Bullet director has died

[thatone1967]

Bullit director Peter Yates has died

R I P

http://bit.ly/hebxLa

Edited by thatone1967 on Tuesday 11th January 12:41

[minimatt1967]

Very Sad.

[G0ldfysh]

Sky classics channel 411 on virgin on now.

[u13rr1]

Bullit

[aeropilot]

I remember reading an old interview with Peter Yates, where he was praising Steve McQueens ability behind the wheel, despite being scared witless on one occasion. During filming of one of the chase scenes on the SF streets, Yates was lying in the back of the Mustang directing from there!! and called out to McQueen that he can slow down now as they'd run out of film...
McQueen was laughing, saying that wasn't the only thing they'd run out of, as he was all out of brakes...... but he was able to slow the Mustang up sufficiently using engine/gearbox, much to Yates's relief.

[neilski]

u13rr1 said:

Bullit

Fail. It's Bullitt.

[thatone1967]

Damn iPhone "spellchecker" !

[Laurel Green]

Very sad RIP, Peter.

[5150]

Bullitt is a fantastic film - so much more than 'the car chase' !

[P5Nij]

Sad news. He also directed 'Robbery' the year before (starring Stanley Baker, Barry Foster and Frank Finley amongst others), on the strength of which McQueen asked him to do Bullitt.

[minimatt1967]

P5Nij said:

Sad news. He also directed 'Robbery' the year before (starring Stanley Baker, Barry Foster and Frank Finley amongst others), on the strength of which McQueen asked him to do Bullitt.

He also Directed 'Summer Holiday' shall we forgive him that little indiscretion?

[OctaneBooster]

P5Nij said:

Sad news. He also directed 'Robbery' the year before (starring Stanley Baker, Barry Foster and Frank Finley amongst others), on the strength of which McQueen asked him to do Bullitt.

And which has, in my opinion, the better car chase. Stripped of Hollywood glitz with a more plausible conclusion given the likely results of high speed driving in an urban environment

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thatone1967 said:

Bullit director Peter Yates has died

R I P

http://bit.ly/hebxLa

Edited by thatone1967 on Tuesday 11th January 12:41

you care so much you spelt it wrong twice. this place gets more like Facebook every day.