Bonnie and Clyde (BD) [Blu-ray]

If you've read the book Go Down Together by Jeff Guinn, you realize that this movie is not accurate at all. Third party "driver", W.D., was a kid who belonged to Clyde's mother's friend, Tookie Jones. This movie has B&C picking W.D. up randomly at a service station, calling him "C.W. Moss", and later, incorrectly making his character the rat fink partly responsible for B&C's slaughters.Clyde did not have erectile dysfunction in real life. As for the shoot out scenes, many of those were inaccurate as well.While in Joplin, Clyde did not see the police cab approach from the apartment window. Rather, he and Buck were surprised when they opened the building's garage door.The car accident in Wellington, Texas--a result of Clyde's reckless driving--left Bonnie permanently disabled. This incident was entirely skipped in the movie, instead showing Bonnie returning fire at the Platte City shootout. In reality, Bonnie could barely walk.Buck and Blanche Barrow were dumb, but not dumb enough to use a bed mattress as cover while running to their car during that shootout.At Dexter Park, Clyde was not shot in the arm while attempting to drive through the police posse, but while he was outside of their stolen V-8 Sedan.The movie has "C.W. Moss's" father as the informant to Bonne and Clyde's bounty hunters, yet the actual informant was Ivy Methvin, father of prison breaker Henry Methvin. Henry had been a tag-a-long when Clyde freed several prisoners at Eastham Prison.At the real scene of B&C's demise, Clyde never stepped foot outside of the car to assist Ivy, who had created a flat tire scenario while the shooters lay in wait in the nearby brush.Redneck Texas Ranger, Hamer, mutilated Bonnie with bullets after she was clearly dead. It was gross overkill, but not surprising for the Country Bumpkin mentality of law enforcement at that time.The actress who played Blanche later went on to play Roseanne's mother on Roseanne. Faye Dunaway sometimes over-acted her part, the twitching and hair tossing making her look like she had motor ticks. In real life, it was Blanche who was the more attractive female, not Bonnie. Typical Hollywood!

The outrageous criminal love couple on the run!Arthur Penn directed the crime thriller that put the blood and grit into Hollywood films forevermore: Bonnie & Clyde (1967). Penn uses squibs for blood and riddles bodies with bullets like audiences had never seen before Bonnie & Clyde. This is as influential as crime thrillers gets as Bonnie & Clyde influenced Badlands, Thelma & Louise, True Romance, and Natural Born Killers to name a few.Arthur Penn’s direction was the perfect director to balance character moments with gripping shootouts. I like how he just lets scenes play out. I love the banjo score theme song that is “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” by Flatt and Scruggs is the perfect mood setter for Bonnie & Clyde. It’s high octane speed and playful tone fit the infamous crime duo’s dramatic flair and vicious acts.Bonnie Parker is depicted by Faye Dunaway as an alluring, if near sociopathic killer seeking love and dangerous. Dunaway is lovely and dreamy as Bonnie, but quickly all her sheen disappears as you realize she is just bored and needy. She uses Clyde for her own sick kicks to get an adrenaline rush out of robbery and murder of innocent people. Dunaway’s greatest role will forever be as Bonnie because she charms you to distract you from her inner dissatisfaction.Warren Beatty’s portrayal of Clyde Barrow is strange as he’s oddly likable for a serial killer and chronic bank robber. He’s depicted as sensitive, yet absolutely capable and willing to commit murder at a moment’s notice. Beatty is charming, but also brutal as he fires off countless rounds at the police and bystanders alike. I’d say Bonnie & Clyde is also Warren Beatty’s best acting as he manages a nuanced portrayal of a complex mythic figure in criminal history.I really enjoyed Gene Hackman’s supporting role as Clyde’s brother Buck Barrow. Hackman’s eager and excitable personality gives Buck a magnetic persona. Estelle Parsons is hilarious as Blanche Barrow, Buck’s hysterical and conservative wife. I appreciated Michael J. Pollard’s portrayal of C.W. Moss as a dim witted, yet sincere youth bent on the excitement of crime. I am amazed by Dub Taylor’s tough father figure Ivan Moss. Denver Pyle is solid and steadfast as Frank Hamer.I must mention Gene Wilder gets a hilarious cameo as Eugene Grizzard in his film debut! Penn also cast a non-actress, Mabel Cavitt, as Bonnie’s mother. She is apt as the nervous mother worried that her daughter will end up dead by the law if she continues her dangerous path.In all, Bonnie & Clyde is an entertaining and thoughtful film well crafted by Arthur Penn.

"Bonnie and Clyde" set the tone, style, attitude, and pacing of today's modern day epics, and it was WAY ahead of its time back when initially released. Not only does the film still feel contemporary now, but it's probably even more entertaining today than it was then (if you can believe that). By so eerily anticipating our culture's love affair with mass media celebrity and the glorification of violent crime and criminal behavior, "Bonnie and Clyde" fired the shot that was heard around the cinematic world, and now with this excellent 2-disc set the blast can ring long in our ears for years and years to come. Faye Dunaway is radiant here. Warren Beatty, despite all of his other grand features, has probably never been this good elsewhere. The supporting cast, the lightning paced banjo score, the unbelievable cinematography, the insatiable period detail, the energetic screenplay, and the soundscape...well, it goes on and on, but just know that if you love movies, and can tolerate graphic violence (which still seems shocking even now), then "Bonnie and Clyde" should be the first purchase on your list of DVDs. It gets my vote as the number one American film of all time--I like it when I was younger, and I will like it forever.The DVD extras are very good, but others have described these. Jack Warner, when first viewing this film, labeled it a "three piss picture". Indeed. Now, everyone can pee their pants in anticipation of seeing it yet again!

Great film. Warren Beatty and Faye Runaway really good.

My wife and I saw this film what only seems yesterday at the cinema and loved it. One line will always remain with the pair of us and that is;- "Dirt, dirt in the fuel line. Just blowed it away". This is a dated film but enen today rings a few bells. It was after that couple in the U.S. that the film once again came to mind so I just had to see it one more time. We both loved it.

Heard about this film for years and saw a review in the Telegraph which prompted me to purchase the film.Heard that the previous release was not widescreen and so purchased this version.First rate film and version and looked as fresh today as when it was released.

good

good film and quick service