True Romance

Theatrical - Wide 1993-09-10

Cast Christian Slater Patricia Arquette Christopher Walken Dennis Hopper Brad Pitt James Gandolfini Val Kilmer Gary Oldman Bronson Pinchot Samuel L. Jackson Michael Rapaport Saul Rubinek
Directed by Tony Scott
Written by Quentin Tarantino

Genres: Romance Thriller

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A lonely movie geek falls head over heels in love with an adorable hooker with a heart of gold, and proceeds to blow away her pimp and accidentally take off with his stash of cocaine. Whoops! Needless to say, the happy... See more couple quickly get the fuck out of dodge, make their way out to the West Coast to sell the white, but not without certain interested mobsters tailing their asses and various other characters coming in and out of their lives. True romance ensues…

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