True Romance
Alternative Tarantino Screenplay Covers
Mar 22nd
Re-imagined Tarantino screenplay covers in the style of a set of Penguin books.
Tony Scott Commits Suicide
Aug 20th
Tony Scott – the director for True Romance (written by Tarantino) – was pulled from the water this weekend after committing suicide by jumping off a bridge.
Update: It was the Vincent Thomas Bridge. (Google Maps view)
Gary Oldman As Drexl Spivey
Jan 24th
In an article primarily about Gary Oldman’s new movie Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, they also list 10 previous great roles Oldman has had – including Drexl Spivey in True Romance.
The name alone will delight cineastes with a fondness for quirky Quentin Tarantino characters, one of the best being Oldman’s cacophonous white-boy pimp from Tarantino’s first screenplay. With a ludicrous set of dreadlocks, gold fronts and a stream of gangsterspeak, Oldman devours everything in sight in just seven minutes of screen time.
Introducing Tarantino Films To Friends
Dec 30th
Interesting thread started over on Reddit about what order you’d have your frind watch Tarantino’s films if they had never seen one before.
Consensus seems to be Pulp Fiction first, and Death Proof last – which I agree with. Love the irony that most everybody would introduce his films out of order considering that out of order film sequencing is the single most identifying trait of a Tarantino film.
Even though he only wrote it, I’d also throw True Romance into the first half of his films. Its a great story and very much feels like a Tarantino film even though he didnt direct it.
Quentin Tarantino’s Connected Universe
Dec 22nd
ZazenLife has a nice list of how the movie universes of Tarantino’s films are connected.
One of his newest movies called Inglorious Bastards has completed another connection. Tarantino made it clear that The “Bear Jew” Donny Donowitz was the father of Lee Donowitz from his earlier movie True Romance.
True Romance, The Hopper-Walken Scene
Dec 5th
The Sabotage Times calls this the best scene Tarantino ever wrote. I wouldn’t go that far, but it certainly a great scene thats enhanced by perfect performances from Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper.
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/the-greatest-film-quotes-true-romance-youre-part-eggplant/
True Romance Makes ‘Romantic’ List
Feb 14th
For Valentine’s Day, the Telegraph has named its 30 most romantic films of all time. Suprisingly, True Romance ranks 21st.
Tarantino Soundboard
Sep 23rd
Need to kill some time? This’ll do it for you.
The Definitive Tarantino Soundboard contains the very best quotes from Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown and True Romance. This Flash application lets you listen to all your favorite QT lines, just by clicking on them. No media players needed.
Tarantino Is Picky About His Blood
Jul 7th
The IMDB link to this little tidbit will expire shortly, so I’ve just copied the info here for you:
Hollywood hero Quentin Tarantino is back – and he’s as bloody as ever. The True Romance scribe has finally completed his long-awaited fourth feature film as a director, Kill Bill, which stars Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu, and in the tradition of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, it will be a bloody affair – except this time Quentin’s demanding extra-special fluids.
He says, “I’m really particular about the blood, so we’re using a mixture depending on the scenes. I say, ‘I don’t want horror movie blood, alright? I want Samurai blood.’ You can’t pour this raspberry pancake syrup on a sword and have it look good. You have to have this special kind of blood that you only see in samurai movies.”
True Romance Film Details
Jan 31st
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 1993
Runtime: 121 minutes
Primary Cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Bronson Pinchot, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, James Gandolfini.
Tarantino’s Input: Screenplay writer.
Screenplay: Final version
Synopsis: True Romance is really part of a loose trilogy that includes Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, with a crackling Tarantino screenplay that rides a fine line between raucous comedy and violent excess. Christian Slater plays Clarence, the comic-book lover who meets a beguiling prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette), confronts her vicious pimp (Gary Oldman), and embarks on a cross-country odyssey with $5 million worth of Mafia cocaine. Mayhem ensues, culminating in a favorite Tarantino climax–the “Mexican standoff”–in which a roomful of guys are pointing guns at each other, waiting to see who shoots first. Brutal, profane, and totally outrageous.
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