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1	* AbilityOverAppearance: Dick Ritchie was originally written as an African-American in the script.
2	* ActorInspiredElement: It was Creator/BradPitt's idea for his character to be a stoner who never leaves the couch. He also improvised much of his dialogue. The hat he wears in the kitchen sequence he found abandoned on the boardwalk in Venice, California. He took it, washed it, and wore it for the film.
3	* AllStarCast: Creator/ChristianSlater, Creator/PatriciaArquette, Creator/DennisHopper, Creator/MichaelRapaport, Creator/BradPitt, Creator/JamesGandolfini, Creator/GaryOldman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/ValKilmer, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/TomSizemore, Creator/ChrisPenn and Creator/SaulRubinek. Many actors had [[RetroactiveRecognition not yet broken through into stardom]].
4	* ApprovalOfGod: Quentin Tarantino absolutely loved the final film, up to providing commentary on the DVD release, and was even on board with major changes, such as the decision to spare Clarence and Alabama when Tarantino's ending killed them off, after being won over by Tony Scott claiming it wasn't an executive demand but rather simply because he'd grown too attached to the characters to have them die at the end.
5	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/GaryOldman met with Creator/TonyScott about the project and told him he hadn't read the script he'd been sent, then asked Scott what his part was like. Scott told him "You're playing a white guy who thinks he's black, and you're a pimp." Oldman immediately accepted the role. Oldman loved his role so much that he was interested in doing a spin-off film about him.
6	* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $13 million. Box office, $12,309,980. It was an AcclaimedFlop however.
7	* CastTheRunnerUp:
8	** Creator/BradPitt and Creator/ValKilmer were both considered for Clarence. They were cast as Floyd and Elvis.
9	** Creator/TomSizemore was originally cast as Virgil before eventually assuming the role of Cody Nicholson. Sizemore recommended Creator/JamesGandolfini for the role of Virgil.
10	** Creator/MichaelRapaport was originally cast in the role of Marvin. But the casting director later thought Rapaport was right for the role of Dick Ritchie.
11	* DeletedRole: Creator/JackBlack appears in a scene as a movie theatre usher that was cut from both the theatrical and director's cuts. Director Tony Scott later regretted cutting the scene.
12	* DeletedScene: The following scenes were cut from the film (but restored on the DVD):
13	** An extended sequence at the Creator/SonnyChiba movie. Creator/JackBlack appears as a theater attendant shooing everyone out after the movie is over.
14	** An extended scene where Clarence shows Alabama his store.
15	** A bathtub scene with Clarence and Alabama, in which they discuss Music/JanisJoplin. Patricia Arquette does nudity in this scene. A piece of this scene appears in the theatrical trailer.
16	** The billboard scene (where Alabama comes clean) is slightly extended. Clarence proposes marriage to Alabama, and she accepts.
17	** The "do you eat pussy" scene is slightly extended with more dialogue, especially from Big Don.
18	** A car scene with Clarence, Alabama, and Dick in which Alabama explains how she got her name.
19	** The scene in which Clarence first shows Dick the cocaine is slightly extended with more dialogue.
20	** A scene featuring Vincenzo in an elevator with his bodyguards. They talk about drug related matters and then walk down a hallway threatening to get Clarence and Alabama. The latter portion of this scene appears in the theatrical trailer.
21	** Extended scene where Elliot prepares to be "wired".
22	** An extended sequence of Alabama, Clarence, and Dick preparing to enter Lee's loft to sell the cocaine. They contemplate whether they should do it or not.
23	** A brief scene in which Elliot is "motivating" himself to enter wearing the wire.
24	* ExecutiveMeddling: The original ending had Clarence dying and Alabama driving off alone with a bitter monologue, but Creator/TonyScott changed it because he liked the characters too much to end on such a down note. Creator/QuentinTarantino had originally intended for the widowed Alabama to go into a life of crime. She gets mentioned in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' as a former partner of Mr. White.
25	* FakeAmerican: Brit Creator/GaryOldman as Detroit pimp Drexl.
26	* MissingTrailerScene: The trailer showed the bath scene and a scene of Vincenzo in an elevator, both of which were cut from the film.
27	* OnSetInjury: Creator/DennisHopper was concerned about being shot with a prop gun so close against his head for fear of being burned by the barrel. Creator/TonyScott assured him the gun was one hundred percent safe, and even tested it by having the prop man fire it against his own forehead. But upon firing the prop gun, the barrel extended about a third of an inch and Scott ended up on the floor with blood pouring from the wound.
28	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/DennisHopper, known for playing TheStoner, the CloudCuckoolander, or the AxCrazy villain, plays the one relatively "normal" character in the movie.
29	* RealLifeRelative: That's Creator/PatriciaArquette's four-year-old son Enzo Rossi in the final scene.
30	* SparedByTheCut: The original ending was to have both Clarence and Alabama die but Tony Scott had grown to like them too much to go through with it and so changed it to give them a happy ending. Tarantino was initially opposed to it but eventually came around.
31	* ThrowItIn:
32	** Creator/BronsonPinchot ad-libbed the scene where his character is caught with the cocaine.
33	** Creator/DennisHopper improvised the line "'Cause ''you''... you're part... eggplant!" Creator/ChristopherWalken apparently didn't realize that "eggplant" is an old Italian-American slur for black people, so he retorts, "And you're a cantaloupe!" which is meaningless except to call him another edible fruit. Also, Walken improvised busting a gut laughing and saying "I love this guy!" while Hopper spins the "Sicilians" yarn.
34	** The scene in which Nicky and Cody interrogate Elliot was improvised by Creator/ChrisPenn, Creator/TomSizemore and Creator/BronsonPinchot.
35	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
36	** The character of Blue Lou Boyle was originally a speaking part (with Creator/RobertDeNiro as the definite favorite), but many cuts were made to Creator/QuentinTarantino's script, including a scene featuring him. Instead, he's briefly mentioned as Vincent Coccotti's superior.
37	** The roller coaster scene was originally written to have taken place in a zoo. Creator/TonyScott changed it to give the movie an "adrenaline rush".
38	** In the original script Floyd D. calls Drexl a "white boy". That's why Drexl kills him and Big Don. In the original script Marty wasn't around when Drexl kills them.
39	** The role of Clarence Worley was written with Creator/RobertCarradine in mind.
40	** Creator/QuentinTarantino wrote the role of Alabama Whitman with Creator/JoanCusack in mind. Creator/TonyScott wanted Creator/DrewBarrymore, but she was unavailable. He then considered and rejected Creator/BridgetFonda, Creator/DianeLane, Creator/KyraSedgwick, and Creator/JuliaRoberts. Creator/JenniferJasonLeigh, Creator/JulietteLewis, Creator/BrookeShields and Creator/UmaThurman were also considered.
41	** Creator/LiamNeeson turned down the role of Vincenzo Coccotti, while Creator/MichaelMadsen was an early candidate. Creator/RobertForster auditioned.
42	** Creator/HarveyWeinstein considered Creator/SteveBuscemi for Clarence Worley. He was also considered for Detective Nicky Dime and Elliott Blitzer.
43	** Instead of ''Film/ABetterTomorrow II'', the script had ''Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine'' play on television.
44	** The genesis of the film began with a 50-page script by Creator/RogerAvary entitled ''The Open Road''. Avary described the plot as being about "an odd couple relationship between an uptight business man and an out-of-control hitch-hiker who travel into a hellish mid-Western town together." When he had trouble finishing it, he asked his friend and fellow Video Archives clerk, Creator/QuentinTarantino, to give it a shot. After several weeks, Quentin handed him over 500 hand-written pages of, what Avary described as "the Bible of pop culture." Roger typed and edited the behemoth, working with Quentin on further story ideas. According to a Film Threat article from 1994, the final script was a combination of True Romance and ''Film/NaturalBornKillers''. Reportedly, it followed Quentin's original NBK script until after the prison riot. After escaping, Mickey and Mallory decide to find and kill the screenwriter who wrote the glitzy Hollywood movie about their exploits. The writer goes on the run, and ''True Romance'' was the movie he writes while trying to evade the two psychotic killers. It was told in trademark Tarantino chapter fashion, out of chronological order. When it became obvious that the miniseries-length script would never sell, they split the two stories into separate movies.
45	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Creator/QuentinTarantino based Floyd on all the roommates he had to suffer through before he got famous.
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48	* The song "You're So Cool" from this movie's soundtrack was used in the commercial for ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. In June 2008, almost four years after the game was released, Creator/MorganCreek filed a lawsuit against Nintendo for allegedly not getting permission to use the song. Nintendo was able to prove they had gotten permission to use it, and the case was dropped.

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