''Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde'' is a 1993 American romantic

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co-written and directed by John Shepphird and starring Maureen Flannigan as Bonnie and

Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the television series ''Party of Five'' as Bailey Salinger, as Jake Hartman in ''Everwood'', as Chad Decker in ''V (2009 TV series), V'' and as Carson Drew ...

as Clyde.

Premise

A modern-day retelling of the story of 1930s bank robbers

Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut (Champion) Barrow (March 24, 1909May 23, 1934) were an American criminal couple who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. The co ...

where two teenagers, Bonnie and Clyde, are drawn to a life of crime. The two young lovers begin with shoplifting and work their way up to wanted felons as they make a run for the Mexican border.

Cast

* Maureen Flannigan as Bonnie *

as Clyde *

Bentley Mitchum Bentley Mitchum (born February 22, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in about 40 films and TV series, including Sundance grand jury prize winner ''Ruby in Paradise'', ''The Man in the Moon'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''Conviction'', '' Su ...

as Kirk *

Tom Bower Thomas Michael Bower (born 28 September 1946) is a British writer and former BBC journalist and television producer. He is known for his investigative journalism and for his unauthorised biographies, often of business tycoons and newspaper pr ...

as Peter Baker *

Don Novello Donald Andrew Novello (born January 1, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, film director and producer. He is best known for his work on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1978 to 1980, and again from 1985 to 1986, often as the ...

as Sanchez

Production

The film was first pitched to financiers at the

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in May of 1992. Filming began in August of 1992, with locations including

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Release

After originally being given an

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rating by the

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, the filmmakers appealed and the rating was changed to an R. The film was given a limited theatrical release on August 27, 1993 and was released to video that December.

Reception

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'' gave the film a grade of C- and said, "Young leads Wolf and Flannigan (as a police chief’s daughter gone bad) are surprisingly appealing, but whatever goodwill they earn is spent by the end, when this pointless movie ineptly rips off the original Bonnie and Clyde’s climactic massacre."

References

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* *{{Rotten Tomatoes, teenage_bonnie_and_klepto_clyde 1993 films 1993 black comedy films 1993 comedy films 1993 crime films 1993 directorial debut films 1993 romance films 1990s American films 1990s English-language films 1990s teen films 1990s road movies American black comedy films American crime films American road movies American romance films Cultural depictions of Bonnie and Clyde Films about couples Films scored by Terry Plumeri Films shot in Salt Lake City Romantic crime films Teen crime films