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* GenreTurningPoint: After this film came out and wowed audiences with its famous ChaseScene, shooting car chases by just having actors DrivingADesk or [[UnderCrank speeding up footage of cars moving at normal speed]] wasn't gonna cut it anymore.
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* GenreTurningPoint: After this film came out and wowed audiences with its famous ChaseScene, shooting car chases by just having actors DrivingADesk or [[UnderCrank [[{{Undercrank}} speeding up footage of cars moving at normal speed]] wasn't gonna cut it anymore.
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** The famous car chase scene was the first done at full speed, not relying on overcranking.{{undercrank}}ing. It still holds on its own, which is impressive all by itself, but from modern perspective, it lacks the sheer "wow!" effect of being one of the first "real" car chases.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Half a century after his small role in this film, Creator/RobertDuvall appeared in ''Widows'', directed by the ''other'' Creator/SteveMcQueenDirector.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Half Creator/RobertDuvall has a century after his small role in this film, Creator/RobertDuvall appeared and half a century later, he would appear in ''Widows'', directed by the ''other'' Creator/SteveMcQueenDirector.Creator/{{Steve McQueen|Director}}.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon:
** The famous car chase scene was the first done at full speed, not relying on overcranking. It still holds on its own, which is impressive all by itself, but from modern perspective, it lacks the sheer "wow!" effect of being one of the first "real" car chases.
** The film introduced and codified the concept of a CowboyCop, and one that's deeply flawed at that. Both of those concepts became bread and butter of cop movies and series.
** The famous car chase scene was the first done at full speed, not relying on overcranking. It still holds on its own, which is impressive all by itself, but from modern perspective, it lacks the sheer "wow!" effect of being one of the first "real" car chases.
** The film introduced and codified the concept of a CowboyCop, and one that's deeply flawed at that. Both of those concepts became bread and butter of cop movies and series.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The famous car chase scene was the first done at full speed, not relying on overcranking. The pacing is remarkably slow and longwinded compared to what is accomplished later, though you can imagine the shots of the cars gaining air off the San Francisco inclines wowing audiences at the time.
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* TheScrappy: You'll find very few fans of Cathy considering she has no reason to exist other than to be the title character's love interest.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The [[TechnologyMarchesOn now-hopelessly-obsolete]] fax machine that Bullitt and the rest of the cops stare at for several minutes as it's printing a photograph, which is being transmitted over a dial-up Telex line.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The [[TechnologyMarchesOn now-hopelessly-obsolete]] fax machine machine[[note]]The Xerox Magnafax Telecopier, state of the art in 1968[[/note]] that Bullitt and the rest of the cops stare at for several minutes as it's printing a photograph, which is being transmitted over a dial-up Telex line.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: It seems when all is said is done at least [[spoiler: Bullitt's girlfriend seems to have decided to stay with him]].
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Based on Robert L. Fish's crime novel ''Mute Witness''. The movie is a pretty close adaptation, the main difference is that the main character is named Clancy is much more of a working class schlub than the super-cool antihero Bullitt.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Based on Robert L. Fish's crime novel ''Mute Witness''. The movie is a pretty close adaptation, the main difference (besides the setting moving from Boston to San Francisco) is that the main character is named Lt. Clancy is much more of a working class schlub than the super-cool antihero Bullitt.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Based on Robert L. Fish's crime novel ''Mute Witness''. The movie is a pretty close adaptation, the main difference is that the main character is named Clancy is much more of a working class schlub than the super-cool antihero Bullitt.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: It seems when all is said is done at least [[spoiler: Bullitt's girlfriend seems to have decided to stay with him]]
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: It seems when all is said is done at least [[spoiler: Bullitt's girlfriend seems to have decided to stay withhim]]him]].
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/RobertDuvall plays a cab driver.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Half a century after his small role in this film, Robert Duvall appeared in ''Widows'', directed by the ''other'' Creator/SteveMcQueenDirector.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Half a century after his small role in this film, Robert Duvall Creator/RobertDuvall appeared in ''Widows'', directed by the ''other'' Creator/SteveMcQueenDirector.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The [[TechnologyMarchesOn now-hopelessly-obsolete]] fax machine that Bullitt and the rest of the cops stare at for several minutes as it's printing a photograph, which is being transmitted over a dial-up Telex line.
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* OneSceneWonder: The hitman's driver only appears during the car chase (and in a split-second scene following Bullitt shortly beforehand), but is a key part of the movie's SignatureScene.
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* SignatureScene: That said, it was the first car chase of its kind and set the precedent for practically every car chase to follow in its footsteps.
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* TheScrappy: You'll find very few fans of Cathy considering she has no reason to exist other than to be the title character's love interest.
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* PetTheDog: Much is made of how callous Bullitt is towards the violence he faces on the job. But, at the airport, [[spoiler: after he shoots Ross dead, he covers the dead man's face with his jacket when he sees how upset the bystanders are.]]
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The car chase is still routinely praised. This smacks of being a "This Troper" entry.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The car chase isn't as impressive as it once was.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The film's score, composed by Lalo Schifrin of ''Series/MissionImpossible'' fame.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The car chase isn't as impressive as it once was.was.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Half a century after his small role in this film, Robert Duvall appeared in ''Widows'', directed by the ''other'' Creator/SteveMcQueenDirector.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: While it would be well worth watching even without it, the car chase scene has always been this movie's primary draw.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: While it would be well worth watching even without it, the car chase scene has always been this movie's primary draw.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The film's score, composed by Lalo Schifrin of ''MissionImpossible'' fame.
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** YourMileageMayVary, though. To this troper, there's still only a couple that really compare.
** YourMileageMayVary, though. To this troper, there's still only a couple that really compare.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The car-chase isn't as impressive as it once was.
** YourMileageMayVary, though. To this troper, there's still only a couple that really compare.was.
** YourMileageMayVary, though. To this troper, there's still only a couple that really compare.
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