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True Romance

1993 film by Tony Scott

Film · TMDB

7.5

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Released: 1993-09-09121 minDir: Tony ScottAction, Crime, Romance

Cast

Christian Slater as Clarence Worley
Patricia Arquette as Alabama Whitman
Dennis Hopper as Clifford Worley
Val Kilmer as Mentor
Gary Oldman as Drexl Spivey
Brad Pitt as Floyd (Dick's Roommate)

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

7.9/10

259,434 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

59/100

Rated: R
Awards: 1 win & 10 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Tony Scott
Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Produced by: Samuel Hadida Steve Perry Bill Unger
Starring: Christian Slater Patricia Arquette Dennis Hopper Val Kilmer Gary Oldman Brad Pitt Christopher Walken
Cinematography: Jeffrey L. Kimball
Edited by: Michael Tronick Christian Wagner
Music by: Hans Zimmer
Production companies: Morgan Creek Productions Davis Films
Distributed by: Warner Bros. (United States, Canada and United Kingdom) August Entertainment (international)
Release date: September 10, 1993 ( 1993-09-10 )
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States

Key dates

Published: 1993

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: thriller film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: Italian
Director: Tony Scott
Screenwriter: Roger Avary
Cast member: Laurence Mason
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Production company: Morgan Creek Entertainment
Cinematographer: Jeffrey L. Kimball

Article

True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime drama film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken in supporting roles. Slater and Arquette portray newlyweds who head to California with a stolen suitcase of drugs, with the Mafia in close pursuit and their future very uncertain.

True Romance began life as an early script by Tarantino; he sold the screenplay in order to finance his debut feature film, Reservoir Dogs (1992). It is regarded by proponents as a cross-section of writer Tarantino and director Scott's respective trademarks, including a Southern California setting, pop cultural references, and stylized violence punctuated by slow motion.