Bonnie and Clyde (film)

Bonnie and Clyde
Poster with a photo of five sharply dressed people holding various guns in front of an old-fashioned car
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArthur Penn
Written by
Produced byWarren Beatty
Starring
CinematographyBurnett Guffey
Edited byDede Allen
Music byCharles Strouse
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.-Seven Arts
Release dates
  • August 4, 1967 (1967-08-04) (Montreal)
  • August 13, 1967 (1967-08-13) (United States)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million[1][2]
Box office$70 million[2]

Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical neo-noir crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The film also features Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons. The screenplay is by David Newman and Robert Benton. Robert Towne and Beatty provided uncredited contributions to the script; Beatty produced the film. The music is by Charles Strouse.

Bonnie and Clyde is considered one of the first films of the New Hollywood era and a landmark picture. It broke many cinematic taboos and for some members of the counterculture, the film was considered a "rallying cry".[3] Its success prompted other filmmakers to be more open in presenting sex and violence in their films. The film's ending became iconic as "one of the bloodiest death scenes in cinematic history".[4]

The film received Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Parsons) and Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey).[5] In 1992, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6][7] It was ranked 27th on the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest American films of all time and 42nd on its 2007 list.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference share was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Dancis, Bruce (April 3, 2008). "Forty years later, 'Bonnie and Clyde' still blows us away". Ventura County Star. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Miller, Frank. "Pop Culture 101: Bonnie and Clyde". tcm.com. Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
  4. ^ Buckmaster, Luke. "How Bonnie and Clyde's final scene changed Hollywood". BBC. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  5. ^ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org. October 4, 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  6. ^ "25 American films are added to the National Film Registry". The Courier (Dundee). Associated Press. December 7, 1992. Retrieved July 22, 2009.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

Developed by StudentB