Bonnie and Clyde
movie poster for Bonnie and Clyde
Directed by	Arthur Penn
Produced by	Warren Beatty
Written by	David Newman & Robert Benton Robert Towne uncredited
Starring	Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway Michael J. Pollard Gene Hackman Estelle Parsons
Music by	Charles Strouse
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Editing by	Dede Allen
Distributed by	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release date(s)	August 4, 1967 (premiere at MFF) 13 August 1967
Running time	111 min.
Language	English
Budget	$2,500,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

Bonnie and Clyde is an Academy Award winning 1967 film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbers who roamed the central United States during the Great Depression. The film was directed by Arthur Penn, and starred Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker. The screenplay was written by David Newman and Robert Benton. Robert Towne and Beatty have been listed as providing uncredited contributions to the script. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Arthur Penn (born September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a film director of thoughtful films that dont always find an audience. ... There have been a number of prominent figures named David Newman, including: David Newman, American composer David Newman, American Visual Artist David Newman, Canadian politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American screenwriter and film director. ... Towne in the 1960 movie Last Woman on Earth Robert Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an American actor, screenwriter and director. ... Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Michael J. Pollard (born Michael J. Pollack, May 30, 1939 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an actor. ... Eugene Allen Gene Hackman[1] (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-winning American theater, film and television actress of Jewish descent. ... Charles Strouse, (born 7 June 1928), is an American composer and three-time winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical. ... American cinematographer Burnett Guffey (May 26, 1905 - May 30, 1983) was born in Del Rio, Tennessee, USA. The Academy Award-winning lensman began as an assistant cameraman in the early 1920 while still a teenager. ... Dede Allen (born Dorothea Carothers Allen, 3 December, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American film editor. ... Warner Bros. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 216th day of the year (217th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 1968 in film involved some significant events. ... The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF) — Festival des Films du Monde - Montréal (FFM) — is one of Canadas oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF.[1] According to its official website: The goal of the Montreal World Film Festival... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... USD redirects here. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about the outlaws. ... Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. ... The Central United States is a bridge region between the Eastern United States and Western United States. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Arthur Penn (born September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a film director of thoughtful films that dont always find an audience. ... Henry Warren Beatty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. ... Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... There have been a number of prominent figures named David Newman, including: David Newman, American composer David Newman, American Visual Artist David Newman, Canadian politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American screenwriter and film director. ... Towne in the 1960 movie Last Woman on Earth Robert Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an American actor, screenwriter and director. ...

Bonnie and Clyde is considered a landmark film in cinema history: it is regarded as the first film of the New Hollywood era, in that it broke many taboos and was popular with the younger generation.^[1] This article is about motion pictures. ... New Hollywood or post-classical Hollywood refers to the brief time between roughly 1967 (Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate) and 1982 (One from the Heart) when a new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in America, drastically changing not only the way Hollywood films were produced and marketed, but... This article is about cultural prohibitions in general, for other uses, see Taboo (disambiguation). ...

Historical accuracy

The film considerably simplifies the real facts about Bonnie and Clyde, which included other gang members, repeated jailings, and other murders and assorted crimes. One of the film's major characters, "C.W. Moss", is a composite of two members of the Barrow Gang: William Daniel "W.D." Jones and Henry Methvin. In 1968, Jones outlined his period with the Barrows in a Playboy magazine article "Riding with Bonnie and Clyde". In that same year, he also filed a lawsuit against Warner Brothers, claiming that the film Bonnie and Clyde "maligned" him and damaged his character. ^[2] There is no record of him having collected any damages.^[3] This article is about the outlaws. ... William Daniel Deacon Jones (May 12, 1916) – August 20, 1974) was a member of the Barrow Gang that terrorized Texas and surrounding states during the early thirties. ... Classic Playboy logo. ...

The film portrays Texas Ranger Frank Hamer (played by Denver Pyle) as a vengeful bungler who had been captured, humiliated, and released by Bonnie and Clyde. In reality, the first time Hamer met either of them was when he staged the successful ambush and killing of them in 1934. In 1968, Frank Hamer's widow and son sued the producers of this movie for defamation of character over his portrayal. They were awarded an out of court settlement in 1971. ^[4] Frank Augustus Hamer (March 17, 1884 – July 10, 1955) was a Texas Ranger, perhaps most well known for his involvement with the tracking down and killing of the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. ... Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The only two members of the actual Barrow Gang that were still alive at film's release were Blanche Barrow and William Daniel Jones. While Blanche Barrow approved the depiction of her in the original version of the film's script, she objected to the later re-writes, and at the film's release, complained loudly about Estelle Parsons' Oscar-winning performance of her, stating "That film made me look like a screaming horse's ass!"^[5] Bennie Iva Blanche Frasure (née Caldwell) (January 1, 1911 - December 24, 1988) was the third wife of Marvin Buck Barrow and a member of the Barrow gang. ... William Daniel Deacon Jones (May 12, 1916) – August 20, 1974) was a member of the Barrow Gang that terrorized Texas and surrounding states during the early thirties. ... Bennie Iva Blanche Frasure (née Caldwell) (January 1, 1911 - December 24, 1988) was the third wife of Marvin Buck Barrow and a member of the Barrow gang. ... Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-winning American theater, film and television actress of Jewish descent. ...

The movie was partly filmed in and around Dallas, Texas, in some cases using reputed locations of banks that the real Bonnie and Clyde were to have robbed at gunpoint.^[6] Dallas redirects here. ... This article is about the outlaws. ...

The poem that Bonnie Parker is reading as the police raid their hideout is 'The Story of Suicide Sal',[2], one of only two poems by the real Bonnie Parker known to exist (The other is 'The Story of Bonnie and Clyde'[3]; which she is shown reading out loud later in the film).

Production and style

The film was intended as a romantic and comic version of the violent gangster films of the 1930s, updated with modern filmmaking techniques.^[7] Arthur Penn deliberately portrayed some of the violent scenes with a comic tone, sometimes even reminiscent of Keystone Kops slapstick films, then shifted disconcertingly into horrific and gory violence.^[8] The film was heavily influenced by the French New Wave directors, both in its rapid shifts of tone, and in its choppy editing, which is particularly noticeable in the film's closing sequence.^[9] In fact, the film was originally offered to François Truffaut, the most famous director of the New Wave movement who made contributions to the script, Truffaut passed on the project. [SOURCE : TRUFFAUT by Serge Toubiana and Antoine de Baecque] The Keystone Kops in a typical pose. ... For other uses, see Slapstick (disambiguation). ... The New Wave (French: La Nouvelle Vague) was a blanket term coined by critics for a group of French filmmakers of the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced (in part) by Italian Neorealism. ... François Roland Truffaut (French IPA: ) (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ...

Bonnie and Clyde was also the first film to feature extensive use of squibs — small explosive charges, often mounted with bags of red liquid, that are detonated inside an actor's clothes to simulate bullet hits. A squib is a small explosive device which has a wide range of uses, such as generating mechanical forces as well as in pyrotechnic use. ...

Actor Gene Wilder makes his film debut in a cameo as one of Bonnie and Clyde's hostages. His character's girlfriend was played by Evans Evans, wife of film director John Frankenheimer. Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his four movies with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil... John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film director. ...

The family gathering scene was filmed in Red Oak, Texas. Several local residents were watching the film being shot, when the filmmakers noticed Mabel Cavitt, a local school teacher, among the people gathered. She was chosen then and there to play Bonnie Parker's mother. ^[10]

The film's final scene, edited in slow motion, is considered to be greatly influenced by the European new wave films of the decade.

Music

The instrumental banjo piece "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Flatt and Scruggs was made famous to a worldwide audience as a result of its frequent use in the movie. Its use is entirely anachronistic, however; the bluegrass-style of music from which the piece stems dates from the mid-1940s. Foggy Mountain Breakdown is a famous bluegrass music instrumental by the seminal bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. ... Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were influential bluegrass musicans during the 1950s and 1960s. ... Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. ...

Reception

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts had so little faith in the film that, in a then-unprecedented move, they offered its first-time producer Warren Beatty 40% of the gross instead of a minimal fee. The movie then went on to gross over $70 million world-wide by 1973. Warner Bros. ...

The film was controversial on its original release for its supposed glorification of murderers, and for its level of graphic violence and gore, which was unprecedented at the time. Bosley Crowther of the New York Times was so appalled that he began to campaign against the increasing brutality of American films.^[11] In addition, the film was criticized by many reviewers for making the subject matter too comedic.^{[citation needed]} Dave Kaufman of Variety also criticized the film for uneven direction and for portraying Bonnie and Clyde as bumbling fools.^[12] The aestheticization of violence in high culture art or mass media is the depiction of violence in a manner that is stylistically excessive in a significant and sustained way so that audience members are able to connect references from the play of images and signs to artworks, genre conventions, cultural... Bosley Crowther (July 13, 1905 – March 7, 1981) was an American film critic. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Variety is a daily newspaper for the entertainment industry. ...

Awards and recognition

Estelle Parsons won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Blanche Barrow, Clyde's sister-in-law, and Burnett Guffey won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. The film was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Warren Beatty), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Michael J. Pollard), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Gene Hackman), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Faye Dunaway), Best Costume Design (Theadora Van Runkle), Best Director (Arthur Penn), Best Picture (Warren Beatty) and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen (David Newman and Robert Benton) Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an Academy Award-winning American theater, film and television actress of Jewish descent. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Bennie Iva Blanche Frasure (née Caldwell) (January 1, 1911 - December 24, 1988) was the third wife of Marvin Buck Barrow and a member of the Barrow gang. ... American cinematographer Burnett Guffey (May 26, 1905 - May 30, 1983) was born in Del Rio, Tennessee, USA. The Academy Award-winning lensman began as an assistant cameraman in the early 1920 while still a teenager. ... Charles Rosher the first recipient in 1928 The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Michael J. Pollard (born Michael J. Pollack, May 30, 1939 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an actor. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Eugene Allen Gene Hackman[1] (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. ... The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... This Academy Award was first given for movies made in 1948 when separate awards were given for black-and-white and color movies. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... Arthur Penn (born September 27, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a film director of thoughtful films that dont always find an audience. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... There have been a number of prominent figures named David Newman, including: David Newman, American composer David Newman, American Visual Artist David Newman, Canadian politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American screenwriter and film director. ...

In 1992, Bonnie and Clyde was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is #27 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years, 100 Movies", #13 on its list of 100 American thrillers, and #65 on its list of 100 American romances. The line "We rob banks" was also ranked at #41 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes. The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ... Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The first of the AFI 100 Years. ... The 100 most heart-pounding American films as described by the AFI on the evening of June 12, 2001. ... Part of the AFI 100 Years. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Part of the AFI 100 Years. ...

Some critics cite Joseph H. Lewis's Gun Crazy, a film noir about a bank-robbing couple, as a major influence. Forty years after its premiere, Bonnie and Clyde has been cited as a major influence in such disparate films as The Wild Bunch, The Godfather, Reservoir Dogs and The Departed.^[13] Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907–August 30, 2000), a B-movie director with a sense of style, always strove for excellence, no matter how cheap the film. ... Gun Crazy (originally released as Deadly is the Female) is a 1949 film noir film about a couple (Laurie and Bart) who go on a cross-country robbery-shooting spree, that is considered the forerunner to the film Bonnie and Clyde. ... This article is about the live-action fiction movie. ... This article is about the 1972 film. ... For the video game based on the film, see Reservoir Dogs (video game). ... The Departed is an Academy Award winning 2006 crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg. ...

Marketing

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• "They met in 1930. She was stark naked, yelling at him out the window while he tried to steal her mother's car. In a matter of minutes they robbed a store, fired a few shots and then stole somebody else's car. At that point they had not yet been introduced."
• "The strangest damned gang you ever heard of. They're young. They're in love. They rob banks."

Trivia

• The association of Bluegrass music with chase scenes, originating in this movie, has been followed in other films, such as Midnight Run.

• In the 1994 Simpsons' episode Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy Abe and Homer are being chased and Homer remarks, "They didn't start chasing us until you turned on that getaway music." When the Foggy Mountain Breakdown stops playing, the chase ends.

For the Konami Arcade Racing game, see Midnight Run (video game). ... Grampa vs. ... Foggy Mountain Breakdown is a famous bluegrass music instrumental by the seminal bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs. ...

References

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External links

• Listing on Internet Movie Database
• Theatrical trailer (wmv, 28-300kbps)