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Wild at Heart
Why this pick
A fiercely romantic lovers-on-the-run odyssey with pop-cultural Americana, sudden violence, and a heightened, dreamlike emotional temperature that closely suits True Romance.
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MOVIE1993 2h 0m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
At a Detroit theater showing kung fu films, Alabama Whitman strikes up a conversation with Elvis Presley fanatic Clarence Worley. They later have sex at Clarence's apartment in downtown Detroit. Alabama tearfully confesses that she is a call girl hired by Clarence's boss as a birthday present but has fallen in love with Clarence. They marry.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Christian Slater
Clarence Worley
Patricia Arquette
Alabama Whitman
Gary Oldman
Drexl Spivey
Brad Pitt
Floyd
James Gandolfini
Virgil
Frank Adonis
Frankie
Paul Bates
Marty
Val Kilmer
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