpin pulling their strings are nailed. From opening shot to closing shootout, Bullitt crackles with authenticity: San Francisco locations, crisp dialogue and to-the-letter police, hospital and morgue procedures. An Oscar winner for Best Film Editing (1968), this razor-edged thriller features one of cinema history's most memorable car chases. Buckle up and brace for unbeatable action.
DVD Features:Audio Commentary:Commentary by Director Peter YatesDocumentaries:The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Steve McQueen: The Essence of CoolFeaturette:Vintage Featurette -- Bullitt: Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
Description of Bullitt (Two-Disc Special Edition):
Peter Yates's 1968 cop drama has its existentialist pretensions, but there is something seductive about its strained seriousness and Steve McQueen's intentionally stoic performance as a San Francisco police detective on the trail of a murderer. A couple of key action sequences boost the film's stature, the most memorable of which is a vertiginous car chase that Yates almost approaches as a dance. Jacqueline Bisset provides window dressing as Bullitt's girlfriend--worried about how much his job strips away his humanity--and Robert Vaughan is almost reptilian as an opportunistic politician. --Tom Keogh
Bullitt (Two-Disc Special Edition) Reviews:
Very Poor Quality 
2009-12-01 - I have both the standard DVD and now (unfortunately) have the Blu-ray DVD. I was very disappointed in the extremely grainy picture quality on this disc. After watching the movie on Blu-ray I inserted the standard DVD and compared a few scenes. The main difference I can see on the Blu-ray copy is that some scenes appeared brighter. Even on sale for $9.99 this was a waste of money.
1968 film, on dvd: Bullitt. 
2009-11-30 - Steve McQueen's best film, and one of the best car chases, in a film, as well.
STEVE MCQUEEN .
2009-11-23 - TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING MOVIE.THE PRICE WAS JUST RIGHT,FAST DELIVERY.I AM VERY HAPPY WITH IT AND I WILL PASS THE WORD ABOUT YOU TO MY MATES OK? AGAIN THANK YOU AAAA+++++
CHEERS.J.G.
Bullitt
2009-11-02 - This tw- disc package is fantastic! Not only do we get to see a great movie, we also can enjoy a biography of Steve McQueen, plus a short on his influence on "Bullitt" plus another short on the techniques of movie editing.
Vern Waight
THE ASSASSINS ALMOST 'DODGE'D A BULLITT!!
2009-10-31 - Most people remember this film for perhaps the best (or one of the best) car chase scenes in film history with Steve McQueen (driving himself) in a Mustang Fastback chasing two gangsters in a Dodge Charger up and down the hills of San Francisco. It is memorable to be sure, but the movie, as a whole, is decent. While there is some brief but bloody violence it's not just a shoot 'em up film. Steve McQueen insisted that it be realistic and as a result you do get inside the character's heads. You experience detective work as much of it really happens, methodical with patience. Bullitt is assigned to what should be a fairly routine witness protection weekend assignment at the request of Senator Chalmers (Vaughn) who is on a crusade to clean up the mob and get credit for it - the credit is what he mostly cares about. This is his star witness and the hearings will be his stage. However, the assignment quickly goes bad and Bullitt wants to find out who leaked the location and who are the assassins. There are enough twists and turns to keep you involved and, of course, there's the car chase. Roger Ebert likes it because the role of the stoic cop Bullitt is so close to the real Steve McQueen.
