In this movie Young Guns based loosely on actual events and people. William H. Bonney (aka Billy the Kid). Sought for a petty crime in Lincoln County, Billy is taken in by John Tunstall, a British ranch owner seeking to make it in the cattle business. Tunstall employs a group of "regulators," comprised of wayward youths he's gathered over the years, to watch…
Imagine this. One day, you’re at a bank, casually making a deposit. Then, out of nowhere, multiple people come inside and start shouting orders at everyone. And then there are lots gunshots at the ceiling and walls. This is what happened on March 13, 1934 in the First National Bank, right here in Mason City, Iowa. Within this essay, there will be information on who was involved in the Dillinger Robbery, who John Dillinger is, and what happened during the robbery.…
“If a policeman is killed in Dallas, and they have no clue or guide, if they can’t find a friend, just wipe the slate clean, and hang it on Bonnie and Clyde.” -Bonnie Parker. The criminal outlaw duo Bonnie and Clyde, who also became known as The Barrow Gang, became notorious for their two year crime spree during the Great Depression and were made famous by their actions. Bonnie Parker was part of this duo and played a role in altering the image of women, which was already taking place during this time, by proving that even a woman can become a famous outlaw.…
A name so greatly feared by the law and loved by all would be the romanticized couple of Bonnie and Clyde. Striving for big dreams was originally the plan, but the life of crime overtook when the lovers first met. Although living through the night of stolen pennies and fired bullets obtains consequences that cannot be escaped, the infamous duo rained terror among many states and numerous households´. The history of Bonnie and Clyde illustrates the life of outlaws in love throughout the times of hardship and depression.…
According to Arthur Penn’s film, Clyde Barrow was a pretty boy outlaw who basked in the attention and notoriety. The only reasoning for Clyde’s crime spree appears to be his quest to impress his girlfriend Bonnie, and to become wealthy. Nell his sister, leads us to believe Clyde didn’t posses much of a work ethic. She recalls a time when Clyde came home early from his job at Proctor and Gambles with his wrist wrapped, when she enquired why his wrist was taped up Clyde “explained patiently and sweetly that he had sprained it and had to knock off from work.” Shortly after this exchange, Nell recalls Clyde tying a neck tie using his sprained wrist “just as well as the other one.” When she confronts him again he confesses. Clyde says, there isn’t…
Here's a pretty accurate plot summary of Bonnie and Clyde: Bonnie and Clyde fall in love, try to escape the Great Depression, commit violence, get famous, die in a hail of gunfire, leave beautiful corpses.…
Hancock is a miserable drunk that fights crime without considering the consequences of his recklessness. He costs the city millions of dollars in damage each time he rescues or apprehends people. When an unsuccessful businessman, Ray Embrey, gets caught in traffic on top of a railroad track with a train coming down the line, Hancock comes to save the day. Instead of getting Ray out of the way of the train, Hancock stands in the way of the train and with his invulnerability, derails the train and ruins the train engine. The city has had enough of Hancock’s recklessness so they jail him, and Ray convinces Hancock to not break out so that the city will realize how much they need him. Los Angeles eventually needs Hancock for a hostage situation in a bank, so they release him so that he can save all the hostages. Ray convinces Hancock to do a neat, honorable job this time, in which he does and receives a pardon for the destruction he had caused. Hancock finds out that Ray’s wife, Mary, is his other half, and has the same superpowers as he does. She tells him that they are meant to be together but become immortal when they are. The bank robber tries to get his revenge on Hancock but both Hancock and Mary get shot and the only way for both of them to live is to depart from each other so that the immortality will set back in. So to save their…
When we were assigned our multi project essay, I decided to do Bonnie and Clyde. You might be asking yourself to why I would want to research one of the most famous romanticized killer couples in history? I did these certain people because I knew about them before from my family and I thought they were super engaging. Bonnie and Clyde were a couple who went around robbing and killing people in the 1930’s. Bonnie and Clyde were one of the most famous outlaws in history and here’s why.…
During the late 30s and early 40s Duck Island was the place to go to hang out and forget about it all. A place full of nature and fun but it had a very unexpected twist hidden in the bushes. November 8, 1938, Vincenzo Tonzillo, 20, and Mary Myatovich 15, became the first victims of the phantom. Another couple down the walk heard the screams and found Tonzillo dead in a pool of blood, by their car. Myatovich however, was still inside the car as if she was planted there, bloody but somehow still alive.…
The picture he thought of the most was when she was playing volleyball “Martha was bent horizontal to the floor, reaching, the palms of her hands in sharp focus, the tongue taut, the expression frank and competitive. There was no visible sweat. She wore white gym shorts. Her legs, he thought, were almost certainly the legs of a virgin, dry and without hair, the left knee cocked and carrying her entire weight, which was just over one hundred pounds. Lieutenant Cross remembered touching that left knee. A dark theater, he remembered, and the movie was Bonnie and Clyde, and Martha wore a tweed skirt, and during the final scene, when he touched her knee, she turned and looked at him in a sad, sober way that made him pull his hand back, but he would always remember the feel of the tweed skirt and the knee beneath it and the sound of the gunfire that killed Bonnie and Clyde, how embarrassing it was, how slow and oppressive. He remembered kissing her goodnight at the dorm door. Right then, he thought, he should've done something brave. He should've carried her up the stairs to her room and tied her to the bed and touched that left knee all night long. He should've risked it. Whenever he looked at the photographs, he thought of new things he should've done.” This picture was in his mind when his most monumental moment took place. The moment is when Ted Lavender is shot and killed. Jimmy Cross conceded himself to be distracted…
The story of Bonnie and Clyde is a twisted story filled with romance and tragedy. It was a tale like never before because during that time period it was completely unheard of for women to be mobsters/gangsters and be a part of organized crime but Bonnie was completely different from all other women. When most people think of Bonnie and Clyde they consider them to be notorious bank robbers but most of their crimes involved small stores in the towns that they were in at the time. At the beginning of their crime spree most people that heard of the couple considered them to be young kids who were going down the wrong path but would not cause much harm in the long run.. Little did they know that those two young kids would become two of the most…
The movie is set in the year 1879 in the old west town of Tombstone Arizona and focuses mainly on the historical character Wyatt Earp, his family, friends, and the events leading in the town. The main character Wyatt Earp is exactly what you would expect of an old west lawman, tough but with a sense of dry humor that plays well with the rest of the characters, like his older brother Virgil and younger brother Morgan. Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan also brought their “wives” on the journey with them, Allie, Virgil’s wife, Louisa, Morgan’s wife, and Mattie, Wyatt’s wife who suffered with a significant drinking and drug problem. Along with the usual “bad guys” there are many other colorful characters that liven up the screen such as, the leader of the cowboy gang, Curly Bill Brocis and his right hand man in the gang, Johnny Ringo. The cowboy gang is made up of over 100 Texas outlaws and conartists that represent the earliest example of organized crime in North America. Although these are the villains in the movie, both Curly Bill and Johnny Ring bring a sense of drama and suspense to the screen that makes them two characters that you “love to hate”. And of course there are some of the lighter characters in the movie which include Wyatt’s best friend, Doc Holiday, the former dentist suffering from tuberculosis who now makes his living in the saloons playing poker and slinging guns, but he also brings a good dose of comic relief with his dry humor and deep southern Georgia accent while aside his traveling companion, his Hungarian mistress that goes by the name of Big Nose Kate. Finally, we get to the lovely Josephine Marcus, the exquisite actress that catches Wyatt’s eye while in Tombstone, which eventually sets a spark to ignite the romance that you wouldn’t expect from such a historical movie. In the events of this movie you have suspense, drama, and even…
Blake’s romance with the street life flowered dangerously as time progressed. Brent sitting on the side line watching Blake get involved with the completely wrong crowd made him fear for his brothers life. Blake perfected the image of a “ tough guy with dark glasses and swagger.” Brent could only think of the little toddler in diapers he once grew up with and wanted nothing more then to help him get through this. Blake felt as if he was immortal and gunplay had become a part of his everyday life.…
The story follows two particular characters, Harry Hardcastle and Sally Hardcastle. Sibling’s who grew up in ‘Hanky Park’ in poverty. Sally sees her chance to escape this poverty and the pawnbrokers rush lifestyle by falling in love…
The movie The Shawshank Redemption, written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on a novel by Stephen King, displays excitement and suspense. Mercifully free of cheap horror and overwrought dialogue, this 1994 release celebrates the resilience of the human spirit. The movie opens in 1947 as Andy Dufrense, a prominent New England banker, stands trial for murdering his wife and her lover. Although Andy insists his innocence, the jury finds him guilty. As Andy struggles with his new lifestyles, he becomes friends with another inmate named “Red”. The partnership between Andy and “Red” supports the crucial way the story unfolds. Three reasons to recognize The Shawshank Redemption as an extraordinary film include the strength of its performers, partnership between the characters, and the fight against despair.…