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True Romance

  • 1993
  • R
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
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Brad Pitt, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, and Christopher Walken in True Romance (1993)
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In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in ... Read allIn Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it.In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it.

  • Director
    • Tony Scott
  • Writers
    • Quentin Tarantino
    • Roger Avary
  • Stars
    • Christian Slater
    • Patricia Arquette
    • Dennis Hopper
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    233K
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    • Director
      • Tony Scott
    • Writers
      • Quentin Tarantino
      • Roger Avary
    • Stars
      • Christian Slater
      • Patricia Arquette
      • Dennis Hopper
    • 608User reviews
    • 162Critic reviews
    • 59Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 10 nominations

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    Christian Slater
    Christian Slater
    • Clarence Worley
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Alabama Whitman
    Dennis Hopper
    Dennis Hopper
    • Clifford Worley
    Val Kilmer
    Val Kilmer
    • Mentor
    Gary Oldman
    Gary Oldman
    • Drexl Spivey
    Brad Pitt
    Brad Pitt
    • Floyd (Dick's Roommate)
    Christopher Walken
    Christopher Walken
    • Vincenzo Coccotti
    Bronson Pinchot
    Bronson Pinchot
    • Elliot Blitzer
    Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson
    • Big Don
    Michael Rapaport
    Michael Rapaport
    • Dick Ritchie
    Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek
    • Lee Donowitz
    Conchata Ferrell
    Conchata Ferrell
    • Mary Louise Ravencroft
    James Gandolfini
    James Gandolfini
    • Virgil
    Anna Thomson
    Anna Thomson
    • Lucy
    Victor Argo
    Victor Argo
    • Lenny
    Paul Bates
    Paul Bates
    • Marty
    Chris Penn
    Chris Penn
    • Nicky Dimes
    Tom Sizemore
    Tom Sizemore
    • Cody Nicholson
    • Director
      • Tony Scott
    • Writers
      • Quentin Tarantino
      • Roger Avary(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      In a 2011 interview with the American Film Institute, Gary Oldman was asked to name his favorite role. He chose two: Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Drexl Spivey in this movie.
    • Goofs
      When Virgil is beating on Alabama, he talks about how the first person you kill is the hardest. He refers to Charles Whitman and how hard it must have been to shoot the first person he drew a bead on. Whitman had already stabbed his wife and mother to death along with having killed three people inside the tower making his way to the observation deck.
    • Quotes

      Clifford Worley: You're Sicilian, huh?

      Coccotti: Yeah, Sicilian.

      Clifford Worley: Ya know, I read a lot. Especially about things... about history. I find that shit fascinating. Here's a fact I don't know whether you know or not. Sicilians were spawned by niggers.

      Coccotti: [He does a double take] Come again?

      Clifford Worley: It's a fact. Yeah. You see, uh, Sicilians have, uh, black blood pumpin' through their hearts. Hey, no, if eh, if eh, if you don't believe me, uh, you can look it up. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, uh, you see, uh, the Moors conquered Sicily. And the Moors are niggers.

      Coccotti: Yes...

      Clifford Worley: So you see, way back then, uh, Sicilians were like, uh, wops from Northern Italy. Ah, they all had blonde hair and blue eyes, but, uh, well, then the Moors moved in there, and uh, well, they changed the whole country. They did so much fuckin' with Sicilian women, huh? That they changed the whole bloodline forever. That's why blonde hair and blue eyes became black hair and dark skin. You know, it's absolutely amazing to me to think that to this day, hundreds of years later, that, uh, that Sicilians still carry that nigger gene. Now this...

      [Coccotti busts out laughing]

      Clifford Worley: No, I'm, no, I'm quoting... history. It's written. It's a fact, it's written.

      Coccotti: [laughing] I love this guy.

      Clifford Worley: Your ancestors are niggers. Uh-huh.

      [Starts laughing, too]

      Clifford Worley: Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid... now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant.

      [All laugh]

    • Crazy credits
      Film title logo at the end of the end credits.
    • Alternate versions
      The US version also misses a few shots from the conversation between Drexl (Gary Oldman) and the cocaine buyers (the part where he puts the shotgun between his legs and strokes it).
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: True Romance/The Ballad of Little Jo/Kalifornia/The Joy Luck Club/The Real McCoy (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Graceland
      Performed by Charlie Sexton

      Courtesy of MCA Records

    User reviews608

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    10/10
    praise to a truly great film
    "True Romance" is one of those few movies that has it all: Action, romance, drama and brilliant acting. Not to mention TR has an all-star cast, but many contribute their finest work in this film. Oldman, Arquette and Slater arguably give their best performances. Christopher Walken's scene is nothing short of pure brilliance. I loved him in "The Dead Zone" and "The Deer Hunter" as well as his brief appearance in "Pulp". I was happy with the ending, and I'm glad it ended the way it did. We've come to not expect that type of ending anymore. This along with numerous other reasons too long to explain here is why I truly believe "True Romance" is one of the greatest films ever made. Period.
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    • jhurst444
    • Feb 9, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 1993 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Escape salvaje
    • Filming locations
      • Safari Inn - 1911 W. Olive Avenue, Burbank, California, USA(the hotel that Clarence Worley and is wife Alabama check in to and share the information about the cocaine with Dick Ritchie)
    • Production companies
      • Morgan Creek Entertainment
      • Davis-Films
      • August Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $13,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,281,551
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,023,420
      • Sep 12, 1993
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,088,850
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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