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[[Image: | |name=True Romance | ||
|picture=true-romance-poster.jpg | |||
|caption=''DVD Poster'' | |||
|country=[[Image:USA.jpg|25px]]United States | |||
|director=[[Tony Scott]] | |||
|date=1993 | |||
|studio=Morgan Creek Productions<br>Davis Films<br>A Band Apart | |||
|distributor=Warner Bros. Pictures | |||
|character1=Clarence Worley | |||
|actor1=[[Christian Slater]] | |||
|character2=Alabama Whitman | |||
|actor2=[[Patricia Arquette]] | |||
|character3=Vincenzo Coccotti | |||
|actor3=[[Christopher Walken]] | |||
|character4=Drexl Spivey | |||
|actor4=[[Gary Oldman]] | |||
|character5=Virgil | |||
|actor5=[[James Gandolfini]] | |||
|character6=Big Don | |||
|actor6=[[Samuel L. Jackson]] | |||
|character7=Floyd | |||
|actor7=[[Brad Pitt]] | |||
|character8=Dick Ritchie | |||
|actor8=[[Michael Rapaport]] | |||
|character9=Nicky Dimes | |||
|actor9=[[Chris Penn]] | |||
|character10=Mentor(Elvis) | |||
|actor10=[[Val Kilmer]] | |||
}} | |||
'''''True Romance''''' is a 1993 romantic crime film that stars [[Christian Slater]] as Clarence and [[Patricia Arquette]] as Alabama, two young newlyweds who decide to travel to Los Angeles to sell off a suitcase full of cocaine that they took off Alabama's drug-dealing pimp. In their journey, they are pursued by both the mob and law enforcement. The film was directed by [[Tony Scott]] from a screenplay by [[Quentin Tarantino]], the very first that he sold to Hollywood. The cast includes [[Gary Oldman]], [[Dennis Hopper]], [[Brad Pitt]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[James Gandolfini]], and [[Christopher Walken]]. | |||
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=Revolvers= | |||
== Smith & Wesson Model 66 == | ==Smith & Wesson Model 66 Snub== | ||
Clarence Worley ([[Christian Slater]]) uses a [[Smith & Wesson Model 66]] | Clarence Worley ([[Christian Slater]]) uses a snub-nose [[Smith & Wesson Model 66]] in the first half of the film. This revolver manages to fire 7 shots when Clarence shoots it out with Drexl. | ||
This revolver manages to fire 7 shots when Clarence | [[Image:Mod66wPachmayr.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 66 Snub with 2.5" barrel & Pachmayr Grips - .357 Magnum]] | ||
[[Image:Mod66wPachmayr.jpg|thumb|none| | |||
[[Image:TRrev1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Clarence draws his Smith & Wesson revolver on Drexl.]] | [[Image:TRrev1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Clarence draws his Smith & Wesson revolver on Drexl.]] | ||
[[Image:TRrev2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:TR-SW66-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Great closeup of the Model 66 as Clarence continues to fire the revolver.]] | ||
[[Image:TRrev2.jpg|thumb|none|602px|Clarence bursts into the hotel room where Alabama had just been assaulted.]] | |||
==Smith & Wesson Model 625== | |||
Clarence Worley ([[Christian Slater]]) packs a [[Smith & Wesson Model 625]] revolver throughout the second half of the film, after taking it from Virgil ([[James Gandolfini]]). He uses it to intimidate Elliot ([[Bronson Pinchot]]). In the uncensored Director's Cut of the film, Alabama ([[Patricia Arquette]]) also uses it during the final shootout, after she thinks Clarence is dead. | |||
[[Image:S&W Mod625.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 625 - .45 ACP. This is the screen used Smith & Wesson Model 625 revolver. Being a massive N-frame .45 ACP revolver, it makes all the actor's hands look small.]] | |||
[[Image:TR-SW625-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil draws his Model 625, but Alabama sprays him with a make-shift flamethrower made from a hair spray bottle and lighter.]] | |||
[[Image:TRrev3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Clarence checks his revolver just before entering the hotel.]] | |||
[[Image:TRrev4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Clarence uses it to intimidate Elliot ([[Bronson Pinchot]])]] | |||
[[Image:TRrev5.jpg|thumb|none|602px|Elliot ([[Bronson Pinchot]]) is threatened with the revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:TRrev6.jpg|thumb|none|601px|The revolver is put to Elliot's cheek.]] | |||
[[Image:TRrev7.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Clarence pulls his revolver out on Elliot to make sure he hasn't cheated them.]] | |||
[[Image:TRrev8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Clarence places his revolver on the sink in Lee's bathroom.]] | |||
[[Image:TRrev9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Alabama fires the revolver in the Director's Cut.]] | |||
==Smith & Wesson Model 36== | |||
A bright nickel [[Smith & Wesson Model 36]] is briefly seen as one of the many guns packed into the bags of the Mafioso gunmen. | |||
[[File:S&WModel36Nickel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nickel Smith & Wesson Model 36 - .38 Special]] | |||
[[Image:TRrevb1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A mobster picks up several shotgun shells and a revolver.]] | |||
==Smith & Wesson Model 649== | |||
Det. Wurlitzer ([[Michael Beach]]) during the final standoff pulls out his [[Smith & Wesson Model 649]] backup revolver, firing it akimbo with his Beretta. | |||
[[Image:S&W38Nickel.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 649 with wood grips - .38 Special]] | |||
[[Image:TRBer92-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wurlitzer fires his Beretta with a S&W Bodyguard.]] | |||
[[Image:TR-SW649-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Wurlitzer with his Bodyguard and Beretta in a standoff with Luca.]] | |||
=Pistols= | |||
==Beretta 92FS Inox== | |||
Frankie ([[Frank Adonis]]), another of the Mafioso, carries a [[Beretta 92FS Inox]], which he holds to the head of Clifford Worley ([[Dennis Hopper]]) and later a woman he holds hostage in the hotel. | |||
[[Image:Beretta-Inox.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta 92FS Inox - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:TRBerInx1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Clifford enters his trailer only to have an Inox placed on his head.]] | |||
[[Image:TrueR 94.jpg|thumb|none|601px| Clifford Worley ([[Dennis Hopper]]) is threatened with the Inox.]] | |||
[[Image:TRBerInx2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Frankie holds his Beretta while watching his boss ([[Christopher Walken]]) interrogate Clifford.]] | |||
[[Image:TR-BERINOX-3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Closeup of a Beretta 92FS Inox being loaded before the final standoff.]] | |||
[[Image:TRBerInx3.jpg|thumb|none|602px|Frankie holds a woman hostage in the hotel after the final shootout.]] | |||
==Beretta 92FS== | |||
Most of the police officers in the film, including Det. Nicky Dimes ([[Chris Penn]]), carry [[Beretta M92F|Beretta 92FS]] pistols, as were issued to the LAPD at the time. The Italian gunman, Luca ([[Paul Ben-Victor]]), also draws his own Beretta during the final standoff. | |||
[[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|300px|none|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:TRBer92-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|The LAPD officers including Det. Wurlitzer ([[Michael Beach]]) draw their Berettas.]] | |||
[[Image:TRBer92-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Squad Cop #1 ([[John Cenatiempo]]) with his Beretta.]] | |||
[[Image:TRBer92-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|On the right, Det. Wurlitzer ([[Michael Beach]]) fires his Beretta along with a S&W Bodyguard.]] | |||
[[Image:TRBer92-4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Det. Dimes ([[Chris Penn]]) firing his Beretta 92FS.]] | |||
[[Image:TRBer92-5.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Luca ([[Paul Ben-Victor]]) draws his Beretta after Dimes tells him to drop his shotgun.]] | |||
==Heckler & Koch P7M13== | |||
Italian mob boss Vincenzo Coccotti ([[Christopher Walken]]) uses a [[Heckler & Koch P7 pistol series|Heckler & Koch P7M13]] after questioning Clifford Worley ([[Dennis Hopper]]) about his son's whereabouts. | |||
[[Image:H&K P7M13 SilverPlate.jpg|thumb|none|300px|H&K P7M13 - 9x19mm. This is the screen used gun carried by [[Christopher Walken]] in the film.]] | |||
[[Image:TRHKP7-2.jpg|thumb|none|601px|''"I haven't killed anybody since 1984."''<br>Don Vincenzo Coccotti ([[Christopher Walken]]) uses a [[Heckler & Koch P7 pistol series|Heckler & Koch P7M13]].]] | |||
[[Image:TRHKP7-1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Don Vincenzo with the pistol.]] | |||
[[Image:TR-HKP7-3.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Closeup of the H&K P7M13 being fired. The M13 is visible on the slide.]] | |||
== | ==IMI Desert Eagle Mark VII== | ||
A Sicilian mobster is briefly seen with a [[Desert Eagle Mark VII]] in the weapon-assembling scene before the final shootout. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:DesertEagle357Black.jpg|thumb|350px|none|Desert Eagle Mark VII - .357 Magnum]] | ||
[[Image:TRDesEag1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Desert Eagle and extra magazines sit on the mobster's table.]] | |||
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== | =Shotguns= | ||
== Remington 870 sawed-off == | ==Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"== | ||
The Sicilian hitman Virgil ([[James Gandolfini]]) carries a [[Remington 870]] sawed-off shotgun when he confronts Alabama while waiting for Clarence to return. Alabama, after grabbing it from him, kills him by shooting him and beating him with it. Luca ([[Paul Ben-Victor]]) also carries a sawed-off [[Remington 870]] as the mobsters question Floyd ([[Brad Pitt]]) about Clarence, Alabama, and Dick, and during the final shootout. | Drug dealer and pimp Drexl Spivey ([[Gary Oldman]]) uses an [[Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"]] to kill the drug dealers he stole from. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Stakeout-1-.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Ithaca 37 "Stakeout" blued finish with wooden forearm. The one in the movie has a synthetic forearm - 12 gauge]] | ||
[[Image:TRshot1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Drexl prepares to shoot the first of two thugs.]] | |||
==Remington 870 (sawed-off)== | |||
The Sicilian hitman Virgil ([[James Gandolfini]]) carries a [[Remington 870]] sawed-off shotgun when he confronts Alabama while waiting for Clarence to return. Alabama ([[Patricia Arquette]]), after grabbing it from him, kills him by shooting him and beating him with it. Luca ([[Paul Ben-Victor]]) also carries a sawed-off [[Remington 870]] as the mobsters question Floyd ([[Brad Pitt]]) about Clarence, Alabama, and Dick, and during the final shootout. | |||
[[Image:Remington870Pstlgrip.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sawn-off Remington 870 shotgun with pistol grip - 12 Gauge]] | |||
[[Image:TRshot2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil smiles with his Remington in his lap.]] | [[Image:TRshot2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil smiles with his Remington in his lap.]] | ||
[[Image:TRshot3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil, in the mirror, watches over Alabama.]] | [[Image:TRshot3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Virgil, in the mirror, watches over Alabama.]] | ||
[[Image:TR-870-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Alabama in a beaten and crazed state shoots Virgil several times.]] | |||
[[Image:TRshot4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Remington sits on a bed with ammunition being packed away.]] | [[Image:TRshot4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Remington sits on a bed with ammunition being packed away.]] | ||
[[Image:TR-Guns.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quite a few shotguns sit on the bed as the mobsters pack.]] | [[Image:TR-Guns.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Quite a few shotguns sit on the bed as the mobsters pack.]] | ||
[[Image:SawnoffShotgun2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Remington 870 with sawed off barrel and stock - 12 Gauge]] | |||
[[Image:TRshot5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luca holds his shotgun on Floyd.]] | [[Image:TRshot5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luca holds his shotgun on Floyd.]] | ||
[[Image:TRshot6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luca hides in the hotel room with his shotgun.]] | [[Image:TRshot6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luca hides in the hotel room with his shotgun.]] | ||
== | ==Mossberg 500 Cruiser== | ||
Marvin ([[Kevin Corrigan]]), one of the Mafiosos', uses a [[Mossberg 500 Cruiser]] in the final standoff. | |||
[[ | [[File:Mossberg500Cruiser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mossberg 500 Cruiser - 12 Gauge]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:TR-MOSS500-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marvin aims his Mossberg at Monty.]] | ||
[[Image:TR-MOSS500-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Marvin fire his shotgun.]] | |||
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== Heckler & Koch MP5K == | =Submachine Guns= | ||
Lee's guard Monty ([[Patrick John Hurley]]) carries and fires a [[ | ==Heckler & Koch MP5K== | ||
[[Image:MP5K-SEF.jpg|thumb|none| | Lee's guard Monty ([[Patrick John Hurley]]) carries and fires a [[Heckler & Koch MP5K]] submachine gun during the final shootout. | ||
[[Image:MP5K-SEF.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Heckler & Koch MP5K - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:TRHKMP5K-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boris, with his Uzi, and Monty, with his MP5K, watch over Clarence, Alabama, and Dick.]] | [[Image:TRHKMP5K-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boris, with his Uzi, and Monty, with his MP5K, watch over Clarence, Alabama, and Dick.]] | ||
[[Image:TRHKMP5K-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Monty holds his MP5K up at the police bursting into the room.]] | [[Image:TRHKMP5K-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Monty holds his MP5K up at the police bursting into the room.]] | ||
== Uzi == | ==Uzi== | ||
Lee's guard Boris ([[Eric Allan Kramer]]) carries and fires an [[Uzi]] during the final shootout. | Lee's guard Boris ([[Eric Allan Kramer]]) carries and fires an [[Uzi#Uzi|Uzi]] during the final shootout. | ||
[[Image:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|400px|IMI Uzi]] | [[Image:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|400px|IMI Uzi - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:TRUzi-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boris holds his Uzi on Clarence, Alabama, and Dick as Clarence puts his revolver away.]] | [[Image:TRUzi-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boris holds his Uzi on Clarence, Alabama, and Dick as Clarence puts his revolver away.]] | ||
[[Image:TRUzi-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boris, brandishing an Uzi, confronts the police with the assistance of | [[Image:TRUzi-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Boris, brandishing an Uzi, confronts the police with the assistance of Monty's MP5K.]] | ||
[[Image:TR-UZI-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of the Uzi firing.]] | |||
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True Romance is a 1993 romantic crime film that stars Christian Slater as Clarence and Patricia Arquette as Alabama, two young newlyweds who decide to travel to Los Angeles to sell off a suitcase full of cocaine that they took off Alabama's drug-dealing pimp. In their journey, they are pursued by both the mob and law enforcement. The film was directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, the very first that he sold to Hollywood. The cast includes Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, and Christopher Walken.
The following weapons were used in the film True Romance:
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Revolvers
Smith & Wesson Model 66 Snub
Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) uses a snub-nose Smith & Wesson Model 66 in the first half of the film. This revolver manages to fire 7 shots when Clarence shoots it out with Drexl.
Smith & Wesson Model 625
Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) packs a Smith & Wesson Model 625 revolver throughout the second half of the film, after taking it from Virgil (James Gandolfini). He uses it to intimidate Elliot (Bronson Pinchot). In the uncensored Director's Cut of the film, Alabama (Patricia Arquette) also uses it during the final shootout, after she thinks Clarence is dead.
Smith & Wesson Model 36
A bright nickel Smith & Wesson Model 36 is briefly seen as one of the many guns packed into the bags of the Mafioso gunmen.
Smith & Wesson Model 649
Det. Wurlitzer (Michael Beach) during the final standoff pulls out his Smith & Wesson Model 649 backup revolver, firing it akimbo with his Beretta.
Pistols
Beretta 92FS Inox
Frankie (Frank Adonis), another of the Mafioso, carries a Beretta 92FS Inox, which he holds to the head of Clifford Worley (Dennis Hopper) and later a woman he holds hostage in the hotel.
Beretta 92FS
Most of the police officers in the film, including Det. Nicky Dimes (Chris Penn), carry Beretta 92FS pistols, as were issued to the LAPD at the time. The Italian gunman, Luca (Paul Ben-Victor), also draws his own Beretta during the final standoff.
Heckler & Koch P7M13
Italian mob boss Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken) uses a Heckler & Koch P7M13 after questioning Clifford Worley (Dennis Hopper) about his son's whereabouts.
IMI Desert Eagle Mark VII
A Sicilian mobster is briefly seen with a Desert Eagle Mark VII in the weapon-assembling scene before the final shootout.
Shotguns
Ithaca 37 "Stakeout"
Drug dealer and pimp Drexl Spivey (Gary Oldman) uses an Ithaca 37 "Stakeout" to kill the drug dealers he stole from.
Remington 870 (sawed-off)
The Sicilian hitman Virgil (James Gandolfini) carries a Remington 870 sawed-off shotgun when he confronts Alabama while waiting for Clarence to return. Alabama (Patricia Arquette), after grabbing it from him, kills him by shooting him and beating him with it. Luca (Paul Ben-Victor) also carries a sawed-off Remington 870 as the mobsters question Floyd (Brad Pitt) about Clarence, Alabama, and Dick, and during the final shootout.
Mossberg 500 Cruiser
Marvin (Kevin Corrigan), one of the Mafiosos', uses a Mossberg 500 Cruiser in the final standoff.
Submachine Guns
Heckler & Koch MP5K
Lee's guard Monty (Patrick John Hurley) carries and fires a Heckler & Koch MP5K submachine gun during the final shootout.
Uzi
Lee's guard Boris (Eric Allan Kramer) carries and fires an Uzi during the final shootout.