True Romance (1993)

Réalisateur:

Tony Scott

Scénariste:

Quentin Tarantino (written by)

Date de sortie:

10 septembre 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Romance | Thriller

Accroche:

Stealing, Cheating, Killing. Who said romance is dead?

Intrigue:

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Plot Keywords:

Pimp | Coke | Cocaine | Chase | Gangster

Récompenses:

6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Under-rated

Ensemble

Christian Slater	...	Clarence Worley
Patricia Arquette	...	Alabama Whitman
Dennis Hopper	...	Clifford Worley
Val Kilmer	...	Mentor
Gary Oldman	...	Drexl Spivey
Brad Pitt	...	Floyd - Dick's Roommate
Christopher Walken	...	Vincenzo Coccotti
Bronson Pinchot	...	Elliot Blitzer
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Big Don
Michael Rapaport	...	Dick Ritchie
Saul Rubinek	...	Lee Donowitz
Conchata Ferrell	...	Mary Louise Ravencroft
James Gandolfini	...	Virgil
Anna Levine	...	Lucy (as Anna Thomson)
Frank Adonis	...	Frankie

Autre(s) titre(s):

Breakaway (Philippines: English title)
True Romance (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language, and for sexuality and drug use.

Durée:

120 min | USA:121 min (unrated director's cut)

Pays:

USA | France

Langue:

Anglais | Italien

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Finland:(Banned) (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:18A (British Columbia) (1999) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (edited for re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (director's cut) | USA:R | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

Lieux de tournage:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Société:

Morgan Creek Productions

Anecdotes:

Patricia Arquette's voice-over scene in the beginning of the film is borrowed from Badlands (1973), and is even set to very similar music (though not the Carl Orff piece used in Badlands).

Goofs:

Continuité: The vomit on Elliot's sweater at the amusement park.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Clarence Worley: In Jailhouse Rock he was everything rockabilly's about. I mean, he is rockabilly. Mean, surly, nasty, rude. In that movie he couldn't give a fuck about nothing except rockin' and rollin', living fast, dying young and leaving a good-looking corpse.

Connexions De Film:

Parodié dans Don't Let's Start (2009)

Bande son:

All The Way

Under-rated

I've seen Reservoir Dogs, I've seen Pulp Fiction & I've seen Jackie Brown, but for me this is Tarantino's best crime caper. Completely engrossing from start to finish, the story of the two lovers who are on the run is not entirely believable, but seriously enjoyable. You get your fill of guns, sex, style and pop-culture, and the usual array of celebrity cameos in a film that seems a whole lot more 'close'. Whereas Pulp Fiction felt like one long trailer, with every line razor-sharp and a load of hip music that made the film go so quickly, True Romance offers you the chance to savour every moment, as the film moves at a (slightly) slower pace. Enjoy the blazing finale, and just wonder how it might have turned out if Tarantino had got his hands on the camera...