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BONNIE AND CLYDE premieres in New York. Directed by Arthur Penn, from a screenplay written by David Newman and Robert Benton. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway make for an anachronistic dapper couple in fashionably violent, New Wave influenced quasi-bio of the doomed depression-era bank-robbing love-birds. Relegated at first by Warner Bros to a handful of regional cinemas, and only given a national release after Beatty threatens to sue, the films confounds studio expectations to become one of the biggest hits of the year. The strong supporting cast includes Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Gene Wilder (in his film debut) and Estelle Parsons. Oscars go to Parsons for Best Supporting Actress and Burnett Guffey for Best Cinematography.
