Why Bonnie and Clyde is Hollywood's Most Revolutionary Film

Many films have changed Hollywood, but none like Bonnie and Clyde. Bonnie and Clyde's influence was revolutionary, not least of which was ushering in the Hollywood we know today. Bonnie and Clyde changed everything, and after it's release, movies in America would never be the same.

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Footage From:
Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Dir. Arthur Penn
The Sound of Music (1965), Dir. Robert Wise
Arthur Penn on Directing Bonnie and Clyde (????), American Film Institute
Ben Hur (1959), Dir. William Wyler
The Ten Commandments (1956), Dir. Cecil B DeMille
An American In Paris (1951), Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Cimarron (1960), Dir. Anthony Mann
Cleopatra (1963), Dir. Joseph L Mankiewicz
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Dir. Lewis Milestone and Carol Reed
Doctor Dolittle (1967), Dir. Richard Fleischer
The Hippie Temptation (1967), Dir. Warren Wallace
The March (1963), Dir. James Blue
Largest Anti-War Protests in Washington DC (1969), Associated Press
The Great Escape (1963), Dir. John Sturges
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Dir. John Ford
Rio Bravo (1959), Dir. Howard Hawks
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970), Dir. Joseph L Mankiewicz and Sidney Lumet
Vietnam Bombing Runs Over Khe Sanh (1968), US Air Force
Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Dir. Sidney Lumet
Easy Rider (1969), Dir. Dennis Hopper
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Dir. Milos Forman
All The President's Men (1976), Dir. Alan J Pakula
Harold and Maude (1971), Dir. Hal Ashby
Star Wars (1977), Dir George Lucas
Ferris Buellers Day Off (1986), Dir. John Hughes
Fight Club (1999), Dir. David Fincher
Avatar (2007), Dir. James Cameron
Spotlight (2014), Dir. Tom McCarthy

Music From:
Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
The Sound of Music, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Sixteen Going On Seventeen, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Edelweiss, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
So Long, Farewell, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
I Got Rhythm, George Gershwin
Where Is My Mind?, The Pixies
Various additional songs/soundtracks from the films listed above

For educational purposes only.