Bullitt / Getaway / Cincinnati Kid / Tom Horn / Never So Few (Steve McQueen Box Set) (DVD)

Advantages: THE VERY BEST CAR CHASE SEEN ON EARTH
Disadvantages: THE GREEN BEETLE

...VHS's and DVD players) you will notice a green VW Beetle Steve passes several times. Now if that films won an Oscar for best Editing (the green VW beetle) surely theres been a mistake just look at the Action or Cinematography which should of won Oscars but only BAFTA's. All in all this films a Classic and will forever be the best Car chase film full stop. You would have to be crazy not to have this in your DVD collection. 100/100 THE CAST Steve McQueen - Lt Frank Bullitt Robert Vaughn - Walter chalmers Jacqueline Bisset - Cathy Robert Duvall - Weissberg Directed by - Peter Yates SPECIAL FEATURES Trailer Featurette:Steve McQueen Production notes DVD INFO Sound Dolby digital Film 109 mins Rating 15... Read review

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Advantages: Eleven stunning songs.Subtle genius pop songs
Disadvantages: none apart from the fact that it leaves you wanting more

...'Steve McQueen' is one terrific album.It has often popped up in best '100' albums ever.and MOJO once called it 'the finest slice of 80's thinking boys pop you will ever hear'. I would rank this along Lloyd Coles 'Rattlesnakes' and Aztec Cameras 'High Land Hard Rain' as the definitive eighties guitar pop.It was music that shaped the direction music was going to take for the next decade.Albums that paved the way to indie music as we now know it. So who were Prefab Sprout? Well they were a four piece based in Newcastle. Paddy McAloon main singer/song writer Martin McAloon Neil Conti Wendy Smith Together they lovingly crafted this beautiful record,eleven tracks long. Tracks 'Faron Young' Its hard to believe that this song started as a metal track.It was a backlash at country music at a time when... Read review

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Advantages: Once unique, gritty realistic, crime thriller still dazzles.
Disadvantages: It's much more subtle than what today's audiences are used to.

...late 60's (muscle car) automobiles racing through the streets of San Francisco. Director Yates is a cameraman and editor himself, he knows how to make a sequence work to its fullest effect. In this film he used William A Fraker as his cinematographer who create a realistic yet smooth (as opposed to a rough documentary type) look for the film. The film was written by Alan R. Trustman. It was nominated for a Best Sound Oscar and won an Oscar for Best Editing. This is one of the best performances Steve McQueen ever gave. He gives the role the intensity and depth it warrants while still moving about as gracefully as a Panther. Bullitt and Junior Bonner remain my favorite McQueen performances. He is certainly no slacker in either The Great Escape or The Sand Pebbles either. DVD STUFF The Warner DVD is a bare bones release. A good... Read review

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