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Cleanup needed: Excess bullets in 'Quotes' section.

Done. Slowmover 20:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Does the Green VW need to be mentioned? It was seen (and used to identify it as such) as a purposefully repeated sequence to show the same section from different angles, first from the Charger, then behind from the top of the Fillmore, then from the Mustang, then in a follow car, then from the intersection where they pulled the left.

I thought that could be added under a trivia section or something similar. Watching Bullitt pass a white car, a green car, and make a sharp turn on a downhill section several times seemed fishy. Instinctually, I'm guessing the reason was for cost saving measures, but it did provide unique, multiple angles as you noted. Since the car chase scene is the defining feature of the movie, and the Green VW plays a large (albeit inconspicuous) role, it should be mentioned. LostCause 10:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

The film did win the Oscar for best editing, I don't see that given for such ham fisted editing. The other point that it is actually a device (to obviously show the same section over and over again), is that the sound and editing style changes as soon as they complete the cycle. It seems that they are trying to make the chase like a song with the VW being the bridge of the song between 2 different sections. It's just far too obvious to be anything but an intentional device, not a cost cutting measure. Again they don't give editing Oscars for cost cutting obvious gaffes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.213.203.12 (talk) 20:14, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

"Allegedly a parody of the chase scene is in Clint Eastwood film The Dead Pool"

This needs a source or citation, otherwise should be removed.

Why is Bullit refering to Bullitt? Bullit is a popular Dutch energy drink and major sponsor of a world championship darter (raymond van barneveld) so it's probably also known outside the netherlands, in my opinion Bullit should not directly refer to Bullitt...

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[edit] Car chase section

I just finished a copy-edit of this section—mostly moving things around a bit—and I'd really welcome opinions. Make sure I didn't change the meaning of anything. I added the sourced fact about the Mustang reproductions, and all I removed was:

The production company was denied permission to film on the Golden Gate Bridge.

I just couldn't find a place where this fit. It wasn't related to any other fact in the section. (It could use a source too.) One last thing. The fact about being voted the best car chase in film history—it now needs a source, badly. There were 3, but they were all bad and I couldn't find a replacement. If anybody can find a reference for this, please add it. Or perhaps if you could find a nicely sourced similar fact, you could replace this one. Anyway, this is a great article. Hope I improved it just a little. --AnnaFrance (talk) 02:29, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:B70-10404.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:B70-10404.jpg

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[edit] Article for use

Here's an article about Ford releasing a new Mustang based on the one used in the film, if anyone wants to make mention of it in the car chase section.