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Bonnie and Clyde
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Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American drama, crime, biographical, and action film directed by Arthur Penn. The screenplay was written by Robert Benton, Robert Towne, and David Newman, with Warren Beatty serving as producer. The film features music composed by Charles Strouse and cinematography by Burnett Guffey. It was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, and distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. The narrative is set in Iowa and is associated with the New Hollywood movement.
The film has a runtime of 111 minutes and was released on August 13, 1967. It received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography, as well as the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. The production had a budget of 2,500,000 and generated revenue of 70,000,000. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 7.7 based on 126,908 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.495 from 1,788 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.5In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Cast
- Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow
- Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker
- Michael J. Pollard as C. W. Moss
- Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow
- Estelle Parsons as Blanche
- Denver Pyle as Frank Hamer
Themes
- sheriff
- waitress
- ambush
- prohibition era
- submachine gun
- texas
- bank robber
- oklahoma
- impotence
- missouri
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Named after
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Arthur Penn
- Screenwriter
- David Newman
- Cast member
- Patrick Cranshaw
- Composer
- Charles Strouse
- Producer
- Warren Beatty
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Burnett Guffey
- Narrative location
- Iowa
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 893610
- Image
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967 teaser poster).jpg
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- Commons category
- Bonnie and Clyde (film)
- film editor
- Dede Allen
- title
- Bonnie and Clyde
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- production designer
- Dean Tavoularis
- distributed by
- Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
- capital cost
- 2500000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.7/10
- characters
- Frank Hamer
- publication date
- 1968-01-24
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Encyclopedic overview
Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical crime drama film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, outlaws and romantic partners in the Great Depression-era American South. The cast also features Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons. The screenplay was written by David Newman and Robert Benton (with uncredited contributions by Beatty and Robert Towne); Beatty also produced the film.
The film was released in the United States by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts on August 13, 1967. It is considered a turning point for American cinema. 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. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards including for Best Picture, winning Best Supporting Actress (for Estelle Parsons) and Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey).
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