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Bonnie And Clyde [1967]
from Warner Home Video
starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
directed by Arthur Penn

Features:

• Full Screen
• PAL

Editorial Review:

One of the landmark films of the 1960s, Bonnie and Clyde changed the course of American cinema. Setting a milestone for screen violence that paved the way for Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, this exercise in mythologized biography should not be labelled as a bloodbath; as critic Pauline Kael wrote in her rave review, "it's the absence of sadism that throws the audience off balance". The film is more of a poetic ode to the Great Depression, starring the dream team of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the titular antiheroes, who barrel across the South and Midwest robbing banks with Clyde's brother Buck (Gene Hackman), Buck's frantic wife Blanche (Estelle Parsons) and their faithful accomplice C W Moss (the inimitable Michael J. Pollard). Bonnie and Clyde is an unforgettable classic that has lost none of its power since the 1967 release. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Most important movie ever made
  This Arthur Penn (father of actors Sean & Chris Penn) movie is one of the landmark films of the 20th Century, as it changed the course of American cinema forever. Having watched this classic again recently, I was struck at how brilliant the supporting actors are (Gene Hackman, M.J. Pollard, Estelle Parsons, Charlie Richard Pryor)- a surrogate family that made the film swing outside its frontline as well as tweaking the Hollywood rulebook.
  Though Warner Bros had dumped the film in 1967, star Warren... more info

• Tooo good to miss...
  Hard not to get caught up in this beautific phycho dram/road movie/doomed killer nerd/peon to 1930's depression America. It also makes great cinema. The music/cars/set piece action scenes add background and pace to the story of the doomed central characters. Bonny and Clyde (Beaty and Dunnaway never looked finer) meet up to terrorise rob kill and liberate depending on yer point of view.
  Class supporting roles are provided by the remainder of the Barrow clan/gang - Estelle Parsons getting an oscar... more info

• Great film but avoid this copy
  This is a terrific film, although it does overglamourise two ruthless killers. But having said that, it is a thoroughly entertaining film and well worth having in your collection.
  However, unless you dont mind the film having been chopped about, avoid this particular copy, as it is not shown in it's original wide-screen ratio. For the little extra expense, my advice would be to go for the 40th Anniversary copy (also on Amazon) which is in wide-screen format and is vastly superior. (The wide-screen... more info

• Still great
  Bonnie and Clyde was the first film I watched at the cinema. It is still one of the best films made in my opinion. It is raw and real, and it gives a glimpse of an unusual period of time where the banks were the bad guys and the bad guys could actually be portrayed as "good guys". Fabulous film.

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