This is the film where Tarantino's dialogue met a director who shot everything like a perfume ad, and the collision produced the Hopper-and-Walken kitchen scene plus a genuinely tender romance underneath the bloodshed. The supporting cast reads like a bet nobody would take. If you want a big, loud, deeply quotable movie with a crowd that already knows the lines, this is the right room and the right hour for it.
What to expect
An evening repertory audience in Metrograph's Ludlow Street theater, which laughs at the Sicilian scene as one body and goes silent for the standoff. The film runs just under two hours with no intermission. The bar and restaurant upstairs stay open afterward, which is where most of the room ends up arguing about the ending.
Good to know
- Metrograph is at 7 Ludlow Street, closest to the F at East Broadway
- Evening repertory shows fill up — buy online rather than at the door
- The film is rated R with substantial violence, so it is not a family pick
- The upstairs Commissary takes reservations if you want dinner first
- Metrograph enforces a no-phones policy in the auditorium
- Ask about accessible seating and elevator access when booking
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Common questions
Did Tarantino direct this?
No — he wrote the screenplay; Tony Scott directed, which is exactly what gives the film its glossy, saturated look.
How long is it?
True Romance runs 119 minutes.
Is this a restored print?
Metrograph lists the format on the showtime; this screening is programmed as a digital presentation.
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