Directed by: Arthur Penn
Starring: Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Michael J. Pollard
Trivia: As noted in her memoir 'My Life with Bonnie and Clyde', upon seeing the movie, the real Blanche Barrow described the on screen Blanche saying, "That movie made me out like a screaming horse's ass."
Trivia: A young Morgan Fairchild was Faye Dunaway's stand in for this film.
Revealing mistake: When the farmer is going to shoot the sign the bank put up, you can very well see the mark where the hole is going to appear.
Clyde Barrow: This here's Miss Bonnie Parker. I'm Clyde Barrow. We rob banks.
Question: Why is the scene where Bonnie meets her family so different from the rest of the movie? What is the significance in the change of lighting, sound etc?
Answer: To create an atmosphere and mood that shows how Bonnie's family life contrasted with her life of crime.
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