Bullitt (Two-Disc Special Edition) | 
| Directors: Mimi Freedman, Peter Yates
Actors: Steve Mcqueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  240 reviews
Sales Rank: 875
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: WARD002522D
ISBN: 1419810774
UPC: 012569705944
EAN: 9781419810770
ASIN: B0008ENHTE
Theatrical Release Date: October 17, 1968
Release Date: May 31, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/15/2008
Amazon.com essential video
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
Amazon.com
San Francisco has been the setting of a lot of exciting movie car chases over the years, but this 1968 police thriller is still the one to beat when it comes to high-octane action on the steep hills of the city by the Bay. The outstanding car chase earned an Oscar for best editing, but the rest of the movie is pretty good, too. Bullitt is a perfect star vehicle for cool guy Steve McQueen, who stars as a tenacious detective (is there any other kind?) determined to track down the killers of the star witness in an important trial. Director Peter Yates (Breaking Away) approached the story with an emphasis on absolute authenticity, using a variety of San Francisco locations. Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Duvall appear in early roles, and Robert Vaughn plays the criminal kingpin who pulls the deadly strings of the tightly wound plot. --Jeff Shannon
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 Classic Steve May 24, 2009
High Desert (High Desert, Nv United States)
McQueen really enjoyed making this movie and it showed.
I have friends that knew him and he lived for excitement
and challenge. His confidence in his driving abilities
can not be more quable. Miss You!
Bullitt May 22, 2009
Alan A. Zurawski
A classic. The plot slows at times, but has the greatest car chase ever filmed, and a great ending. A great story, well told.
Bullitt review May 20, 2009
Joe Doakes
This movie has one of the top three car chases ever (the other two are the car chase in "To Live and Die in L.A." with William Peterson, and the car chase in the first Jason Borne movie with Matt Damon). Robert Vaughn gives his best ever performance in any film.
 Film: ***** Blu-Ray Disc: * Rent it, or buy it used or on mark down... May 5, 2009
apc-discs-books (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Better view than the DVD. But only worth renting, or if it can be purchased used or on mark down at $5 or less.
A great film with very problematic picture and sound quality on Blu-Ray. The source transfer for "Bullit" has obviously not been re-done for Blu-Ray, and appears to be the same source transfer used for the older DVD edition of this film. Although the superior medium and capabilities of a 1080p Blu-Ray disc make this an upgraded way to view this material, the limitations of an aging source transfer abound and call attention to themselves. Detail is OK in well lit scenes, much less so on indirectly lit surfaces and shadows. Blacks are unstable and milky, and there is motion judder and blur of in motion detail in shadows. Skin tone and texture show the waxy effect of DNR (digital noise reduction). Surface detail is mediocre at best. Sharpening is obvious and annoying. All in all a better view than the DVD version. But only worth renting, or if it can be purchased used or on mark down at $5 or less.
This review is for the blu-ray quality (or lack of blu-ray quality) April 14, 2009
Jeani Rector
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This review is to address the blu-ray quality of this movie.
It is awful. Grainy, flat, milky. If you want this movie, buy it on DVD, not on blu-ray. Paying extra for blu-ray is a waste of money in this case.
As everyone knows, old movies just don't transfer well to blu-ray....but this one transferred worse than most.
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