Bonnie and Clyde Page #3

BONNIE:

(goading him on)

Yeah, well you got one all right, I

guess...but you wouldn't have the

gumption to use it.

7.

CLYDE:

(picking up the

challenge, proving himself)

You just keep your eyes open.

EXT. LITTLE GROCERY STORE ACROSS THE STREET. DAY.

The camera remains just behind BONNIE's shoulder so that

throughout the following scene we have BONNIE in the picture,

looking at what we look at.

CLYDE goes into the little store. We remain outside with

BONNIE watching. For a minute nothing happens. We can

barely see what is going on in the store. Then CLYDE comes

out, walking slowly. In one hand he holds the gun, in the

other a fistful of money. He gets halfway, to BONNIE and

smiles broadly at her, a smile of charm and personality.

She smiles back. The moment is intense, as if a spark has

jumped from one to the other. Their relationship, which

began the minute BONNIE spotted him in the driveway, has now

really begun. CLYDE has shown his stuff and BONNIE is

"turned on."

Suddenly the old man who runs the grocery store comes

running out into the street, completely dumbfounded. He

stands there and says nothing, yet his mouth moves in silent

protest. CLYDE points the gun above him and fires. It is

the first loud noise in the film thus far and it should be a

shock. The old man, terrified, runs back into the store as

fast as he can, CLYDE quickly grabs BONNIE's hand. The

camera swings with them as they turn and begin to run down

the street. A few yards and the stores disappear entirely.

The landscape turns into that arid, flat and unrelieved

western plain that begins where the town ends.

EXT. STORE. AT THE EDGE OF TOWN. DAY.

A car is parked at the back of the store. As soon as they

reach it, CLYDE motions and BONNIE gets in. CLYDE runs to

the front, lifts up the hood and crosses the wires to make

it start. As he stands back, BONNIE calls to him:

BONNIE:

Hey, what's your name, anyway?

CLYDE:

(he slams the hood)

Clyde Barrow.

He runs over to the door, opens it, shoves her over, and

starts up the engine. The entire sequence is played at an

incredible rapid pace.

8.

BONNIE:

(loud, to make

herself heard over

the gunning motor)

Hi, I'm Bonnie Parker. Please to

meet you.

EXT. ROAD. DAY.

VROOM! The car zooms off down the road, doing 90. The fast

country breakdown music starts up on the sound track, going

just as fast as the car.

EXT. CAR. DAY.

The car, still speeding, further down the road. We zoom

down and look in the rear window. CLYDE is driving, we see

from behind. BONNIE is all over him, biting his ear,

ruffling his hair, running her hands all over him--in short,

making passionate love to him while he drives. The thrill

of the robbery and the escape has turned her on sexually.

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