Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5945 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-06-01
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Amazon.co.uk 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

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Synopsis
Based on the true-life exploits of the notorious depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, BONNIE AND CLYDE has become a part of popular American culture and is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream Hollywood.

Bonnie is bored with life and wants a change. She gets her chance when she meets a charming young drifter by the name of Clyde Barrow. Clyde has dreams of a life of crime, and freedom from the hardships of the depression. The two fall in love and soon begin a crime spree that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. They rob small banks with skill and panache, soon becoming minor celebrities known across the country. People are proud to have been held up by Bonnie and Clyde; to them the duo is doing what nobody else has the guts to do. To the law the two are evil bank robbers who deserve to be gunned down where they stand. Warrren Beatty (REDS, BULWORTH) and Faye Dunaway (CHINATOWN, DON JUAN DE MARCO) are marvellous as the young criminal lovers, delivering subtle and complete performances. Also excellent are Gene Hackman (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, UNFORGIVEN) as Clyde's brother, Buck; and Estelle Parsons as Buck's wife, Blanche; and the always enjoyable Michael J. Pollard as C.W. Moss. The extremely violent film has made a large impact on American culture, expressing the mood of rebellion rampant in the late 1960s and beyond.

Customer Reviews

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 for her role as Buck Barrows understandably nervous wife. Gene Wilder adds some comic relief as the hapless victim along with his girlfriend of the Barrow gangs need to steal a new car for their journey.
That Bonny and Clyde are doomed is sensed throughout powerfully rendered in a family reunion with Bonny mother's advice: 'you best keep running clyde barrow and you know it'.The shoot outs were attested as the most genuine aspect of the movie by the real life C W Moss in a 1960's Playboy interview (shortly to be killed by a shotgun blast over a drug deal) The betrayal and final ambush scene of Bonny and Clyde finally bring the gritty reality of the movie home.

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 version gets 4 stars!)

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.