“Bonnie and Clyde” is the fictionalized movie version of the lives of real-life career criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrows. The story set in the Great Depression of the 1930’s was well assembled by director Arthur Penn (“The Miracle Worker” 1962) with screenwriters David Newman and Robert Benton.
The cast is headed by Warren Beatty as Clyde and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie. They are outstanding in these roles with good “criminal” chemistry. Co-stars include Michael J. Pollard as their partner-in-crime, Gene Hackman as Clyde’s brother, Estelle Parsons as his wife, Dub Taylor as Pollard’s father, Denver Pyle as a Texas Ranger, Gene Wilder as an undertaker, Evans Evans as his girl friend, and Mabel Cavitt as Bonnie’s mother.
The watchable crime drama classic “Bonnie and Clyde” was a big hit at the box office for producer Warren Beatty, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, and Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning two: Best Supporting Actress (Parsons) and Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey). The non-winners are Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Beatty), Best Actress (Dunaway), Best Supporting Actor (Hackman, Pollard), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Costume Design.
“Bonnie and Clyde” is considered a landmark film as it was the first movie of the “New Hollywood” era where filmmakers began to liberally employ violence, nudity, and sex on screen. SPOILER ALERT: The final scene where Bonnie and Clyde are gunned down in an unprecedented gory fashion prompted the end of the Hayes Code, which began in 1934. It was replaced in 1968 by the current ratings system, which has had occasional modifications. There was a return to popularity in 1977 to the “Old Hollywood”-style film-making with George Lucas and his comparatively squeaky-clean “Star Wars.” This film grew into a huge franchise which was massively supported by movie audiences and the general public, who have in the subsequent decades flocked to “blockbusters” produced in the image of “Star Wars” and Old Hollywood motion pictures.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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“Bonnie and Clyde” is the fictionalized movie version of the lives of real-life career criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrows. The story set in the Great Depression of the 1930’s was well assembled by director Arthur Penn (“The Miracle Worker” 1962) with screenwriters David Newman and Robert Benton.
The cast is headed by Warren Beatty as Clyde and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie. They are outstanding in these roles with good “criminal” chemistry. Co-stars include Michael J. Pollard as their partner-in-crime, Gene Hackman as Clyde’s brother, Estelle Parsons as his wife, Dub Taylor as Pollard’s father, Denver Pyle as a Texas Ranger, Gene Wilder as an undertaker, Evans Evans as his girl friend, and Mabel Cavitt as Bonnie’s mother.
The watchable crime drama classic “Bonnie and Clyde” was a big hit at the box office for producer Warren Beatty, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, and Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning two: Best Supporting Actress (Parsons) and Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey). The non-winners are Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Beatty), Best Actress (Dunaway), Best Supporting Actor (Hackman, Pollard), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Costume Design.
“Bonnie and Clyde” is considered a landmark film as it was the first movie of the “New Hollywood” era where filmmakers began to liberally employ violence, nudity, and sex on screen. SPOILER ALERT: The final scene where Bonnie and Clyde are gunned down in an unprecedented gory fashion prompted the end of the Hayes Code, which began in 1934. It was replaced in 1968 by the current ratings system, which has had occasional modifications. There was a return to popularity in 1977 to the “Old Hollywood”-style film-making with George Lucas and his comparatively squeaky-clean “Star Wars.” This film grew into a huge franchise which was massively supported by movie audiences and the general public, who have in the subsequent decades flocked to “blockbusters” produced in the image of “Star Wars” and Old Hollywood motion pictures.