Nightly News   |  September 29, 2010

'Bonnie and Clyde' director Arthur Penn dies

The myth-maker and myth-breaker refashioned American history and sealed a generation's affinity for outsiders. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: And we learned today Arthur Penn has died, the younger brother of photographer Irving Penn . Arthur was a director, best known for " Bonnie and Clyde ," " The Miracle Worker ," " Alice 's_Restaurant," and " Little Big Man ." He got his start in television, even advised John F. Kennedy on his televised debate with Nixon . But it was with " Bonnie and Clyde " that he changed the genre of a crime caper movie.

WILLIAMS: Faye Dunaway delivering the iconic line during her life of crime. Arthur Penn died a day before turning 88. When