Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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A pair of outlaws find romance and notoriety in the heart of the Great Depression.
The story
During the Great Depression, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker meet when Clyde tries to steal Bonnie's mother's car. Bored with her job as a waitress, Bonnie becomes intrigued by Clyde and decides to partner with him in crime. They pull off some holdups, but their amateur efforts, while exciting, are not very lucrative. Bonnie and Clyde turn from small-time heists to bank robbing. The duo's crime spree shifts into high gear once they hook up with a dim-witted gas station attendant, C.W. Moss. Their exploits also become more violent. Clyde's older brother, Buck, and his wife, Blanche, also join them, leading to a tense dynamic within the growing gang.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
During the Great Depression, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker become partners in crime after Clyde attempts to steal Bonnie's car. Their activities escalate from small-time heists to bank robberies, joined by Clyde's brother Buck, his wife Blanche, and a gas station attendant named C.W. Moss. The group's notoriety grows as they engage in increasingly violent acts, including a shootout with police in Missouri and the capture of a Texas Ranger. After a series of successful heists, the gang is ambushed by law enforcement. Buck is mortally wounded, and Blanche is captured. The remaining members, Bonnie, Clyde, and C.W., flee to his father's house. However, they fall into a trap set by the Texas Ranger. In a final, bloody confrontation, the posse guns down Bonnie and Clyde, ending their outlaw run in a famously graphic scene.
- First release year
- 1967
- Runtime (minutes)
- 111
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Arthur Penn
- Writers
- David Newman · writer; Robert Benton · writer
- Cast and characters
- Warren Beatty · Clyde Barrow; Faye Dunaway · Bonnie Parker; Michael J. Pollard · C.W. Moss; Gene Hackman · Buck; Estelle Parsons · Blanche
- Genres
- biographical; crime; drama
- Themes
- romance; violence; rebellion
- Tone and mood
- romantic; comic; graphic
- Premise and plot tags
- biographical; crime; road movie; gangster
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- Initial critical reception was mixed but later swung positive, and the film became a significant commercial success, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 1967.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 91% · scale: percentage · review count: 74; Metacritic · score: 86 · scale: 100 · review count: 20
- Awards and nominations
- Academy Award · Best Supporting Actress · win
- Production trivia
- The film's ending became famous as one of the bloodiest death scenes in cinematic history.; The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1992.; The film was ranked 27th on the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films of all time.
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