Continuity mistake: When Bonnie and Clyde are in the hotel room trying to have sex, Clyde stands up and Bonnie lies on her side and there is a gun right by her face. Throughout the rest of the scene there is no gun on the bed at all.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Plot summary
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Starring: Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty, Michael J. Pollard
Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty), recently out of prison, has turned to bank robbery. He meets Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) and together the two form the nucleus of a gang of bank robbers who terrorize the southwest in the 1920s. Based on the true story of a pair of notorious bank robbers, the film personalizes them while still showing the violence that went along with them.
More mistakes in Bonnie and Clyde
Clyde Barrow: This here's Miss Bonnie Parker. I'm Clyde Barrow. We rob banks.
Trivia: As noted in her memoir 'My Life with Bonnie and Clyde', upon seeing the movie, the real Blanche Barrow described the on screen Blanche saying, "That movie made me out like a screaming horse's ass."
Question: Why is the scene where Bonnie meets her family so different from the rest of the movie? What is the significance in the change of lighting, sound etc?
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Answer: To create an atmosphere and mood that shows how Bonnie's family life contrasted with her life of crime.
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