True Romance trivia
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movie trivia
- Clarence goes to see a Sonny Chiba Triple Feature at the movies on his birthday. Writer Quentin Tarantino also would goto the movies on his birthday.
- The character Clarence Worley is based in large part on Quentin Tarantino himself.
- QT has stated that True Romance in particular was heavily inspired by the works of writer Elmore Leonard whose own crime stories often took place in Detroit (where Clarence is from).
- Set in the The Realer Than Real World Universe.
- Music referenced: Elvis Presley.
- TV Shows referenced: The Partridge Family, TJ Hooker.
- Comic books referenced: Spider Man #1.
- Actors referenced: Sonny Chiba, Elvis Presley, Charles Bronson, Burt Reynolds, Mickey Rourke, William Shatner.
