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Bonnie and Clyde

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  1. Two outlaws, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who went on a two-year spree of murder and bank robbery in the 1930s in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas before being killed in an ambush.


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Claudia described Rachel and Stephen as "totally faithful to each other" and "like Bonnie and Clyde" when discussing their win on Uncloaked.

From BBC

Reuniting the actor-turned-filmmaker with Jessie Buckley, one of the stars of Gyllenhaal’s Oscar-nominated directing debut “The Lost Daughter,” the story has been moved to 1930s Chicago with references to movies such as “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Wild at Heart” being thrown around to describe the movie’s lovers-on-the-run variation on the storyline of a monster and his mate.

From Los Angeles Times

“Casablanca” “Gone With the Wind” “Citizen Kane” “Mad Max” “It” “The Matrix” “Blade Runner” “Bonnie and Clyde” “The Minecraft Movie” “The Lego Movie” “Barbie” “The Shining” “The Conjuring” “Weapons” “Godzilla”

From Los Angeles Times

This got fans excited, especially when some realised it was the date of Bonnie and Clyde's funeral.

From BBC

Warren Beatty was reluctant to play another outlaw so soon after “Bonnie and Clyde.”

From Los Angeles Times