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Jackie Brown
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Jackie Brown is a 1997 crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino that follows a flight attendant caught between federal agents and drug dealers. The film is notable for showcasing a strong female lead character and marked a shift in Tarantino's filmmaking style toward a more character-driven narrative.
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7.4Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.
Cast
- Pam Grier as Jackie Brown
- Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie
- Robert De Niro as Louis Gara
- Bridget Fonda as Melanie Ralston
- Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette
- Robert Forster as Max Cherry
Themes
- airport
- based on novel or book
- police
- arms deal
- stewardess
- heist
- money
- los angeles, california
- drugs
- ex-con
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Quentin Tarantino
- Written by
- Quentin Tarantino
- Based on
- Rum Punch , by Elmore Leonard
- Produced by
- Lawrence Bender
- Starring
- Pam Grier Samuel L. Jackson Robert Forster Bridget Fonda Michael Keaton Robert De Niro
- Cinematography
- Guillermo Navarro
- Edited by
- Sally Menke
- Production company
- A Band Apart
- Distributed by
- Miramax Films
- Release dates
- December 8, 1997 ( 1997-12-08 ) ( Ziegfeld Theatre ) December 25, 1997 ( 1997-12-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 154 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $74.7 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, based on the 1992 novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard. It stars Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton and Robert De Niro. In the film, Jackie Brown (Grier), a flight attendant, becomes embroiled in a battle to smuggle money between the United States and Mexico.
Jackie Brown pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly Coffy and Foxy Brown, both of which also starred Grier. It is the only feature-length film directed by Tarantino that was based on another work.
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