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Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American crime/black comedy film directed by Oliver Stone about two victims of traumatic childhoods who became lovers and mass murderers, and are irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. It stars Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, along with Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Sizemore, and Tommy Lee Jones.
The film is based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino that was heavily revised by Stone with writer Dave Veloz and associate producer Richard Rutowski. Notorious for its violent content, the film was named the eighth most controversial movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly in 2006.
Natural Born Killers was promoted with such taglines as: "A bold new film that takes a look at a country seduced by fame, obsessed by crime and consumed by the media" and "In the media circus of life, they were the main attraction." It was released theatrically in the United States on August 26, 1994.
Mickey Knox (Woody Harrelson) and his wife Mallory (Juliette Lewis) stop at a roadside café in the New Mexico desert. A group of rednecks (Richard Lineback, Kirk Baltz, and an uncredited James Gammon) arrive and one begins sexually harassing Mallory. She briefly encourages them before beating them to a pulp. Mickey and Mallory then murder all but one of the diner's patrons, culminating in a morbid game of Eeny, meeny, miny, moe to decide who lives and who dies. After executing the waitress Mabel (O-Lan Jones), the couple ensures that the only survivor remembers their names before they embrace and declare their undying love.
I can't believe that we have come this far
We knew this all along
Now its on
My hearts been racing fast right from the start
We knew this all along
Now its on
On this last day
We washed the pain away
I know you're not afraid (I'm not afraid!)
Now you're on your way
Reporting to reclaim your place
I think its safe to say its starting
On this last day (On this last day!)
I can't believe that we have come this far
We knew this all along (All along!)
Now its on (Now its on!)
My hearts been racing fast right from the start
We knew this all along (All along!)
Now its on (Now its on!)
On this last day
We rise above the flames
This fear in me no longer remains (No longer remains!)
I know your face
Your heart has been changed and erased
I think its safe to say its starting
On this last day (On this last day!)
I can't believe that we have come this far
We knew this all along (All along!)
Now its on (Now its on!)
My hearts been racing fast right from the start
We knew this all along (All along!)
Now its on (Now its on!)
I can't believe that we have come this far
We knew this all along (All along!)
Now its on (Now its on!)
My hearts been racing fast right from the start
We knew this all along (All along!)
Now its on (Now its on!)
On this last day
We wash the pain away
I know you're not afraid
Now you're on your way
Reporting to reclaim your place
I think its safe to say its starting
On this last day