- Actors: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman
- Directors: Tony Scott
- Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
- Producers: Bill Unger, Bob Weinstein, Don Edmonds, Gary Barber, Gregory Manson
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 2
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 24 Feb 2003
- Run Time: 120 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00006L9X8
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Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott, True Romance is hilarious, violent and strangely moving. It's part homage to Terence Malick's Badlands, part autobiography, part nerdy male fantasy--and it's Tarantino's first and, some say, finest work. Although it fared poorly at the box office at the time it soon became an established cult classic, with a supporting cast that beggars belief: Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini, Val Kilmer, Dennis Hopper, Samuel L Jackson and Gary Oldman all play minor roles, all to devastating effect.
Christian Slater stars as Clarence, the video-store clerk who's set up with Patricia Arquette's hooker Alabama on his birthday. They fall in love for real but have to hit the road when Clarence, egged on by the ghost of Elvis, kills Alabama's pimp Drexl (Oldman) and makes off with a consignment of neat cocaine, mistaking it for a suitcase of Alabama's clothes. Now both the police and the mafia are after them. Two among many great sequences stand out. The first is when cop Dennis Hopper, refusing to give up son Clarence to Christopher Walken's mafiosi, makes his famous "The Sicilians were spawned by niggers" speech. In context, it's actually not racist--it's a gesture of great courage and love from dad to son, while also calculated to mock the uptight racial sensibilities of the mafia. The second is when Alabama turns the tables on James Gandolfini's mafia henchman at the motel in a prolonged and brutal sequence which nonetheless emphasises the glowing, pink heart-shaped message at the centre of the film--that true love conquers all, albeit here in a hail of bullets that leaves practically everyone dead.
On the DVD: True Romance is excellently reproduced on disc and there is an abundance of extras for this Special Edition. These include a number of mostly superfluous deleted and extended scenes, though the one in which Samuel L Jackson offers his views on the merits of "pussy-eating" is worth catching, as is the "alternate ending", which Tarantino had intended in his script. There is also access to the director's storyboards as well as commentaries from many of the cast, director Scott and from Tarantino himself, who, given his usual reluctance to provide such commentaries, is informative and chatty here. This is a superb package, although this "director's cut" is identical to the previous DVD edition. --David Stubbs
Special Features
3 Commentaries including Quentin Tarantino, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette & Director Tony Scott
30 mins of Deleted Scenes
Trailer, Photo Gallery
Selective commentaries with Brad Pitt and Dennis Hopper
Alternative Ending
Vintage featurette
30 mins of Deleted Scenes
Trailer, Photo Gallery
Selective commentaries with Brad Pitt and Dennis Hopper
Alternative Ending
Vintage featurette
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
True Romance - Only in motorcity Detroit,
By sarah (england) - See all my reviews
This review is from: True Romance : Special Edition [DVD] [1993] (DVD)
This DVD exxceeded all my expectations!! I had never seen the film before and brought it under the conception that anything by tarantino is worth watching and is it ever!! Gary oldman as drexl the drug pedelling pimp of alabama (who's been a call girl for "exactly 3 days") is a classic bit of casting, brad pitt as floyd the druggie roomate and christopher walken as the scilian mafiosa are fantastic. The special features are well worth a look and anyone who enjoyed the film shouldn't miss out. But the ultimate addiction for me is the love and chemistry on set of clarence (christian slater) and alabama (patricia arquette) its stunning and outshines films such as natural born killers where violence takes the spotlight although there is plenty of it too say the least. Their love story takes twists and turns so unbelivable that you'd never belive that they'd survive which just leaves you praying that they will. this is definately one of my favorite films and i don't regret buying it for 1 moment. it will remain a classic, obviously not restrained by the stereotype, for a long time.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fine, Tarantino inspired movie,
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This review is from: True Romance : Special Edition [DVD] [1993] (DVD)
This is a great action/romance movie that doesn't pull any punches. Congratulations, to director Tony Scott for assembling such an all star cast of quality actors for this film; very few obscures here, in fact many of the smallest parts are taken by big stars of the acting industry like: Christopher Walken, Samuel L.Jackson, James Gandolfini, Brad Pitt etc. The movie benefits from an excellent script created by Quentin Tarantino. The movie is fast-paced, soaked in violence and has some moments of real humour. The characters of Elliot Blitzer and Floyd provide many of the comic elements. The Q&A scene is one of the highlights of this film. It has some hilarious dialogue and is acted superbly by Chris Walken and Dennis Hopper. Walken plays the part of Mafia mobster Vince Coccotti and looks like evil incarnate. Furthermore, Christian Slater & Patricia Arquette play the lead roles of a lovestruck couple on the run and in peril very well. The notion of Clarence being inspired by the voice of Elvis in True Romance also functions finely. We even have Tony Soprano or should I say Virgil a mafia hitman played by James Gandolfini, thrown in to further spice things up. Chris Penn returns to team up with Tarantino again as Officer Dimes, having played the part of Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs. The Special Edition Dvd is crammed with specials to complete the package. The 3 commentaries accompanying this dvd are all interesting to watch, you have a featurette, trailers,Tarantino's alternate ending, aswell as many deleted scenes. True romance doesn't disappoint and neither does the dvd,top marks.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Mister Majestyk?",
This review is from: True Romance : Special Edition [DVD] [1993] (DVD)
The great virtue of Quentin Tarantino's films are that he gets a massive cast together. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, the Kill Bill Duo; True Romance wasn't directed by Tarantino by he wrote the script and this film, directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun), has slipped through the Tarantino net. This complete film is Tarantino except the way it's filmed. There's a different style in the filming, but the amazing cast get together, the long scenes and the story is very Quentin Tarantino style. True Romance focuses around a young man, Clarence (Christian Slater), who works in a record shop. One night he meets a woman, Alabama (Patricia Arquette) who turns out to be a rookie call girl but the couple fall in love. There's just one problem; Alabama's crazy pimp, Drexyl (Gary Oldman), a white man who's basically turned black. Clarence, eager to get Alabama away from prostitution, kills Drexyl and, thinking he has Alabama's suitcase, they find out that contains cocaine so they flee down towards L.A. The cocaine, however, belongs to a Mafia Don, Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken) and he's determined to take his revenge by whatever means necessary. Eventually, when the LAPD catch onto the gist of what's happening, they involve themselves in dealing with the matter. The cast is amazing. It includes Dennis Hopper (Clarence's Father), Val Kilmer (Clarence's Mentor in an image of Elvis), Samuel L. Jackson (Big Don, a friend of Drexyl), Chris Penn and Tom Sizemore (the two cops in charge of investigation), James Gandolfini (a Mafia henchman) and Brad Pitt (a laid back room mate). Ultimately, they all play short roles but all pave the way in the story. There are many classic scenes as well. The gunfight at the end, Dennis Hopper's confrontation with Don Coccotti, James Gandolfini on a Mafia beat-up call and Brad Pitt's cameo. The film, like any Tarantino involved film, is blessed with wit. Brad Pitt is comical as the couch potato room mate who spends his entire day indoors. Elliott, a later friend of Clarence's, is nervous and stupid yet thinks he's an amazing actor. Ultimately, the aftermath of the gunfight is quite sad and is spawned by the fury of a film producer who lashes out at Elliott who has set him up. You see some likeable characters die in those last chaotic five minutes. What makes the film so good, and Quentin Tarantino is skilled in making this work, the characters are not paper thin. Though the talented actors have minor roles, the characters are strong and charismatic. It's great to have a hero you can like in the fim. True Romance is Christian Slater's best performance. This is a film that you must buy because of its complete fairytale charisma and wit.
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