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I saw Bonnie and Clyde on TNT the other night. It was the 1st time I'd seen it since it 1st came out back in the late 60's. The movie stars Warren Beatty and Fay Dunaway as a real life couple who robbed banks in Texas and near by states in the depths of the depression. The two stars did a really fine job but they are somewhat upstaged by the supporting cast. Gene Hackman plays Clyde's brother and the part of his wife Blanch is also very well done. Is that the same woman that plays Rosanne's mother? They look something alike. Another good character is Clyde's side kick C.J. Moss. The music is outstanding and includes what is perhaps the 2nd most famous Banjo part in movie history, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Scroggs and Flats which is played during car chases. The movie is pretty violent. It was one of the 1st movies to be somewhat realistic about showing the results of people getting shot. Tame by today's standards but pretty shocking for it's time. It's also emotionally draining. I remember being somewhat stunned the 1st time I saw it on the big screen. Even on TV, knowing what happens it can really draw you in and make you feel the hopelessness and yet the freedom as the gang drove around shooting up the west with "fate" written all over their faces. A classic but not for everyone. Launched the careers of three of the biggest names in the movies today. **** out of 5, George
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| 773.1 | Estelle Parsons | PCBUOA::DOONAN | Wed Mar 01 1995 07:16 | 3 | |
Yup, that's Estelle Parsons (the same one in Roseanne) that played
Blanche, and she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her
performance.
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| 773.2 | SWAM2::SMITH_MA | Wed Mar 01 1995 13:24 | 8 | ||
Gene Hackman can upstage anyone! I just recently saw a screening of
Young Frankenstein and the seen with Hackman as the blind man has got
to be one of top three funny moments in the movie. And we're talkin' a
pretty funny movie!
GH never lets me down. I always enjoy watching him.
MJ
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| 773.3 | Never saw the film, but *love* the tune! | STRATA::PHILLIPS | Music of the spheres. | Sat Oct 07 1995 16:59 | 17 |
RE. basenote
> The music is outstanding and includes what is perhaps the 2nd most famous
>Banjo part in movie history, "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Scroggs and Flats
>which is played during car chases.
Minor nit-banjo-pickin'......
The song "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" was performed by the group Flatt
& Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys and was written by Earl Scruggs -
arguably one of the most influential 5-string banjo players ever. Earl
is definitely MY favorite 5-string banjo player!
"Dueling Banjos" may have been bigger, but FMB is a much better banjo
tune IMO.
Eric-who-can-barely-play-Foggy-Mountain-Breakdown-on-the-5-string....
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