| | | They're young...they're in love...they kill people.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, French, Subtitled, Filmographics, Scene Access, Notes
Adrift in the Depression-era Southwest, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker embark on a life of crime. They mean no harm. They crave adventure--and each other. Soon we start to love them too. But nothing in film history has prepared us for the cascading violence to follow. Bonnie and Clyde turns brutal. We learn that they can be hurt -- and dread they can be killed. Bonnie And Clyde balances itself on a knife-edge of laughter and terror, thanks to vivid title-role performances by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway and superb support from Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons, who won 1967's Best Supporting Actress Academy Award®. Director Arthur Penn keeps the film's sensibilities tough but never cruel. It continually dazzles, especially in the work of cinematographer Burnett Guffey (winner of the film's second Oscar®) and editor Dede Allen. And as film lovers since have discovered, it's no ordinary gangster movie. Digitally remastered edition.
"Highly controversial and influential..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever--1977
"Bold and brassy. Brutal and brilliant!" New York Daily News
Editor's Note
Based on the true-life exploits of notorious Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, BONNIE AND CLYDE is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream Hollywood. Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) is bored with life and wants a change. She gets her chance when she meets a charming young drifter by the name of Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty). Clyde has dreams of a life of crime that will free him from the hardships of the Depression. The two fall in love and begin a crime spree that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. They rob small banks with skill and panache, soon becoming minor celebrities known across the country. People are proud to have been held up by Bonnie and Clyde; to their victims, the duo is doing what nobody else has the guts to do. To the law, the two are evil bank robbers who deserve to be gunned down where they stand. Beatty and Dunaway are marvelous as the young criminal lovers, delivering subtle and complete performances. Also excellent are Gene Hackman as Clyde's brother, Buck; Estelle Parsons as Buck's wife, Blanche; and the always enjoyable Michael J. Pollard as C.W. Moss. The film has made a large impact on American culture, expressing the mood of rebellion rampant in the late 1960s and beyond.
Plot Summary
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway deliver pitch-perfect performances as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker in this depression-era crime drama. Young, beautiful Bonnie Parker is bored with life in her go-nowhere small town. When she meets the charming and ambitious fledgling criminal Clyde Barrow she sees her chance for a life of excitement. The two fall in love and gleefuly begin robbing small banks across Texas and Oklahoma, making headlines and gaining noteriety along the way. But while the people see the gang as courageous rebels fighting the powers that be, the law sees them as dangerous criminals who must be stopped.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo, Mono; French Mono | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Digitally Remastered | | Production Notes | | Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Access | | French Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Interactive Menus | | French Track | | Dolby Digital Mono | | English Subtitles | | Sandard Format | | Widescreen Format | | English Track |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/26/2006 |
| Running Time: 111 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1967 | | Catalog ID: 17274 | | UPC: 00085391727422 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen/Standard 1.85:1/1.33:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1968) |  | Estelle Parsons, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | Burnett Guffey, Winner, Best Cinematography | | | Warren Beatty, Nominee, Best Actor | | | Faye Dunaway, Nominee, Best Actress | | | Theodora Van Runkle, Nominee, Best Costume Design | | | Arthur Penn, Nominee, Best Director | | | Gene Hackman, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Michael J. Pollard, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor | | | Robert Benton & David Newman, Nominee, Best Writing, Story And Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen | |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1967) | | Robert Benton & David Newman, Winner, Best Screenplay | |
Golden Globe (1968) | | | Warren Beatty, Nominee, Best Motion Picture Actor--Drama | | | Faye Dunaway, Nominee, Best Motion Picture Actress--Drama | | | Arthur Penn, Nominee, Best Motion Picture Director | | | Robert Benton & David Newman, Nominee, Best Screenplay | | | Michael J. Pollard, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway never looked better..." 01/11/2002 p.32Premiere
"...[With] a slow-motion, bullet-ridden spectacle never before seen in a mainstream movie. The blood has been pouring copiously ever since." 12/01/2003 p.10 Entertainment Weekly
"BONNIE AND CLYDE is still surprisingly fun to watch and, by its end, both shocking and moving." -- Grade: A 03/28/2008 p.53 Uncut
5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t works by confounding expectations, serving up ultraviolence in the style of the Keystone Cops, and suggesting that the Barrow gang's insouciance in the face of authority could make them immortal." 05/01/2008 p.126 Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "It rewrote the movie-rules on morality, sexuality and youth....Sexy, dark, funny, slick..." 06/01/2008 p.138 Empire
5 stars out of 5 -- "What still thrills is how alive the film is to its own possibilities....Even middle-aged, it manages to shock..." 06/01/2008 p.154 Sight and Sound
"Arthur Penn's perennial classic wears its four decades lightly. Not least among its many innovations was its far-sighted dissection of how Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow relied on their media image so much that they ended up fueling it themselves..." 06/01/2008 p.85 Box Office Magazine 0 of 10
Of its kind, this is an excellent dramatization of outlaws against society who kill and loot, partly for the thrill and partly for monetary gain.
Greatest Films 0 of 10
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is one of the sixties' most talked-about, controversial crime/gangster films combining comedy, terror, love, and violence. ...this innovative, revisionist film redefined and romanticized the crime/gangster genre and screen violence forever. - Tom Dirks
The Motion Picture Guide 0 of 10
Although few scenes in this powerful film are representative of the true facts, Bonnie And Clyde was a landmark film that permanently established the stellar status of its stars...along with its inventive director.
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