True Romance [WS/P&S] DVD

True Romance
Quentin Tarantino scripted this wild and wooly blend of action and dark comedy, which reached theaters a year before his breakthrough hit Pulp Fiction. Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is a well-meaning but socially unskilled comic-shop clerk whose idea of a big night out is catching a Sonny Chiba triple-feature at a downtown grindhouse. Clarence is celebrating his birthday in just such a manner when he meets a beautiful girl named Alabama (Patricia Arquette), and it's love at first sight for both of them. Clarence's enthusiasm isn't dampened much when he discovers Alabama is actually a prostitute who was paid by his boss to bump into him; she's only been in the business for a few days, and is more than eager to give up streetwalking to be with Clarence. However, Alabama is certain her pimp, Drexl (Gary Oldman), will not be happy; he's an ill-mannered sort with mob connections and a fondness for violence. Chivalrous Clarence offers to break the news to Drexl and collect her belongings, but he doesn't tell her he also plans to kill Drexl while he's there; a melee breaks out that leaves Drexl and his henchmen dead. Clarence grabs a suitcase that he thinks contains Alabama's clothes, but he discovers it instead holds five million dollars' worth of cocaine. The couple hits the road for California, planning to sell the dope and enjoy the good life in South America with the proceeds, but soon a group of very unhappy underworld characters are after them, as well as the police. True Romance also stars Dennis Hopper as Clarence's father, Christopher Walken as a mob boss who wants his cocaine back, Brad Pitt as a cheerful stoner, and Val Kilmer as the ghost of Elvis Presley. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Christian Slater as Clarence Worley Patricia Arquette as Alabama Worley Dennis Hopper as Clifford Worley Gary Oldman as Drexl Spivey Brad Pitt as Floyd - Dick's Roomate Christopher Walken as Vincenzo Coccotti Val Kilmer as Mentor Bronson Pinchot as Elliot Blitzer Michael Rapaport as Dick Ritchie Saul Rubinek as Lee Donowitz Chris Penn as Nick Dimes Tom Sizemore as Cody Nicholson Samuel L. Jackson as Big Don

Crew James Murakami - Art Director Risa Bramon Garcia - Casting Billy Hopkins - Casting James W. Skotchdopole - Co-producer Don Edmonds - Co-producer Susan Becker - Costume Designer Tony Scott - Director Michael Tronick - Editor Christian Wagner - Editor Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer James G. Robinson - Executive Producer Stan Margulies - Executive Producer Hans Zimmer - Composer (Music Score) Mark Mancina - Composer (Music Score) Ellen Wong - Makeup Benjamin Fernandez - Production Designer Jeffrey Kimball - Cinematographer Samuel Hadida - Producer Bill Unger - Producer Steve Perry - Producer Gary Barber - Producer Thomas Roysden - Set Designer William Kaplan - Sound/Sound Designer Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts Charlie Picerni - Stunts Coordinator Quentin Tarantino - Screenwriter

True Romance
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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DDS: Dolby Digital Surround Additional Features: Production notes Theatrical trailer MPAA Rating: DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 121 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1-Full Screen 0. Side #1-Full Screen 1. Common Interests (Graceland). [3:17] 2. Sometimes the Other Way (Credits). [2:26] 3. At the Movies. [2:39] 4. Q&A (In Dreams). [2:12] 5. Making Love (Wounded Bird); Coming Clean. [6:55] 6. Newlyweds (White Wedding). [1:27] 7. Drexl Does Business (Skinny They Can't Get Enough). [1:37] 8. Advice From the King (Heartbreak Hotel). [3:46] 9. Roughhouse with Drexl (I Want Your Body). [7:50] 10. So Romantic. [2:01] 11. Family Reunion (A Little Bitty Tear). [6:02] 12. A Very Fine Actor. [1:16] 13. Fond Farewell to a Cute Couple. [3:14] 14. Hold the Phone (Chantilly Lace). [2:14] 15. Ancestry of the Antichrist. [11:12] 16. Welcome to L.A. (The Other Side). [5:33] 17. Riding High With Elliot. [4:03] 18. Talking Cinema With Lee. [3:36] 19. Floyd's Visitor. [1:30] 20. Motel Mayhem. [5:32] 21. Alabama Strikes Back. [5:27] 22. Elliot Becomes a Star (The Tender Trap). [3:40] 23. Travel Ideas; Dick's Good News. [4:04] 24. "We Know What We're Doing." [1:52] 25. Putting Elliot to the Test. [3:40] 26. Directions From Floyd. [1:11] 27. Seeing Doctor Zhivago (All the Way). [4:24] 28. Convincing Lee; Cooler Than Cool. [3:52] 29. Roomful of Guns. [:52] 30. Roomful of More Guns. [1:08] 31. The Line of Fire. [2:12] 32. For Cody and Clarence. [3:04] 33. Into the Sunset. [2:35] 34. End Credits (Two Hearts). [4:04] Side #2- Wide Screen 1. Common interests (Graceland). [3:17] 2. Sometimes the other way (Credits). [2:26] 3. At the movies. [2:39] 4. Q&A (In Dreams). [2:12] 5. Making love (Wounded Bird); coming clean. [6:55] 6. Newlyweds (White Wedding). [1:27] 7. Drexl does business (Skinny They Can't Get Enough). [1:37] 8. Advice from the King (Heartbreak Hotel). [3:46] 9. Roughhouse with Drexl (I Want Your Body). [7:50] 10. So romantic. [2:01] 11. Family reunion (A Little Bitty Tear). [6:02] 12. A very fine actor. [1:16] 13. Fond farewell to a cute couple. [3:14] 14. Hold the phone (Chantilly Lace). [2:14] 15. Ancestry of the Antichrist. [11:12] 16. Welcome to L.A. (The Other Side). [5:33] 17. Riding high with Elliot. [4:03] 18. Talking cinema with Lee. [3:36] 19. Floyd's visitor. [1:30] 20. Motel mayhem. [5:32] 21. Alabama strikes back. [5:27] 22. Elliot becomes a star (The Tender Trap). [3:40] 23. Travel ideas; Dick's good news. [4:04] 24. "We know what we're doing." [1:52] 25. Putting Elliot to the test. [3:40] 26. Directions from Floyd. [1:11] 27. Seeing Doctor Zhivago (All the Way). [4:24] 28. Convincing Lee; cooler than cool. [3:52] 29. Roomful of guns. [:52] 30. Roomful of more guns. [1:08] 31. The line of fire. [2:12] 32. For Cody and Clarence. [3:04] 33. Into the sunset. [2:35] 34. End Credits (Two Hearts). [4:04]