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True Romance - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) | Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette | True Romance begins where Badlands ends.

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	True Romance - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette Warner Home Video, 2002 average customer review:based on 242 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent

I was always content with my single disc director's cut of "True Romance", the 1993 classic directed by Tony Scott, written by Quentin Tarrentino and starring a fantastic set of actors. However, when I learned there was a two disc special edition complete with even more deleted material plus many other special features, the first thing I said to myself was...I gotta get this.

And man, is it awesome. The deleted material is excellent. The first feature I watched (well, listened to) was the audio commentary by the film's stars, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. It was insightful, informative and often hilarious, and I liked how they stayed in character for the better half of the commentary. There's also insight from Scott and Tarrentino. Co-stars Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt and Michael Rapaport go over their respective scenes (admittedly, Rapaport's went on a little long, and I wish Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Brosnon Pinchott, James Gandolfini and many of the film's other great actors contributed as well). There's a great featurette that lets you go inside the movie, plus many other great stuff.

This is one dvd that belongs in your collection. Get it as soon as possible.

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True Romance begins where Badlands ends.

Think of Clarence (Christian Slater) in "True Romance" as Kit Carruther's (Martin Sheen) illegitimate kid from "Badlands"..And you start to get the picture, and the intended or unintended overlaps..Both sets of couples in both movies are on the dead run from trouble and or the law, Kit on a serial killing spree up in the Dakota's, and Clarence from Alabama's (Patricia Arquette) dead pimp's crew, and later Chistopher Walken's Sicilian drug trafficking warlords..One major difference however, Clarence didn't intentionally rip anybody off, he just incidentally grabbed the wrong suitcase, stuffed with a cache of cocaine, implying in the grander scheme, a more innocent, less sinister, anti-hero, trying to do the right thing by his girl, by the way, hotter than a four alarm fire!..Both "Badlands" and "True Romance" are "roadie" cross country flicks, and utilize the same haunting background score, originally made familiar in Terrence Malick's "Badlands"..See both movies in tandem at your earliest convenience, and then studiously compare them..You won't be dissapointed in either effort..And further, will undoubtedly notice the striking similarities, those familial ties..The families that slay together, stay together!

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Two lovers trying to stay alive in a violent world.

True Romance is a 90's classic it is esentialy Tony Scott's masterpiece and was written by Quinten Tarintino. The film boasts one of the best casts ever starring Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, Tom Sizmore Val Kilmer ect. The story is about a young man called Clearence (Christian Slater) who is an Elvis fanatic and comic book store employee, one night at the theaters watching a Sony Chiba film he meets a young woman named Alabama (Patricia Arquette) who happens to be a prostitute and they emidiatly fall in love and soon get married but thats only half of their problems, when Clearence kills Alabama's pimp Drexl who thinks hes black and has crazy dreadlocks (Excellent performance by Gary Oldman) and acidentely gets the wrong suitcase which contains cocain everybody is looking for them including the mafia and well you'll just have to see the film. The film has many classic moments including the confrontation between Christopher Walken who plays a mafia boss and Dennis Hopper who plays Clarence's father and great lines that you'll end up quoting for the rest of your life, the film is so fast and energetic that it never gets boring even after youve watched it a thousand times. Ultimatly the film's about how much love Clearence and Alabama have for each other and how they manage to survive and the chemistry between the two actors was great. If you like films that have action, crime and romance then you should deffinently get this film, oh and by the way I thought that Tony Scott's latest film Domino was a huge pile of crap.

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NOTHING is rotten in Denmark here!

I just purchased this unrated directors cut of True Romance, my favorite movie of all time. I didn't even know that this DVD existed and the delivery couldn't come FAST ENOUGH. I watched it last night and was blown away.

Seeing disc two that included the actor interviews, the extra scenes, and the director/writer commentary were SO COOL, SO COOL, SO COOL. If you love this movie than you have to buy this DVD for your collection! It was also interesting seeing the original ending that Tarantino intended in his screenplay, and was nice hearing his opinion of why it would of worked better if he had directed the movie, rather than how Tony Scott chose to end it and why. It totally made sense and appreciated seeing what was "supposed to be" and what actually "was used" instead. Again this is a MUST HAVE for any True Romance fan!!! 10 stars and hats off to Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott!! Bravo!!

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A suitcase full of trouble and a film full of great performances

"True Romance" is a very good film, but it did not recieve the acclaim it should have (and eventually did) when it premiered in 1993. Only on video (and now on dvd) did "True Romance" really find it's audience and especially after the world wide acclaim of the now classic "Pulp Fiction" in 1994 did many people discover this gem of a script by Quentin Tarantino [which was Tarantino's first completed script]. Tony Scott (Top Gun, Revenge) directs this film, as mostly all of his films, with a lot of face-paced, colorful style. But here he shows his passion for it's story and especially the main characters of Clarence and Alabama as he follows them on their romantic and dangerous journey together.

Clarence and Alabama are portrayed by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, who make an excellent couple in this film. Clarence is a lonely comic book store clerk who meets Alabama, a free-spirited call girl. They fall in love and get married, however, thoughts of Alabama's now ex-pimp, Drexyl (Gary Oldman) is nawing at Clarence's conscience deciding whether or not he should kill him. Indeed, he does kill Drexyl, and in the process, unknowingly takes the wrong suitcase which turns out to be filled with cocaine. Clarence and Alabama plan to sell the cocaine, take the money and run, but little do they know that the mobsters who that suitcase of cocaine belongs to and the cops desperate for a bust are after them.

Along the way are a suitcase full of supporting actors including Dennis Hopper as Clarence's father, Christopher Walken as the mob boss and James Gandolfini as his brutal henchman, Michael Rappaport as Clarence's best friend Dick Ritchie, Brad Pitt as Dick's very laid back roommate, Val Kilmer as Clarence's mentor (Elvis), Tom Sizemore and Chris Penn as the vice cops, Bronson Pinchott as an actor and middle man for a Hollywood producer (Saul Rubinek) interested in buying Clarence and Alabama's cocaine. All of these supporting performances are great and work very well with Tarantino's unique dialogue with the exception of Brad Pitt as Floyd, Dick's stoner roommate. Pitt (early in his career) adds a lot more to this 'cameo' character than Tarantino's script, and he does it very well.

This film is romantic and violent at the same time contrasting "Bonnie and Clyde" which was violent but not romantic. Clarence and Alabama are two people deeply in love who walk into a dangerous oppportunity and they take it together. "True Romance" is funny, dark, intense, romantic, and it's done well.

Two-Disc Special Edition dvd: 5 stars / I really enjoyed the special features on this dvd especially the writer's commentary by Quentin Tarantino which offers a lot of insight and background information about the writing and selling of the script. Unlike many director and writer commentaries, Tarantino's commentary is interesting and entertaining making you feel like he is your friend watching the film with you. On the second disc is an enjoyable selected commentary given by actor Michael Rappaport who offers a lot of behind-the-scenes info on his scenes, and he is genuinely funny on this commentary too. Also included on the second disc is the original ending from Tarantino's script. I have mixed feelings about the original ending, but I love that director Tony Scott shot it, and it is included on this dvd along with several deleted and extended scenes. This is an excellent Special Edition dvd.

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