Jackie Brown (1997) USA
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Director:Quentin Tarantino
Studio:Miramax Entertainment
Producer:Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Richard N. Gladstein, Lawrence Bender, Elmore Leonard
Writer:Elmore Leonard, Quentin Tarantino
Rating:4.5
Rated:R
Date Added:2007-03-06
Purchased On:2007-06-03
ASIN:B000068DBD
UPC:0786936161564
Price:$19.99
Awards:Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 10 nominations
Genre:DTS
Release:2002-08-19
IMDb:0119396
Duration:154
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 5.1, English, DTS, French, Unknown
Subtitles:Spanish
Features:Anamorphic
Dubbed
Subtitled
DTS
Quentin Tarantino  ...  (Director)
Elmore Leonard, Quentin Tarantino  ...  (Writer)
 
Tangie Ambrose  ...  Billingsley Sales Girl #2
Michael Bowen  ...  Mark Dargus
Robert De Niro  ...  Louis Gara
Bridget Fonda  ...  Melanie Ralston
Robert Forster  ...  Max Cherry
Aimee Graham  ...  Amy - Billingsley Sales Girl
Pam Grier  ...  Jackie Brown
Sid Haig  ...  Judge
Lisa Gay Hamilton  ...  Sheronda
Samuel L. Jackson  ...  Ordell Robbie
Michael Keaton  ...  Ray Nicolette
Renee Kelly (II)  ...  
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh  ...  
Tom 'Tiny' Lister Jr.  ...  
Chris Tucker  ...  Beaumont Livingston
Diana Uribe  ...  
Venessia Valentino  ...  
Ellis Williams  ...  Cockatoo Bartender (as Ellis E. Williams)
Hattie Winston  ...  Simone
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister  ...  Winston (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)
LisaGay Hamilton  ...  Sheronda
Comments: This Christmas, Santa's Got A Brand New Bag

Summary: The curiosity of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown is Robert Forster's worldly wise bail bondsman Max Cherry, the most alive character in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch. The Academy Awards saw it the same way, giving Forster the film's only nomination. The film is more "rum" than "punch" and will certainly disappoint those who are looking for Tarantino's trademark style. This movie is a slow, decaffeinated story of six characters glued to a half million dollars brought illegally into the country. The money belongs to Ordell (Samuel L. Jackson), a gunrunner just bright enough to control his universe and do his own dirty work. His just-paroled friend--a loose term with Ordell--Louis (Robert De Niro) is just taking up space and could be interested in the money. However, his loyalties are in question between his old partner and Ordell's doped-up girl (Bridget Fonda). Certainly Fed Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) wants to arrest Ordell with the illegal money. The key is the title character, a late-40s-ish flight attendant (Pam Grier) who can pull her own weight and soon has both sides believing she's working for them. The end result is rarely in doubt, and what is left is two hours of Tarantino's expert dialogue as he moves his characters around town.
Tarantino changed the race of Jackie and Ordell, a move that means little except that it allows Tarantino to heap on black culture and language, something he has a gift and passion for. He said this film is for an older audience although the language and drug use may put them off. The film is not a salute to Grier's blaxploitation films beyond the musical score. Unexpectedly the most fascinating scenes are between Grier and Forster: two neo-stars glowing in the limelight of their first major Hollywood film after decades of work. --Doug Thomas