How New 'Bonnie & Clyde' Movie Measures Up To Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty Cult Classic [TRAILER]

If you haven't yet heard about the new "Bonnie & Clyde" TV miniseries then take cover because the cigar smoking, gun slinging American outlaws are coming. In a special TV presentation taking place over two nights, and shown on three separate networks, director Bruce Beresford will take on Arthur Penn's iconic 1967 "Bonnie and Clyde." In the reboot set to premiere on A&E, Lifetime and History, Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger will attempt to pick up where Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway left off as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. But like other actors and actresses have learned, those stolen shoes are hard to fill; so how does the new rendition measure up to the best known version of the tale?

Well, judging by the teaser trailer, not so well. But, alas, there is still hope! The most unfortunate part of the mini-series will most likely be its budget and production, the budget looks small screen despite being spilt between three major networks. However, the major networks are still cable networks, eliminating the HBO factor of TV. The story of the bank robbing couple is one of lust, violence, and crime meaning that general TV restrictions are sure to weaken some of the impact of the series. However, there is a serious silver lining. Let's face it, if you want to watch Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" then get on Netflix and rent it, because the 2013 version is seriously different. So much so in fact, Emile Hirsch who portrays Clyde never watched the 1967 film version, until that is, he wrapped the new version of "Bonnie & Clyde."

Hirsch recently revealed that he had never seen the film before agreeing to play the infamous outlaw, and decided that instead of attempted to revamp Warren Beatty's character interpretation, he would simply become Clyde "Chestnut" Barrow himself. Hirsch researched the role, but completely eliminated the iconic movie from his material. Instead the 28-year-old actor, best known for his role in "Into The Wild," read several biographies on the subject, including "Go Down Together" and "Public Enemies," and watched the BBC documentary, "The Real Bonnie & Clyde." Hirsch admitted that his portrayal of the character is very different, "I was shocked at the different conclusions that our version had come to as compared to the 1967 version." The differences didn't stop there, the California-born actor said, "Historically, ours is more accurate in terms of the finer details. In other respects, probably not. But it was the tone of Clyde that was most striking to me. Beatty played Clyde as a much different guy."

It is certainly going to be difficult to provide viewers with a completely new angle of the well-known tale, however, the new series will be less Hollywood and more true crime. "It was really going back to the original historical material, photographs, excerpts, interviews and writings about them, trying to get an impression of what I think someone like that would be like," he says. Going to back to the roots of "Bonnie & Clyde" seems like a pretty good place to start, not only will viewers get a new portrayal of Clyde, but we will certainly be learning more historical facts about the young lovers and their life during the Great Depression in America.

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