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Bonnie and Clyde (1967) |
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Unlikely
story of real 30s gangsters who robbed banks, killed a lot of
people, were betrayed and were dramatically killed themselves. |
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This is one
of my all time favourite films. When I originally |
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saw it I
stayed in my seat and sat through it again. |
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It's Arthur
Penn's best work and Warren Beatty as the |
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producer
deserves a lot of the credit, not to mention |
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scriptwriters' Robert Benton and David Newman. Everyone in |
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it has
hardly bettered their performances here. |
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The morality
of the tale may be a bit loose since it appears |
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Bonnie and
Clyde drifted into crime because of the |
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depression
and Clyde only of necessity shot the bank teller |
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who jumped
on the running board of their getaway car. But |
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this film is
more than a tale of bank robbers. |
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In all the
fuss and despite having seen it at least 8 times I until |
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recently
missed the fact that Clyde shot off two of his toes to |
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avoid a work
detail in prison. But he only has the slightest of |
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limps and
this is only the slightest of excuses to include this |
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I've even
seen the car in which they were killed. It's not in a |
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museum but a
casino on the Nevada border. |
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