Rated R for language, violence, sexuality, nudityStarring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, James Gandolfini
Clarence Worley is a comic book store clerk who lives a simple life. For lack of better things to do, he spends his birthday watching a martial arts triple theater at a Detroit theater, where he meets the attractive Alabama Whitman. The two go for coffee after the films and he shows her the comic book shop, after spending a night together, she regretfully confesses that she is a call girl who was hired by Clarence's boss as a birthday present, however she has fallen for him completely. Luckily, Clarence has fallen for her as well and the next day the two go down to the courthouse and get married.
After learning about her pimp Drexl, Clarenced decides he's going to confront him and get Alabama's things for her. The confrontation doesn't go as planned though, and gunfire breaks out, with Clarence killing Drexl in the process. He grabs what he believes to be Alabama's suitcase of belongings and heads back to her, only to learn that he took the wrong suitcase and this one contains a bunch of stolen cocaine.
The couple decides to head out west to LA to hideout and sell the drugs so that they can establish a home for themselves elsewhere, however the mob is on their tail wanting to retreive the cocaine. The police also get involved.
Clarence and Alabama are very likable characters, played memorably by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. Written by Quentin Tarantino as his first major screenplay, this film has bit of it all - action, violence, sexuality, romance, crime, the mob, and thrills, this one classic you won't want to miss.
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