TMSBrad

<center>FORD CELEBRATES ITS VERY OWN MOVIE STAR</center>
In its long tenure as America's favorite muscle car, Mustang has appeared more than 500 times on the silver screen. This spring, fans from around the world and Ford Motor Company will celebrate Movie Star Mustang's 40th birthday.

The Mustang legend was made on the streets of America and cemented on the big screen, where it has been the number-one car in starring roles in film since the 1960s. Through a mixture of tire smoke, growling V-8s and Hollywood stalwarts, Mustang has been forever entwined with American popular culture.

From spotlight to cameo, Mustang cars have been in so many films that enthusiasts have made a sport of spotting them on the big screen. For some unofficial movie lists put together by Mustang fans, check out www.TheMustangSource.com/movies.

But if Mustang could win an Academy Award, it would undoubtedly be for its starring role in the 1968 police drama "Bullitt."

"When Steve McQueen raced the Mustang in the chase scene, he probably had no idea that it was the making of a legend," says Jan Valentic, vice president, Global Marketing. "Ford Mustang has appeared in more movies than most of Hollywood's brightest stars."

In "Bullitt," Steve McQueen races through the streets of San Francisco in a 1968 Mustang GT 390, creating one of the greatest chase scenes ever. McQueen's Fastback Mustang created an indelible image in the minds of millions of people that helped define "cool" for the late '60s and early '70s. In 2001, Ford introduced a special edition Mustang Bullitt GT inspired by the classic Warner Bros. Pictures film.

The pairing of an all-new platform and clean-sheet approach to styling was central to the 2005 Mustang design team's mission to create a Mustang boasting the "old school" swagger that personified cars of the late 1960s, but with the capability to carve out a new niche of its own. Designers wallpapered Ford studios with images of classic Mustang cars and movie tough guys for inspiration.

WaveMan2k3

u gotta add the two James Bond Mustangs yah cant just mention the mustang from the movie Bullet and not mention the two that were in James Bond movies

Dan

Awesome. And you're the only reference.

BlackRiderX

Awesome Brad!

The only problem I have with the article is that whille the Bullitt chase scene is awesome, the Mach in H.B. Halicki's masterpiece of a car chase deserves just as much credit!

Sir TWIG

:angry: Ok People, how long was the chase scene in Bullitt, and how long is the chase scene in the Original "Gone in 60 Seconds", that 1973 Mach I took a much bigger beating, for a much longer time and is STILL drivable today. The Golden Piston Movie Award should go to the original Eleanor.

BlackRiderX

I think Bond had 3 actually.

blue,white, and the red mach.

WaveMan2k3

hmm im going to have to watch all of the james bonds to see the thrid one cus i only remember the white and the red ones... not a blue one... oh wells i love james bond so its not like watching them to see if there was a blue one would be a chore

i dont suppose u might know which movie the blue one was in? and whata year of the mustang it was?

burningman

congrats bro!

Galaxie

Great job, you know your site is really good when even ford is promoting it.

burningman

welp bullitt was around 5 mins..the origianl Gn60..which i have on DVD is like 15 mins...I think it was far better than Nic Cages attempt and I agree..that movie gets no credit at all.

WaveMan2k3

i never sence the original Gone in 60... was it any good? cus i liked the Nick Cage one...

BlackRiderX

welp bullitt was around 5 mins..the origianl Gn60..which i have on DVD is like 15 mins...I think it was far better than Nic Cages attempt and I agree..that movie gets no credit at all. [/b][/quote]
The Gone in 60 seconds chase scene was around 45 minutes I believe. The Nick Cage remake would never live up to the original because they would never get the permits to do a scene like that again. It was mainly done on a Hollywood backlot.

hdwrench

What about the green VW bug they passed like 3 times in the Bullit chase... now that's a classic.

Robert

Let's not forget the late, great Robert Urich in Spenser For Hire. I think that was a Mustang 390 he drove around the mean streets of Boston, but I can't remember the color. I'm also speaking of the 1985 tv series, not the forgettable telemovies that shot in Toronto years later.

Great car, great guy - and a tradgedy that we lost him a couple of years ago.

Robert

Galaxie

Didn't the charger lose something like 11 hubcaps during the chase?

hdwrench

Didn't the charger lose something like 11 hubcaps during the chase?[/b][/quote]
I'm not sure of that stats on that but it wouldnt surprise me.

67fastback

Check this guy's site out - he offers a very detailed description of the Bullitt car chase, including lapses in continuity, number of times the volkswagen is seen, etc., and he even picks up on the fact that McQueen's mustang didn't have limited slip differential. It's Fascinating.

Living less than 2 hrs from San Francisco, and being a big fan of Bullitt, I plan to drive the route one of these days - once I have my new 05 fastback, of course!


Type in "Bullitt locations in San Francisco" and it should take you there - he also has then and now pics

mr-mstng

Nice work Brad, Congrats!

JeffreyDJ

Yeah, congratulations! You have to think Ford choose this Bullitt for a very specific reason. Hmmm ...

TMSBrad

• The blue Mustang was in Thunderball.
• My site wasn't the only one listed, but it was listed first and I like it the most, so I removed the other two sites. I'm cool like that. B)
• The chase scene in the original Gone in 60 Seconds was 41 minutes long. The entire movie is 90.
• The Charger lost more hubcaps than it had, but mostly because they showed the same jumps and turns from every imaginable angle. That's why you see the Beetle so much. They don't pass it 6 or 8 times. They pass it once and play it 6 or 8 times.