Warren Beatty he named it for Kathlyn (whose nickname was "Tat") and Ira. At age 29, Beatty produced and acted in "Bonnie and Clyde", which would be released in 1967. He assembled a team that included the writers Robert Benton and David Newman, and the director, Arthur Penn. Beatty selected most of the cast, including Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Gene Wilder and Michael J. Pollard. Beatty also oversaw the script and spearheaded the delivery of the film. Gene Hackman was chosen because Beatty had acted with him in "Lilith" in 1964 and felt he was a "great" actor. Upon completion
Faye Dunaway the 50 most beautiful people and in 1997 she was ranked 65th by "Empire Magazine" on a list of the 100 top stars in film history. Famously demanding, with an attention to detail that sometimes drove costars and directors mad, Dunaway believed she was often mistaken for being as cold and calculating as some of the women she portrayed. Her clashes with Roman Polanski on the set of "Chinatown" earned her a reputation for being difficult to work with. Upon the release of the film, Polanski told a reporter for "Rolling Stone" that he considered Dunaway "a gigantic pain in