Claim: Quentin Tarantino's screenplay for My Best Friend's Birthday formed the basis for the film True Romance.
Evidence: His career began in the late 1980s , when he wrote and directed My Best Friend 's Birthday , the screenplay of which formed the basis for True Romance.
True Romance is a 1993 American crime film with elements of black comedy and romance , directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino.