![]() I remember, as that car was coming, when we were back behind that hedge, the feeling was, Oh my god, here they come! It just felt so real. It put you in the mindset of what these guys were thinking. It was like, Man, what we’re about to do, actually happened. “It was really kind of startling,” says Harrelson. 23 year-old Bonnie and 24-year-old Clyde were dead. The pair had no chance, as All That's Interestingstates police immediately opened fire and 'emptied their entire supply of ammunition' onto the lovers. That haunted me a little bit, thinking about that.” When Bonnie and Clyde'sFord V8 (seen above) made its way into Bienville Parish on May 23, 1934, they were ambushed (via Britannica). “Every time I did the scene, and I’d see that car coming I’d go, There was a day in 1934 when those two outlaws came around that bend. I think being at that place kind of added a somber attitude in a way to everything about it.”Ĭostner recalls shooting the scene as a “haunting” experience. And so, there’s no cheering moment or anything like that. Once they start firing they’re going to keep firing until their guns are empty. There’s no joyous celebration when they gun down Bonnie and Clyde. It became kind of hallowed ground, because it’s not a victorious moment. The fact that we shot the ambush at the exact spot where the actual ambush occurred was really creepy in all the best ways. They were shot by a posse of four Texas officers and two Louisiana officers. Casey Silver, our producer, said, ‘Why don’t we shoot there?’ And so, we started working towards that. This monument marks the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed on May 23, 1934. The grass was closer to the road in 1934, and there were no yellow stripes in 1934, but other than that, not much had changed. Martin Chalakoski On May 23, 1934, Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow, infamous criminal duo, were ambushed and brutally gunned down by a posse of six police officers on Gibsland Road just outside Bienville Parish, Louisiana. “We went up there and not much has changed. “The very first location scout, we flew to Shreveport, because we wanted to see the actual spot where it occurred, so we could pick a location that looked enough like it did back in 1934,” says Hancock. On May 23, 1934, police officers from Louisiana and Texas ambushed Bonnie and Clyde in their vehicle along the highway near Sailes, Louisiana, killing the two. It’s interesting to note that a man named Dillard Darby, who had been kidnapped by the Barrow gang a year earlier after his car had been stolen by the gang, was an undertaker. The strive for authenticity led Hancock to film the brutal death scene of the notorious criminals at the actual spot where they were ambushed and shot by a group of lawmen led by Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, who are played in the movie by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson. Snapshot of the spot where Bonnie & Clyde were ambushed by FBI Texas Ranger Hamer gave the signal and his 6-man posse fired, killing Bonnie and Clyde in a hail of bullets. ![]() Director John Lee Hancock‘s new Netflix film The Highwaymen attempts to show the hunt for, and killing of, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in a more realistic fashion than previous depictions.
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