Texas Focus: Bonnie and Clyde on 35 mm
Film Screening and Discussion
April 20, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Join the Bullock for a special 50th anniversary, 35mm screening and conversation about the film Bonnie and Clyde as part of the Texas Focus film series, a cinematic exploration of the Texas narrative.
Bonnie Parker, a bored waitress falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, robbing cars and banks.
Event Details
Join the Bullock Museum for a screening and conversation about the biographical crime film Bonnie and Clyde as part of the Bullock's Texas Focus film series.
- Included with your ticket is a 6:00 p.m. cash bar.
- Film screening from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Entrance for this screening will be at the IMAX lobby doors.
Your ticket purchase supports the Bullock Museum's exhibitions and educational programming.
Rating: NR
Suggested age: 18+
Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons
Director: Arthur Penn
Writers: David Newman, Robert Benton
Runtime: 111 min.
Genre: Action, biography, crime
Release year: 1967
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut Barrow a.k.a. Clyde Champion Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American criminals and Texans who traveled the central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing people and killing when cornered or confronted.
The poem that Bonnie reads aloud in the rented flat is "The Story of Suicide Sal," written by Bonnie Parker in 1932.
Roger Ebert gave Bonnie and Clyde a largely positive review, giving it four stars out of four. He called the film "a milestone in the history of American movies, a work of truth and brilliance." More than 30 years later, he added the film to his The Great Movies list. For some members of the counterculture, the film was considered to be a "rallying cry."
The film received Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Estelle Parsons) and Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey). It was among the first 100 films selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry and was filmed all across Texas including in Dallas, Denton, Red Oak, Waxahachie and more.
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the film.
Arthur Hiller Penn (September 1922 – September 2010) was an American director and producer of film, television and theater. Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as the drama The Chase (1966), the biographical crime film Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and the comedy Alice's Restaurant (1969). He also got attention for his revisionist Western Little Big Man (1970). Penn made his name directing television dramas and made his feature film debut in 1958.
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