Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Director:

Arthur Penn

Writers:

David Newman (written by) &
Robert Benton (written by)

Release Date:

13 August 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Robbery | Crime Spree | Bonnie And Clyde | Texas

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations

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

Also Known As:

Bonnie et Clyde (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Bonnie och Clyde (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Bonnie und Clyde (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
аНММХ Х йКЮИД (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
Boni i Klajd (Serbia) [sr]
Bonnie & Clyde (Canada: French title) [fr]
Bonnie és Clyde (Hungary) [hu]
Bonnie and Clyde (France) [fr]
Bonnie and Clyde (Argentina) [es]
Bonnie e Clyde (Portugal) [pt]
Bonnie e Clyde - Uma Rajada de Balas (Brazil) [pt]
Bonnie i Clyde (Poland) [pl]
Bonnie ja Clyde (Finland) [fi]
Bonnie ja Clyde - ryöstämme pankkeja (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Bonnie og Clyde (Denmark) [da]
Bonnie ve Clyde (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Bonnie y Clyde (Spain) [es]
Bonny kai Clyde (Greece) [el]
Gangster Story (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 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) | 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:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Tatira-Hiller Productions

Trivia:

The poem that Bonnie is reading as the police open fire on the rented flat is "The Story of Suicide Sal" written by Bonnie Parker in 1932.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: During the tourist court shoot out, the signage states they are in Platte City, Iowa. In actuality the shootout took place near Platte City, Missouri, and near the present day Kansas City International Airport. The approximate location of the tourist court is near Interstate 29 & NW Cookingham Dr. The tourist court has since been torn down.

Quotes:

Bonnie Parker: [reading her poem] You've heard the story of Jesse James / Of how he lived and died / If you're still in need / Of something to read / Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde. / Now Bonnie and Clyde are the Barrow gang / I'm sure you all have read / How they rob and steal / And those who squeal / Are usually found dyin' or dead...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

No Mother or Dad

Quite Possibly the Most Important Film of the 1960s

"Bonnie and Clyde" is a real innovative film in the fact that it does contain some extremely violent content. 1967 was a different time in the cinema. This film was one of the first, if not the first, that really showed violence the way it would be in real life. People bleed when they get shot and they die in gruesome fashions. The film itself is the somewhat true story of the infamous bank robbers who terrorized parts of Texas and Oklahoma in the early-1930s before they were finally terminated by the authorities. Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, and Michael J. Pollard all received Oscar nominations. Estelle Parsons won one in the Supporting Actress category. Dunaway and Hackman proved to be the finds of the decade and Beatty became the first real star to be an instrumental part in the actual production of the film. Watch for Gene Wilder in a somewhat funny sequence during the course of the action. Unrelenting and overall exceptional, "Bonnie and Clyde" is easily one of the top 10 films of the 1960s and one of the greatest films of all time. 5 stars out of 5.