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(Top) 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 3.1 Home media 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

True Love (1989 film)

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True Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nancy Savoca
Written by	Nancy Savoca Richard Guay
Produced by	Richard Guay Shelley Houis
Starring	Annabella Sciorra Ron Eldard
Cinematography	Lisa Rinzler
Edited by	John Tintori
Production company	United Artists
Distributed by	MGM/UA Communications Co.
Release date	June 16, 1989 (1989-06-16)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Italian
Budget	$750,000^[1]
Box office	$1,354,268^[2]

True Love is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Nancy Savoca and starring Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard.^[3] An unflinching look at the realities of love and marriage which offers no "happily ever after" ending, it won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1989 Sundance Film Festival.^[4]

Plot

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Donna and Michael are getting married.^[5] But first, they have to plan the reception, get the tux, buy the rings, and cope with their own uncertainty about the decision. Michael fears commitment. Donna has her doubts about Michael's immaturity. Both are getting cold feet.^[6]

Cast

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Annabella Sciorra as Donna
Ron Eldard as Michael
Aida Turturro as Grace
Roger Rignack as Dom
Star Jasper as JC
Michael James Wolfe as Brian
Kelly Cinnante as Yvonne
Rick Shapiro as Kevin
Vincent Pastore as Angelo (Donna's father)

Release

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The film was released on June 16, 1989 in the United States.

Home media

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True Love was previously released on VHS and DVD and was released for the first time on Blu-ray Disc on April 30, 2024 by Kino Lorber.^[7]

See also

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Married to the Mob (1988)
Moonstruck (1987)

References

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^ Gerry Molyneaux, "John Sayles", Renaissance Books, 2000 p 183

^ "True Love". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 23, 2022.

^ Maslin, Janet (1989-10-20). "Review/Film; 'True Love,' as It Is in the Italian Bronx". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.

^ Levy, Emanuel (May 2, 2006). "True Love (1989): Nancy Savoca's Sundance Fest Winner, Starring Annabella Sciorra and Ron Eldard". EmanuelLevy.com.

^ "True Love (1989)". BFI. Archived from the original on June 30, 2023.

^ Ebert, Roger (September 15, 1989). "True Love movie review & film summary (1989)". Chicago Sun-Times – via RogerEbert.com.

^ "True Love [Blu-ray]". Amazon. June 30, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.

External links

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Awards
Preceded by Heat and Sunlight	Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic 1989	Succeeded by Chameleon Street

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Films directed by Nancy Savoca

True Love (1989)
Dogfight (1991)
Household Saints (1993)
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
The 24 Hour Woman (1999)
Reno: Rebel without a Pause (2002)
Gato Barbieri (2007)
The Guest Room (2010)

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Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic

20th century

Girlfriends (1978)
Circle of Power (1982)
Old Enough (1984)
Blood Simple (1985)
Smooth Talk (1986)
Waiting for the Moon/The Trouble with Dick (1987)
Heat and Sunlight (1988)
True Love (1989)
Chameleon Street (1990)
Poison (1991)
In the Soup (1992)
Ruby in Paradise/Public Access (1993)
What Happened Was... (1994)
The Brothers McMullen (1995)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
Sunday (1997)
Slam (1998)
Three Seasons (1999)

21st century

Girlfight/You Can Count on Me (2000)
The Believer (2001)
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
American Splendor (2003)
Primer (2004)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Quinceañera (2006)
Padre nuestro (2007)
Frozen River (2008)
Precious (2009)
Winter's Bone (2010)
Like Crazy (2011)
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Whiplash (2014)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Clemency (2019)
Minari (2020)
CODA (2021)
Nanny (2022)
A Thousand and One (2023)
In the Summers (2024)

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