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There’s cool, then there’s McQueen

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Sonoma Valley Sun

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How cool was Steve McQueen in “Bullit”? So cool that putting him in a badass Ford Mustang for an epic pre-CGI car chase was nearly redundant. The gritty 1968 police drama, with a touch of political intrigue, plays the Sebastiani Theatre on Monday, November 19.

The nine-minute car chase on, around and over — as in flying — the streets of San Francisco was a shocker for its day, and the film prefigured the icy Dirty Harry and gritty French Connection movies yet to come.

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So what that McQueen’s wardrobe was smarter than he was.

With Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset and a cabbie cameo from Robert Duvall. 7 p.m. Sebastiani Theatre, 472 First St. E. Sebastianitheatre.com.

 




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