Tag: Bullitt
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How William Friedkin’s The French Connection Defined The Modern Movie Car Chase
There were car chases in movies before Peter Yates’ “Bullitt,” but the notion of the car chase as a showstopping set piece did not really exist before Steve McQueen hopped in a Highland Green Ford Mustang Gt fastback and tore ass all over the hilly streets of San Francisco. Suddenly, vehicular mayhem was an obligatory…
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Steve McQueen Was the True King of Cool in This 8-Minute Scene
Ali MacGraw once said of her then-husband Steve McQueen in an interview with People Magazine, “This was a man who could walk into any room and man, woman, and child all would go, ‘Whoa, what’s that?’ And I was no exception.” Well, that’s some pretty high praise for “The King of Cool” who thrilled us…
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Pierce Brosnan’s Best Role Was Emulating Steve McQueen
If there’s any film that explains why Steve McQueen was known as “the King of Cool,” it’s 1968’s The Thomas Crown Affair. While Bullitt, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Papillon, and The Towering Inferno are all classics in their own right, it’s the relative simplicity of McQueen’s slick demeanor in The Thomas Crown Affair…
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Bradley Cooper Might Have Quit Acting If It Weren’t For Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza
Bradley Cooper has had an unusual career. He managed to break out of being typecast as what IndieWire dubbed in 2015 “weaselly boyfriends or best friends in mainstream comedies” to become one of the most celebrated, multi-faceted talents in Hollywood today. Now set to star in Steven Spielberg’s “Bullitt” movie, and with his second directorial…
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Steven Spielberg to Direct Bradley Cooper in New ‘Bullitt’ Movie
Steven Spielberg has found his Bullitt. Bradley Cooper has been cast in the director’s upcoming original film about Frank Bullitt, the character made famous from the 1968 Steven McQueen thriller.Based on the 1963 novel “Mute Witness” by Robert L. Fish, the original “Bullitt” starred the late McQueen as the title character, a San Francisco Police…
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Steve McQueen’s Bullitt Set A New Standard For What Car Chase Scenes Could Be
The car chase was one of many innovations of the New Hollywood era, where on-location authenticity supplanted studio backlot fakery. Yes, there were car chases in movies before Peter Yates’ “Bullitt,” but they tended to be laden with process shots featuring actors at the wheel while the image projected behind them veered out of control.…
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Steven Spielberg Developing Original Frank Bullitt Movie
Steven Spielberg is developing an original feature film based on the character of Frank Bullitt, the San Francisco cop first played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller “Bullitt.”Josh Singer is set to write the screenplay, with regular Spielberg collaborator Kristie Macosko Krieger on board to produce with the director. McQueen’s son Chad McQueen and…
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Steven Spielberg To Resurrect Classic Steve McQueen Character Frank Bullitt In New Movie
Steven Spielberg is once again putting his cinematic spin on an existing classic. According to Variety, the legendary filmmaker is developing an original film about the character Frank Bullitt, who was first introduced in the 1968 action classic “Bullitt.”Spielberg is set to direct the as-yet-untitled film, which still needs a script, cast, and distributor. Josh…
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Pablo Ferro, Legendary Title Designer for ‘Dr. Strangelove,’ Dies at 83
Pablo Ferro, who designed the title sequences for classic films like Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, Bullitt, Men In Black, and A Clockwork Orange, has died from complications from pneumonia in Sedona, Ariz. He was 83.Ferro’s family confirmed the news to industry publication the Art of the Title. Read full article
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9 Things We Learned at the ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Press Conference
Here are the key things we learned at a press conference for the latest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp.’ Watch our video here.1. The movie is a sequel to ‘Captain America: Civil War‘ and deals with Scott Lang’s decision to take Hank Pym’s suit and fight with the Avengers.2. The…