Warren Beatty interview Bulworth with Jimmy Carter

Oscar winning director and very choosie actor...He made his film debut under Elia Kazan's direction and opposite Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (1961). The film was a box office success and Beatty was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama. Subsequently he appeared in several films which went relatively unnoticed. Then, at age 30, he achieved critical acclaim and power as a producer and star of Bonnie and Clyde (1967) which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
Because of his work on Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Beatty is generally regarded as the precursor of the New Hollywood generation, which included such filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Martin Scorsese.
Afraid of being typecast as a milquetoast leading man, and still smarting over the What's New, Pussycat? debacle, where he was outmaneuvered by Woody Allen and eventually forced to leave the production, Beatty produced Bonnie and Clyde as a means of controlling the projects he was involved with. He hired the untested writers Robert Benton and David Newman, as well as director Arthur Penn, and controlled every facet of production, including cast, script and final cut of the film, as he would throughout the rest of his career, be it as producer/director or only as producer. (It should be noted that, in Bugsy, it was Beatty, the producer, who had final cut on the film, not Barry Levinson, the director.)
Bonnie and Clyde became a blockbuster and cultural touchstone for the youth culture of the era.

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[goldmine85]

He's soo dreamy!!!!

[bibibabkagirl]

warren beatty just has that certain something. idk. he's so...suave. :)

[shantanu6]

beatty is beatty!!

[nuncareclamar]

why worren beatty retired of the cine ? why is the best actor for ever

[themooddisorders]

Warren Beatty is a very smart man. He wrote and starred in Bulworth, one of the best films of the last 31 years

[brushstrokesrock]

What is he up to now?

[beliza87]

i hadn't noticed warren beatty unitl now when i saw splendor in the grass, he looks amazing, one of my favourite movies

[nilent]

You can probably rent Bullworth at the library, and yes, it is on YouTube. Or buy a used or new dvd from ebay or wherever.

The movie is well worth seeing....and if enough (say...100 million Americans ;-) people "GOT" the message therein, the result of the consciousness raising that would ensue could make a real difference in our politics.

The movie isn't a panacea; but the messages within it are truly the key to the kinds of transformative changes we need.

So YES!!! Go see Bullworth! :-)

[voicetube]

My favorite movie of all time: Heaven Can Wait - Starring and co-directed by WB. Genius.

[wellerslastloafers]

you can get it on ebay for £5. Worth every penny.