New American Cinema: "Bonnie and Clyde," Arthur Penn

In 1967, Arthur Penn and Warren Beaty broke the stronghold on Hollywood studios by introducing a biography of the counterculture Bonnie and Clyde Barrow gang that terrorized middle America by robbing banks during the depression.  They introduced not only violence, but a heaping tablespoon of sex into their film.  

Some critics praised the film and it had its share of those who hated it.  Beatty eventufally made 6 million profit and Penn 2 million from the seond grossing profit of all time, behind "My Fair Lady."

Playbill, history, background, notes:  10 pages; 3151 words; many visuals