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Summary: The launching pad for many acting careers.
Review: An overall excellent film about one of the most infamous crime teams in US history. Not many of us are old enough to remember what it was really like living in depression-era 1930's America; this film practically takes us back to that infamous era and gives us a splendid vicarious experience with the adverse conditions of poverty, unemployment, and crime which were ubiquitous then. The graphic violence depicted here was considered controversial at the time of this film's release (it preceded the establishment of the MPAA's rating system), but it presents the full chilling effect of the impact murder and mayhem have on both its perpetrators and its victims. The cast of this film was practically one of unknowns at the time of its release, but it launched them into prominence. Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway (only her second film), Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, and Gene Wilder all went on to make cinematic history with later movie productions. This is the movie to show when you want to prove to someone that crime doesn't pay.
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Summary: Bonnie and Clyde
Review: I just recently became extremely interested in the depression era mob seen. When I heard that this movie was coming on AMC I had to watch it. Al Capone, John Dillinger, "Bugs" Moran, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, all interest me. However, the story of Bonnie and Clyde is the perfect Hollywood film. Theres the action part for the guys, and the romantic part for the ladies. Doesn't the story of these two sound like a film to you? I request this movie if you like and know something about the gangster era. If you already have it and want something else to watch, I suggest Al Capone which comes on one of the classic movie channels every once in a while. I hope that you found this helpful even though it was just a bunch of jargon.
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Summary: One of the Best Movies I have Seen. Ever.
Review: Artur Penn is one of the best directors I have ever seen. I love most all of his movies. His "masterpiece" is this film. Bonnie and Clyde. This movie is not boring for one single second. I love the acting, the script, and the whole concept. Do not pass this one up. If you like Bonnie and Clyde, which I guarantee you will treasure it, you will also like Arthur Penn's second best movie Little Big Man. This is Warren Beaty's best movie. I haven't seen him this good in any other of his movies. The exact same for Faye Dunaway. This is legendary film making. This is the backbone of what our country was like.
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Summary: This Is The Story Of Bonnie & Clyde
Review: I can`t describe in words how good this movie IS. I saw it five days ago for the first time. It will remain always in the history. Too bad that the young people around my age never saw it and they think if it`s old it`s not good. They prefer to re-watch "Bad Boys" and "Mortal Combat". That`s their trouble. I love this movie and the second day after I say it from library I bought it. Strange, the image was more colorful but I prefer the old version.
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Summary: Revolutionary
Review: When the moguls went out of business and the directors started running the show, something like a Hollywood-style Glasnost occurred. When restrictions on screen violence were lifted, Bonnie and Clyde became the "nail in the coffin" for now long-dead rules. A moment of confusion, and a man is shot through a window, in front of our eyes. However, unlike today's films, sinners die bloody, and even they only kill at a point of moral anxiety or confusion. The same sensibilities that occupy Sam Peckinpah's films spur this one on as well. This is a very morality-based movie: the extensive use of symbolism prove it so. Think of this: every time the Barrow gang attempts to obtain food on-screen, trouble follows. The boy with the two shopping gangs grows suspicious with the isolated house as he notices he is being watched from a window above: A raid takes place. Clyde, trying to steal a shopping bag of food at a market, is attacked by a man with a meat cleaver, the man that later identifies him. When some of the Barrow Gang go to a chicken place, a man sees Morris' gun, and another raid takes place. Then, near the film's end, Bonnie takes a bite of a pear and gives it to Clyde. They are soon shot by machine gun. Are the filmmakers trying to tell us that a life of crime prevents nourishment? As one may guess, this is a realistic film: the camera does not shy away from the truths behind their relationships or the truths behind being a bandit. Unlike the somewhat similar "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid", fun moments are limited to sequences where the young lovers are speeding away to chase music. One can feel the walls closing in on the doomed couple as paranoia increases steadily, leading to the very beautiful yet bloody end. As the opening credits suggest, they die a legend.
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Summary: The Stuff of Legend
Review: This movie ignited critics and the public alike when it was first released in theatres. Much discussion centered around the movie's graphic violence (which was considered shocking by 1967 standards --- two years later "The Wild Bunch" would raise the ante even higher); there was also considerable hullaballoo over the film's glamorization of its lawless true-life anti-heroes (which was in fact an old Hollywood tradition best exemplified by a handful of late 1930's and early 1940's biographical Westerns including "Jesse James", "Belle Starr", "Billy the Kid", etc. in which beautiful actors portrayed the murderous title characters as Technicolored lads and ladies). 35 years later the fires of debate have burned out, and what remains notable about "Bonnie and Clyde" is neither its cutting-edge violence nor its historical inaccuracies, but instead the fine craftsmanship that went into its creation. The performances are uniformly outstanding; the cinematography is evocative of a time and place that can still be glimpsed in parts of the Ozarks, Oklahoma, and North Texas; the editing is clean and well-paced; the direction is innovative and assured, even poetic in some sequences (the initial acquaintance of Barrow and Parker, the reunion of Bonnie's family, the final ambush scene). This film is the telling of legend, not the chronicle of biographical scholarship, and it unfolds its story masterfully. The DVD showcases the film beautifully. The edition I purchased offers both the widescreen and reformatted versions; an earlier issue of this title on DVD offered only the widescreen release (which I personally prefer and recommend, but you may not agree). This is a classic worthy of multiple viewings, and a DVD I endorse without reservation.
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Summary: One of the Best Movies Ever..
Review: The first time I saw this movie was actually a couple of days ago. I watched it twice in one day. I think I could have watched it 20 times and without getting bored. This movie is SO fascinating. I love the characters. True, they are supposed to be antiheroes but you can't help loving them. Faye Dunaway is incredible as Bonnie, the girl swept off her feet by none other than Warren Beatty (and not a bad choice).She is so incredibly beautiful and he is too. I love the opening scene. You can just see the connection the two of them make. Its electric. Together they make an incredible team. They have incredible chemistry. But while they are doing something awful and people are dying along the way, you can't help but empathize with them and hope everything turns out okay for them. I must say I cannot get the final scene out of my head. Its riveting. I found myself crying at the end. Well all I can say is that his movie is one of the best movies I have EVER seen. I absolutely love the actor in this movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone. Its a must see.
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Summary: amazing
Review: This is a GREAT movie. Performances are first-rate, with all the principals contributing career bests. Bonnie, Clyde, and C.W. Moss fall from grace against the backdrop of the Great Depression, but the movie only follows along, never turns on them. Every scene is shot like work in itself. More than one is a masterpiece. It all adds up to a great American movie, IMHO the best of the late 60s. A must see, if anything is.
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Summary: Bonnie and Clyde: forever a timeless classic
Review: Bonnie and Clyde will forever be the dynamic duo. Their love and life will forever live on in American history as well as in the cinema. This movie is truely a masterpiece. Even though historically inacurate, it has found its way into my home video collection.
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Summary: Entertaining performances
Review: This is the film that drew me to the real Bonnie and Clyde many years ago and interested me to read more nonfiction on the gangsters. The lives of these two is fascinating. I loved the film mainly because I enjoyed the performances of Beatty, Dunaway, Hackman, Pollard, Denver Pyle, and Dub Taylor. Many events were true to history but somewhat exaggerated. The opening scenes where Bonnie and Clyde first met was pure fiction. The plot moved too fast and left out lots of detail about their lives.
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