A Detroit, un fanatico della cultura pop solitario sposa una ragazza squillo, ruba cocaina dal suo magnaccia e cerca di venderla a Hollywood. Nel frattempo, i proprietari della cocaina, i ma... Leggi tuttoA Detroit, un fanatico della cultura pop solitario sposa una ragazza squillo, ruba cocaina dal suo magnaccia e cerca di venderla a Hollywood. Nel frattempo, i proprietari della cocaina, i mafiosi, li rintracciano nel tentativo di recuperarla.A Detroit, un fanatico della cultura pop solitario sposa una ragazza squillo, ruba cocaina dal suo magnaccia e cerca di venderla a Hollywood. Nel frattempo, i proprietari della cocaina, i mafiosi, li rintracciano nel tentativo di recuperarla.
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Tony Scott directs this violent outrageous movie, but it's Quentin Tarantino's dialogue that makes it stands out. Coming after 'Reservoir Dogs', Quentin was still an unknown quantity. I loved the wild dialog but didn't know anything about Quentin when I first saw this. Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper have a crazy exchange. I remember sitting up and taking notice like a new voice has come to American cinema. It's years later when I noticed Tarantino's name as the writer and it all makes sense. A name is given to the voice. Would you do Elvis if your life depended on it?
Beginning in Detroit and ending in Mexico, a loner that never really made his mark on the world meets a call girl who falls as deeply in love with him as he does with her. Filled with drugs, gangsters, Hollywood and of course romance, the movie's story becomes only stronger as the movie goes on.
With exceptional performances by Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken (the scene they share is without equal), Gary Oldman and Christian Slater, the action and violence only help to develop the plot and accentuate it's intricacies. Its superb ending has since been imitated - by Tony Scott's own Enemy of the State for one - but never as cleverly.
A must see for any movie lover.
The plot, albeit original, fresh and mesmerizing, seems somehow secondary to the characters and the characterizations. Any of several rolls could have been performed over the top by what seemed to be an ensemble cast. But director Scott lets the talent go just far enough. Even the remainder of the supporting cast is wonderful; Saul Rubinek in particular does a terrific job as the puffed-up/ego-feeding movie producer. Hollywood missed giving this movie and its cast proper recognition.
With enough memorable scenes and talented stars to fuel a half a dozen blockbusters, True Romance gives us the `best bang for our buck' in years. The Walken/Hopper scene alone is worth the `price of admission' not to mention the Gandolfini/Arquette and Slater/Oldman match ups. This can only be described as a `wonderfully wicked movie' for its tantalizing content, smart dialog and toothsome violence.
Put the kiddies to bed, be prepared for rough language, adult themes and graphic violence and enjoy a `not for the faint of heart' masterpiece.
Christian Slater's wardrobe however, steals the show.
8 out of 10.
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- QuizIn a 2011 interview with the American Film Institute, Gary Oldman was asked to name his favorite role. He chose two: Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK - Un caso ancora aperto (1991) and Drexl Spivey in this movie.
- BlooperIn the final scene, Clarence and Alabama are seen driving on a seaside highway towards Mexico, passing a sign that reads "Mexican Border, 5 Miles". There is no coastal route connecting the United States and Mexico. The nearest entry point into Mexico is on Interstate 5 at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, which is about 5-6 miles inland from the coast.
Mis-read sign. It said: Exit to Mexico 5 miles.
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Clifford Worley: You're Sicilian, huh?
Coccotti: Yeah, Sicilian.
Clifford Worley: Ya know, I read a lot. Especially about things... about history. I find that shit fascinating. Here's a fact I don't know whether you know or not. Sicilians were spawned by niggers.
Coccotti: [He does a double take] Come again?
Clifford Worley: It's a fact. Yeah. You see, uh, Sicilians have, uh, black blood pumpin' through their hearts. Hey, no, if eh, if eh, if you don't believe me, uh, you can look it up. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, uh, you see, uh, the Moors conquered Sicily. And the Moors are niggers.
Coccotti: Yes...
Clifford Worley: So you see, way back then, uh, Sicilians were like, uh, wops from Northern Italy. Ah, they all had blonde hair and blue eyes, but, uh, well, then the Moors moved in there, and uh, well, they changed the whole country. They did so much fuckin' with Sicilian women, huh? That they changed the whole bloodline forever. That's why blonde hair and blue eyes became black hair and dark skin. You know, it's absolutely amazing to me to think that to this day, hundreds of years later, that, uh, that Sicilians still carry that nigger gene. Now this...
[Coccotti busts out laughing]
Clifford Worley: No, I'm, no, I'm quoting... history. It's written. It's a fact, it's written.
Coccotti: [laughing] I love this guy.
Clifford Worley: Your ancestors are niggers. Uh-huh.
[Starts laughing, too]
Clifford Worley: Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid... now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant.
[All laugh]
- Curiosità sui creditiFilm title logo at the end of the end credits.
- Versioni alternativeThe US version also misses a few shots from the conversation between Drexl (Gary Oldman) and the cocaine buyers (the part where he puts the shotgun between his legs and strokes it).
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- Celebre anche come
- La Fuga
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Safari Inn - 1911 W. Olive Avenue, Burbank, California, Stati Uniti(the hotel that Clarence Worley and is wife Alabama check in to and share the information about the cocaine with Dick Ritchie)
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- Budget
- 13.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 12.281.551 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 4.023.420 USD
- 12 set 1993
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 13.094.586 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 59 minuti
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- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.39 : 1