Bonnie and Clyde [HD DVD]

Bonnie and Clyde [HD DVD]
by Arthur Penn

Bonnie and Clyde [HD DVD]

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Actor: Clyde Howdy, Estelle Parsons, Ken Mayer, Russ Marker, Sadie French
Director: Arthur Penn
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Original recording remastered, Restored, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO

DVD Reviews of Bonnie and Clyde [HD DVD]

DVD Review: Take a rip-roaring two hour excursion with Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
Summary: 4 Stars

Frankly. it had been about 30 years since I had seen "Bonnie and Clyde". I had fond recollections of this film as one of my favorite flicks of the 1960's. This past week I had some time on my hands and some money and a coupon in my pocket so I stopped at my local video store looking for a movie to buy. As soon as I came across the "Two-Disc Special Edition" of "Bonnie and Clyde" I was sold. My memory did not fail me as all these years later I found "Bonnie and Clyde" to be every bit as entertaining as I did when I first saw it as a teenager.

Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) is a daring young ex-con who meets up with Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) in a nondescript Texas town. The year was1930. Bonnie and Clyde are young and restless and quite spontaneously decide to embark on a life of crime together. They would rob banks. A short time later the pair made the acquaintance of a quirky young man named C.W. Moss (Michael J. Pollard) and took him on as their driver. The gang figured that robbing banks in these hick towns would be easy pickins'. But things didn't quite go as planned and soon the trio would be wanted for the cold-blooded murder of a bank manager. Under hot pursuit by law enforcement officials from five states including a tenacious Texas Ranger named Frank Hamer (Denver Pyle) Bonnie and Clyde would continue their wave of murder and mayhem for the next two years. Time and again the gang managed to elude capture. Soon Clyde's brother Buck (Gene Hackman) and his wife Blanche (Estelle Parsons) arrive on the scene and join the gang. Blanche is a whining, whimpering daughter of a preacher. Blanche and Bonnie cannot stand each other and the tension between them is fascinating to watch for the remainder of the picture.

There is a truly poignant moment in "Bonnie and Clyde" when Bonnie, frightened and angry, runs away from Clyde through a field of wheat. Coincidentally as he pursues her a cloud sweeps across the field and shadows them. Seen in a high, wide-angle shot it is one of those moments of serendipity given to few movies. These days that image could be generated by a computer but on that day in 1967 when the scene was filmed in Texas it was a perfectly timed accident of nature. But ultimately Bonnie and Clyde were doomed and they knew it. They were among "America's Most Wanted" and they understood that it was only a matter of time before the authorities would catch up with them. They knew they were going to die. There is a another touching scene late in the film where Bonnie writes a poem about Clyde. In her writing Bonnie has essentially captured the essence of their rather unusual relationship. For one fleeting moment we get to see another softer side of Bonnie and Clyde.

In 1992 "Bonnie and Clyde" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The beautifully remastered "Two Disc Special Edition" of "Bonnie and Clyde" released in 2008 is simply dazzling. For me seeing the remastered version of the film was almost like seeing it for the very first time. The colors are crisp and clean and the sound quality superb. Also, I would be remiss if I failed to make mention of the use of Flatt & Scruggs legendary bluegrass tune "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" at key points throughout this film. It captured the mood of the period perfectly and would introduce a whole new generation to the joys of bluegrass music. But do not get the wrong idea. "Bonnie and Clyde" is an extremely violent film. Also, be aware of the fact that an awful lot of artistic license was taken by director Arthur Penn and producer Warren Beatty in the making of this film. Two generations later "Bonnie and Clyde" remains a great American movie. If you are a guy who has never seen "Bonnie and Clyde" I urge you to give it a look. While this is definitely a guy film women can enjoy it as well. The story of "Bonnie and Clyde" is the unusual juxtaposition of comedy and violence. It is a groundbreaking movie on a great many levels. Highly recommended!

DVD Review: Top Of the Shelf DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

The film is anyway, is very good. But the main attraction of this DVD is the Special features which is very collectors item, I recommend this DVD Double Disc to all who like this kind of Action and Drama Genre.
Hariharan Venkatesh

DVD Review: Very entertaining but inaccurate
Summary: 4 Stars

It has been about twenty years since I've seen this film and I recently watched it again because I had read Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, a very good and detailed biography of Bonnie and Clyde. Although I still think this is a groundbreaking and highly entertaining film, I was surprised at how many liberties the filmmakers took with the true facts. Almost every scene, from their first meeting to their deaths, is inaccurate when it comes to the true details about what really happened. The movie is good entertainment but if you want the real story, read the book!

DVD Review: A MASTERPIECE OF AMERICAN CINEMA
Summary: 5 Stars

What can I say about BONNIE AND CLYDE that hasn't been said before. Deservedly one of the AFI's top 100 of all-time despite a no-message[?], romanticized story about robbing & killing. This is a tribute to the individuals who put this together especially director Arthur Penn who got GREAT performances from all protagonists involved including Faye Dunaway [Bonnie] in only her fifth film, Warren Beatty [Clyde Barrow] just coming off the forgettable and embarrassing PROMISE HER ANYTHING [1965] and a particularly memorable spit-fire performance from the little-known Gene Hackman. The film was imbued with a sense of stark realism throughout. You really got a feel that you were with this bunch traversing the mid-west countryside robbing banks. Micheal J. Pollard was a lots of fun, as usual, as C.W. Moss---a wayward oddball who joins the gang. Gene Wilder, with the apropos name 'Eugene Grizzard', has a short but memorably funny spot here. He and his girlfriend are picked up by the gang and are about to become members until Wilder reveals his line of work: undertaker. Estelle Parsons, who plays Hackman's wife Blanche, is a riot. Another impeccable performance with her ranting and screaming and inability to stay calm being continually annoying and putting the group in peril. The scene where Bonnie wants to stop and visit her mom, with hopes of an eventual reunion, only to have the old lady walk off advising "girl, you keep on running" is incisive and a major reality check. This is a haphazardly violent and even brutal movie for 1967's Summer of Love: from Beatty's near dismembering by a cleaver-wielding storeworker during an early holdup to his brother's [Hackman as Buck Barrow] wailing after a shotgun wound to the head to that unforgettable ambush ending that leaves even B & C foes stunned. Bedroom scene between Beatty and Dunaway dealing with Clyde's sexual disinterest vs impotence vs something else is sensitive and frank. This was not your typical gangster. There were obviously other character traits that attracted B to C---guts, commitment [though misguided], a sense of adventure and risk-taking?---or what it the bond, hope, security, the definition he provided her. Why does one person follow another despite certain peril and extirpation? After watching this one you will easily see why Gene Hackman is one of the greatest actors of all time---modern era or not. That final split-second moment at the end when Beatty and Dunaway pause and look into each others eyes---things not just right---with birds suddenly flying off just before the cops' emphatic movie-ending fusillade, is stirring. Don't forget, when asked at your next social function what line of work you and yours are in, to reply: "...WE ROB BANKS"..

DVD Review: The Strangest Damned Gang
Summary: 5 Stars

I absolutely abhore violence and mayhem (well I couldn't say that with a straight face). This was actually very well put together. One of the few movies based on a true story that I actually enjoyed. I had never seen Beatty in a film before this but he, and Gene Hackman, were brilliant. I loved how Beatty could be shouting and furious one minute and then discuss how he wants to settle down and start a family with Bonnie. Hackman, who can be humorous and deadly serious at the same time (Superman for example). It's funny when he tells his joke about the cow to Clyde then to see him tell Gene Wilder the same joke and see the others' bored expressions. Dunaway I had seen in Supergirl (not as bad as some think) and Towering Inferno (didn't really have much to do in that one did she) but her performance in this was, like her costar, excellent. One of the best scenes with her is when she reads her poem near the end of the film. Her and Beatty had excellent chemistry and it shows. A scene I enjoy is when they're about to make love and he pulls away and then she yells at him, through the implication of his impotence. Nowadays, they'd have to talk about his condition for hours. Estelle Parsons I couldn't believe was in a serious movie, compared to her performances in Roseanne (I know there's like a twenty year difference but still) is just as good as Dunaway. Though her screaming like an idiot can give one a headache after awhile but one of the best scenes with her is when she's sitting in the cell, blindfolded, and unknowingly telling a cop they embarrassed earlier everything, as she breaks down about her dead husband. Though I don't think she should've been the only actor to win an Oscar for her efforts. Pollard's character I found annoying. He was just annoying and I wish he wasn't given as many lines in the film. The lack of music (except for a few moments) I think adds to the film, especially in the bloody climax. With the way some films can be, its like the characters in this merely suffered some minor knife wounds.

Description of Bonnie and Clyde [HD DVD]

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are the legendary Depression-era bandits and lovers in this landmark film that won two Academy Awards and triggered a revolution in screen violence. Year: 1967.

High Def Exclusive: 34-page hardcover book that includes a detailed production history, star/director filmographies and rare archival behind the scenes photos.

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 labeled 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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