Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Director:

Arthur Penn

Writers:

David Newman (written by) &
Robert Benton (written by)
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Release Date:

13 August 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

"The strangest damned gang you ever heard of. They're young. They're in love. They rob banks."

Plot:

A somewhat romanticized account of the career of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple and their gang.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Violence | Love | Robbery | Crime Spree

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 22 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. May 31

10:00 PM

TCM

Cast

Warren Beatty	...	Clyde Barrow
Faye Dunaway	...	Bonnie Parker
Michael J. Pollard	...	C.W. Moss
Gene Hackman	...	Buck Barrow
Estelle Parsons	...	Blanche
Denver Pyle	...	Frank Hamer
Dub Taylor	...	Ivan Moss
Evans Evans	...	Velma Davis
Gene Wilder	...	Eugene Grizzard
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martha Adcock	...	Bank Customer (uncredited)
Harry Appling	...	Bonnie's Uncle (uncredited)
Owen Bush	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Mabel Cavitt	...	Bonnie's Mother (uncredited)
Patrick Cranshaw	...	Bank Teller (uncredited)
Frances Fisher	...	Bonnie's Aunt (uncredited)
Sadie French	...	Bank Customer (uncredited)
Garry Goodgion	...	Billy (uncredited)
Clyde Howdy	...	Deputy (uncredited)
Russ Marker	...	Bank Guard (uncredited)
Ken Mayer	...	Sheriff Smoot (uncredited)
Ken Miller	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Ann Palmer	...	Bonnie's Sister (uncredited)
Stuart Spates	...	Boy at Bank (uncredited)
James Stiver	...	Grocery Store Owner (uncredited)
Ada Waugh	...	Bonnie's Aunt (uncredited)

Directed by
Arthur Penn

Writing credits
David Newman		(written by) &
Robert Benton		(written by)
Robert Towne		uncredited

Produced by
Warren Beatty	....	producer

Original Music by
Charles Strouse

Cinematography by
Burnett Guffey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dede Allen

Art Direction by
Dean Tavoularis

Set Decoration by
Raymond Paul

Costume Design by
Theadora Van Runkle		(as Theadora van Runkle)

Makeup Department
Robert Jiras	....	makeup created by
Gladys Witten	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Russell Saunders	....	production manager (as Russ Saunders)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack N. Reddish	....	assistant director

Art Department
Stuart Spates	....	intern (uncredited)

Sound Department
Francis E. Stahl	....	sound
Dan Wallin	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Danny Lee	....	special effects

Stunts
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roydon Clark	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bennie E. Dobbins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Harris	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Hice	....	stunts (uncredited)
Clyde Howdy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lucky Mosley	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Sawaya	....	stunt double: Warren Beatty (uncredited)
George Sawaya	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mary Statler	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Doran	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Norma Brown	....	wardrobe: women
Andy Matyasi	....	wardrobe: men
Joan Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department
Earl Scruggs	....	composer: Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Alan Hawkshaw	....	musician: "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" (uncredited)
Dan Wallin	....	scoring mixer (uncredited)

Other crew
John Dutton	....	script supervisor
Elaine Michea	....	assistant to producer
Robert Towne	....	special consultant
Morgan Fairchild	....	double: Faye Dunaway (uncredited)
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer (uncredited)
Crayton Smith	....	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts)
• Tatira-Hiller Productions (as A Tatira-Hiller Production)

Distributors

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner-Tonefilm (1967) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1968) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros./Seven Arts (1968) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1969) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1973) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (1989) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Varus Video (19??) (Russia) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (19??) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)

Other Companies

• Warner Bros. Cosmetics  Miss Dunaway's makeup by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence (re-rating) (2007)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Brazil:14 | Norway:16 (1968) (cut) | Norway:(Banned) (1967 - 1968) | West Germany:16 (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #21395) (original rating) | USA:M (re-rating) (1969) | USA:R (re-rating) (2007) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) (re-rating) (2008) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (original rating) | UK:15 (re-rating: 2008) | New Zealand:M | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2008) | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:15 (re-rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Albertson Ranch, Triunfo, California, USA

Company:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Trivia:

Leading Newsweek film critic Joseph Morgenstern hated the film when he first saw it, but then later took the unprecedented step of admitting that his original review was completely wrong. His revised version raved about the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the tourist court shoot out near the end of the film, CW throws a grenade at the armored car and it hits the front fender. The fender breaks in half before the explosion. Since the car is presumably a heavy steel vehicle (which it was in real life), the light weight grenade shouldn't have broken the fender.

Quotes:

Bonnie Parker:I don't have no mama. No family either.
Clyde Barrow:Hey, I'm your family.
Bonnie Parker:You know what, when we started out, I thought we was really goin' somewhere. This is it. We're just goin', huh?
Clyde Barrow:I love you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Tales from the Golden Age (2009)

Soundtrack:

No Mother or Dad

(Top 10 choice) Superb job done by all involved.

Besides being an enormously entertaining movie, "Bonnie and Clyde" was an important 1960's landmark film in a couple of ways. Its violent ending helped to hasten the end of the old Hayes code, which had been a severe restrictor of artistic freedom; and it helped shape the '60's image of the anti-hero. For these things it received a good deal of condemnation as well as commendation.

The picture is a melange of artistic license and historical accuracy. The recreation of the Depression-era look is superb. (It's done in an unostentatious manner, however. One feels it rather than particularly noting it.) While some liberties are taken with the story, a reasonable amount jibes with the facts. But certainly there is some romanticization here. And of course the real Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were not nearly as attractive as Beatty and Dunaway.

The acting by the two principals is top-notch, as well as that of most of the rest of the cast, especially Gene Hackman (the first film I ever saw him in) and Estelle Parsons.It's not generally recognized that actors Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor and Gene Wilder contribute to the movie's success. Technically as well as artistically everyone from director Arthur Penn on down deserves praise for making what I think is one of the finest movies ever made, without qualification. It seems we all reserve the warmest spots in our hearts for favorite films of our youth. This is one of mine.

And you'll love Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" too.