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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Seen on: 03/01/2011

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True Romance (1993)

Directed by Tony Scott

Crime

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 120 minutes

Actors

Gary Oldman | Brad Pitt | Conchata Ferrell | Christian Slater | Samuel L. Jackson | Victor Argo | Dennis Hopper | Chris Penn | Tom Sizemore | Maria Pitillo | Anna Thomson | Saul Rubinek | Patricia Arquette | Michael Rapaport | Bronson Pinchot | Christopher Walken | James Gandolfini | Frank Adonis | Paul Bates | Val Kilmer | Gregory Sporleder | Kevin Corrigan | Enzo Rossi | Ed Lauter | Eric Allan Kramer | Laurence Mason | Paul Ben-Victor | Michael Beach | Patrick John Hurley | Said Faraj | Joe D'Angerio | Dennis Garber | John Cenatiempo | Nancy Young | John Bower | Hilary Klym | April Freeman | Scott Evers | Steve Gonzales | David Dean

Viewing Notes

Recommended by @bobfreelander following a discussion about Tony Scott (who I have a love/hate relationship with), it’s hard to believe I hadn’t seen this Quentin Tarantino written film before.

Like Heat, it’s amazing to see the who’s who of actors who’re in this film!

I liked it a lot, though there were scenes, especially the ending, that probably would have been better had they been directed by Tarantino himself.

The scene between Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken early in the film is brilliant. It’s also rather humorous to see a dreadlocked Gary Oldman pull off an audacious Ghetto black accent.

Though it’s not 100 percent, there’s a lot to like here and probably one of Scott’s better films. I still maintain that Man on Fire is his best film.

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