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''[[True Romance]]'' is a 1993 movie written by [[
Lonely, mentally ill nerd Clarence Worley ([[Christian Slater]]) meets call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette), who fall head over heels for each other. They marry, but Alabama’s pimp Drexl Spivey ([[Gary Oldman]]) continues to harass her, wanting her back under his employ. Clarence kills Drexl and unwittingly steals a suitcase full of cocaine. The two lovers go in the run, and plan to sell the drugs to big shot movie producer Lee Donowitz (Saul Rubinek), while pursued by both the mob and the police.
The movie is notable, beyond its star-launching casting, for being the film that put Tarantino's writing on the Hollywood map. Additionally, it is fairly well-known (and well-liked) within the movie industry, given [[All-Star Cast|all the stars in it]]; but it isn't widely known, except among Tarantino fans.
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* [[Aerosol Flamethrower]]: Alabama uses one on Virgil.
▲* [[Ax Crazy]] -- Drexl
* [[Badass]]
▲* {{spoiler|[[Babies Ever After]] -- aww, Elvis.}}
▲* [[Badass]] -- Definitely Alabama for {{spoiler|turning the tables during her [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] from Virgil}}
▲* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] -- Brutally averted in the fight between Alabama and Virgil.
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]
* [[Blast Out]] -- In gloriously chaotic style.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]
* [[Disney Death]]:
▲* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Clarence, after getting [[Eye Scream|shot in the eye]].}} The film certainly isn't a Disney film, though. Originally, {{spoiler|Clarence was supposed to die, and Alabama gives a grief-stricken monologue cursing him before riding off with the money.}}
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Lee is shot to death after he throws coffee on Elliot.
* [[Elvis Presley]]
* [[Eye Scream]]
▲* [[Eye Scream]] -- An offscreen one by Clarence to Drexl, who already has a blind eye. Later Clarence also loses an eye in the shootout
▲* [[Fourth Date Marriage]] -- more like {{spoiler|the-very-next-day marriage.}}
* [[The Ghost]]: Blue Lou Boyle is the mafia kingpin who owns the dope. He's referred to a number of times, but the closest we get to him is his consigliere, Vincenzo Coccotti, who is terrifying enough on his own. A scene was written for Blue Lou, but it was never filmed.
* [[
* [[Groin Attack]]: Drexl gets shot in the groin.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
* [[Hooker
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]
* [[Karmic Death]]
* [[Living Lie Detector]]
* [[The Mafia]]
* [[Making Love in All
* [[Meet Cute]]
* [[Mexican Standoff]]
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]
* [[No Kill Like Overkill]]
* [[One Last Smoke]] -- Although he quit smoking, Clarence's father indulges in one last smoke when he {{spoiler|decides to commit suicide by gangster}}.▼
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]
▲* [[One Last Smoke]]
* [[Orchestra Hit Techno Battle]]
* [[Outlaw Couple]]
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]
* [[
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Virgil, the hitman who seems to delight in torturing his victims first.
* [[Rasputinian Death]]
* [[Shout-Out]]
* [[Silent Offer]]
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]
* [[Spirit Advisor]]
* [[The Stoner]]
* [[Stylistic Suck]]
* [[Suicide
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]/
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
[[Category:True Romance]]
[[Category:Films With Recuts]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Cult Classic]]
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