True Lovesong

True Romance is an American film carried out by Tony Scott, left in 1993.

Synopsis

Clarence is a salesman of cartoons, film amateur of Martial arts and large fan of Elvis. At the time of its birthday, it goes in a cinema to see a film trilogy of Sony Chiba and meets by chance a named young girl Alabama. This one is in fact a call-girl engaged by a friend of Clarence like " gift of anniversaire". It is the love at first sight, they become inseparable and marry a few days later. Clarence decides to go to see the procurer of Alabama, Drexl, to regulate its account to him and to recover its business. There low, the discussion degenerates and Clarence kills it, and inadvertently takes a bag of cocaine instead of the bag of Alabama. This cocaine belongs to members of the Maffia Italian who absolutely hold to recover it. They take the couple in hunting, whereas it tries to sell the contents of it to a famous producer of Hollywood.

Data sheet

Title: True Lovesong
Realization: Tony Scott
Scenario: Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (not credited)
Production: Gary To bore, Samuel Hadida, Steve Perry and Bill Unger
Budget: 12,5 million dollars
Music: Hans Zimmer (additional: Mark Mancina, Nick Glennie-Smith, John Van Tongeren and Pete Haycock)
Photography: Jeffrey L. Kimball
Assembly: Michael Tronick and Christian Wagner
Decorations: Benjamín Fernández
Costumes: Susan Becker
Country of origin: the United States
Format: Colors - 2,35:1 - Dolby Surround - 35 mm
Kind: Thriller, action
Lasted: 121 minutes
Comings out date: September 10th 1993 (the United States), November 3rd 1993 (France)
Film prohibited with less than 16 years at the time of its exit in France

Distribution

Christian Slater: Clarence Worley
Patricia Arquette: Alabama Whitman
Refusals Hopper: Clifford Worley
Val Kilmer: Elvis
Gary Oldman: Drexl Spivey
Brad Pitt : Floyd
Christopher Walken : Vincenzo Coccotti
Bronson Pinchot : Elliot Blitzer
Samuel L. Jackson: Big Gift
Michael Rapaport: Dick Ritchie
Saul Rubinek : Lee Donowitz
Conchata Ferrell : Mary Louise Ravencroft
James Gandolfini: Virgil
Anna Levine: Lucy
Victor Argo: Lenny
Chris Penn: Nicky Dimes
Tom Sizemore: Cody Nicholson

Around film

the scenario of True Romance made in the beginning started from a very long scenario written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary. Other half served for the film Tueurs born , realized by Oliver Stone in 1994. In two films, the actor Tom Sizemore plays the part of a cop.
William Lustig ( Maniac COP ) was a time had a presentiment of to carry out film.
Like the majority of the scenarios of Quentin Tarantino, the film contains very many references and allusions to the Cinéma.

Original soundtrack

Graceland , interpreted by Charlie Sexton
In Dreams , interpreted by John Waite
Wounded Bird , interpreted by Charles & Eddie
White Wedding , interpreted by Billy Idol
Skinny (They Can' T Get Enough) , interpreted by The Skinny Boys
Heartbreak Hotel , interpreted by Val Kilmer
I Want Your Body , interpreted by Nymphomania
Outshined , interpreted by Soundgarden
I Need has Heart To Like Home To , interpreted by Shelby Lynne
Chantilly Laces , interpreted by Big Bopper
Under the thick dome where the white jasmine , composed by Léo Delibes
The Other Side , interpreted by Aerosmith
Everybody Loves Somebody , interpreted by Jerry DelMonico
Will You Love Me Tomorrow , interpreted by The Shirelles
Raga Yaman , interpreted by Clem Alford
(Love Is) has Tender Trap , interpreted by Robert Palmer
has Little Bitty Tear , interpreted by Burl Ives
All The Way , interpreted by Jerry DelMonico
Learnin' The Blues , interpreted by Jerry DelMonico
Two Hearts , interpreted by Chris Isaak
You' Re So Cool , composed by Hans Zimmer

Rewards

Nomination at the price of the best actor (Christian Slater), better actress (Patricia Arquette) and better scenario, at the time of the Academy of science fiction films, fantastic and horror 1994.
Nomination at the price of best film, at the time of the festival Fantasporto 1995.

External bond

True Lovesong on Internet Movie Database

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