Warren Beatty of the film, he credited Hackman with giving the "most authentic performance in the movie, so textured and so moving," recalls Dunaway. He was impressed with Gene Wilder after seeing him in a play and didn't even need him to audition, in what became Wilder's screen debut. And Beatty had already known Pollard: "Michael J. Pollard was one of my oldest friends," Beatty said. "I'd known him forever; I met him the day I got my first television show. We did a play together on Broadway." "Bonnie and Clyde" went on to be a critical and commercial success, despite the
Jordan Horowitz Jordan Horowitz Jordan Horowitz (born April 10, 1980) is an American film producer. He is best known for producing the musical romantic-drama film "La La Land" that earned numerous awards and nominations including a nomination for Academy Award for Best Picture with producers Marc Platt and Fred Berger. Horowitz was raised in Westchester County, New York. He is a 2002 graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. At the 89th Academy Awards, presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty announced that "La La Land" was the winner of Best Picture. However, they had mistakenly been given the envelope for Best Actress,