Bonnie and Clyde (film)
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- | '''''Bonnie and Clyde''''' ([[1967 in film|1967]]) is a film about [[Bonnie and Clyde|Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow]], the [[bank robber]]s 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. | + | '''''Bonnie and Clyde''''' ([[1967 in film|1967]]) is a film about [[Bonnie and Clyde|Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow]], the [[bank robber]]s 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. |
''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 [[taboo]]s and was popular with the younger generation. | ''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 [[taboo]]s and was popular with the younger generation. |
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is a 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.
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.
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.
The film was controversial on its original release for its supposed glorificaton 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.