Do all of the best car chases in movie history result in crashes?
What’s the Greatest Car Chase in Movie History? This Metafliter post prompts the question. Thanks to YouTube and Pollhost we can settle it now. Watch the clips and vote in the poll at the bottom. In chronological order: Bullitt (1968), Steve McQueen, San Francisco Style points: San Francisco hills, motorcycles, gunplay, fireball wreck The French Connection (1971), Gene Hackman, Brooklyn Style points: gunplay, elevated train, crash-n-bash The Seven-Ups (1973), Roy Schieder in New York City Style points: massive tire squeal, busted fruit crates, smashing a police barricade, gunplay, potential decapitation Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), Peter Fonda in rural America Style points: telephone pole wipeout, helicopter pursuit, firey finale The Blues Brothers (1980), Dan Akroyd and John Belushi, Chicago Style points: massive cop car destruction, gunplay, Nazis, car-swallowing pothole, Mission from God The Road Warrior (1981), Mel Gibson in the post-Apocalyptic Australian Outback Style points: g
Bullitt is a 1968 American thriller film starring Steve McQueen. It was directed by Peter Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. The story was adapted for the screen by Alan Trustman and Harry Kleiner, based on the novel titled Mute Witness (1963) by Robert L. Fish (aka Robert L. Pike). Lalo Schifrin wrote the original music score, a mix of jazz, brass and percussion. The film won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller) and was nominated 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 probably best-remembered for its car chase scene through the streets of San Francisco, regarded as one of the most influential car chase sequences in movie history.[1] The scene had Bullitt in a dark “Highland Green” 1968 Ford Mustang 390 CID Fastback, chasing two hit-men in a “Tuxedo Black” 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum. In 2007, Bullitt was selected for preservation in the United S
