Steve McQueen Documentry on Decades Channel

[302 Hi Pro]

Have the Decades Channel on in the garage and they have an interesting documentary on Actor Steve McQueen. It has a segment on the making of his Billet film that featured the big car chase.

I noticed when McQueen layer on the throttle, his Mustang GT 390 had an open rear differential as it only laid down one rubber strip on the passenger side.

They mentioned that it took weeks to complete the chase scene. Interesting stuff.

Enjoy your weekend,
302 Hi Pro

 

[superhero]

Have the Decades Channel on in the garage and they have an interesting documentary on Actor Steve McQueen. It has a segment on the making of his Billet film that featured the big car chase.

I noticed when McQueen layer on the throttle, his Mustang GT 390 had an open rear differential as it only laid down one rubber strip on the passenger side.

They mentioned that it took weeks to complete the chase scene. Interesting stuff.

Enjoy your weekend,
302 Hi Pro

Lol...weeks
I'm sure a few sets of tires also.
Would of loved to have been on the set for that filming.
Actors/Drivers like that are a rare breed. McQueen had some mighty big shoes to fill. One of the best cut short!!
Paul Walker was in the running but.....

 

[k98dave]

It also took two Mustangs and several cameras setups. Read a story years ago from Bill Pullman, McQueens buddy & stunt driver (Bad guy driving the Charger) about all the repair work that had to do to keep the cars together. I know they lost an oil pan on one of the jumps and damage to front suspension mounts. I recall two things that surprised me, 1. The Charger actually held up better and 2. It was faster top end believe it or not. Big as they were they were not all that heavy and the 440 was a very strong motor.

 

[302BOB]

Steve & his counterpart in racing and acting, Paul Newman were demons behind the wheel. Both are gone...may they race in peace..........

 

[302 Hi Pro]

It was stated that the chase scene took 6 weeks to complete. It was very interesting.

2HP

 

[TMSBOSS]

Likely so. In the 60's and 70's a director had to wait hours to days to see what was on the film he shot. Today, they simply replay the video shot and see their shots in Almost real time.

 

[302BOB]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7du5s_steve-mcqueens-bullitt-car-chase-se_newsThat chase scene took so long to make because that little green Volkswagen was always in the the way........

 

[steveespo]

McQueen was really the King of Cool in the 60s/early 70s. Bullitt was a bad detective story with great car chase scenes. LeMans was a great racing movie with lousy love story.

 

[302BOB]

I will NEVER get tired of watching ( listening) to that chase scene. Steve was the man & his Bullitt was the Boss...Pun intended..............