Bullitt The Ford Mustang name has been closely associated with the film. In 2001, the Ford Motor Company released the "Bullitt" edition Ford Mustang GT. Another version of the Ford Mustang Bullitt, which is closer to resembling the original film Mustang, was released in 2008, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the film. A third version is planned for 2019. In 2009, Bud Brutsman of "Overhaulin'" built an authentic-looking replica of the Bullitt Mustang, fully loaded with modern components, for the five-episode 2009 TV series, "Celebrity Rides: Hollywood's Speeding Bullitt", hosted by Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen. Steve McQueen's likeness
The Sand Pebbles (film) York Times", and "Life" magazine. It rained the night of the premiere, December 20, 1966, at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Afterwards, McQueen did not do any film work for about a year due to exhaustion, saying that whatever sins that he had committed in his life had been paid for when he made "The Sand Pebbles". The performance earned McQueen the only Academy Award nomination of his career. He was not seen on film again until two 1968 films, "The Thomas Crown Affair" and "Bullitt" (which included his fellow "Sand Pebbles" actor Simon Oakland as Bullitt's boss).