A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run.
Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
They met in 1930. She was stark naked, yelling at him out the window while he tried to steal her mother's car. In a matter of minutes they robbed a store, fired a few shots and then stole somebody else's car. At that point they had not yet been introduced.
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The film has a dynamic soundtrack that gets much louder during the gunfights. The British premiere of the film was notable because the projectionist previewed the film and thought the volume changes were a mistake, so he made careful notes for when to turn it up and when to turn it down so that the volume was "corrected."
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
In the tourist court shoot out near the end of the film, CW throws a grenade at the armored car and it hits the front fender. The fender breaks in half before the explosion. Since the car is presumably a heavy steel vehicle (which it was in real life), the light weight grenade shouldn't have broken the fender.
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Quotes
Bonnie Parker:
[to Clyde, after he rebuffs her romantic advances]
Your advertising's just dandy... folks would never guess you don't have a thing to sell. See more »