Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Bonnie and Clyde


Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 counterculture film directed by Arthur Penn and stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.  The film takes place during the great depression and starts with Bonnie being bored with her life and wanting to make a change. She gets that chance when she meets Clyde, who tries to steal her mothers car.  She decides to take up his offer of being his partner in crime.  The two start with small holdups but their amateur efforts, while exciting, are not very dangerous.  Bonnie and Clyde join forces with C.W Moss, Clyde's brother Buck, and his wife Blanche and begin taking on bigger crimes such as bank robberies.  After a bank robbery gone bad, Clyde ends up shooting the bank manager in the face.  The gang is pursued by law enforcement, and they end up capturing Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, who is eventually released.   A raid later catches the outlaws off guard, killing Buck with a shot to his head and injuring Blanche. Bonnie, Clyde and C.W. barely escape with their lives. Blanche, who is in police custody, is tricked into revealing C.W.'s name, who was up until now still only an "unidentified suspect." Hammer locates Bonnie, Clyde, and C.W hiding in C.W.'s father's home.  C.W.'s father strikes a bargain with Hamer, in exchange for leniency for C.W, and helps set a trap for Bonnie and Clyde.  When Bonnie and Clyde stop on the side of the road to help C.W.'s father with a flat tire, the police open fire and riddle them violently. 

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