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Release Date
• USA: Dec 25, 1997
DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 20, 2002
• R2: 16 Sep 2002
Budget $12,000,000
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong language, some violence, drug use and sexuality.
Running Time
2 hours, 31 minutes
Country USA
Studio Miramax
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Other Titles
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• Rum Punch (1997)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama, Scams And Cons, Blaxploitation, Thieves, Deception, Drugs, Love, Suspense, Murder, Betrayal, Gangsters
Tagline: This Christmas, Santa's Got A Brand New Bag
Plot: Quentin Tarantino returns to the crime genre once again with this adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s RUM PUNCH. Transplanting Leonard’s crime story from Miami to Tarantino’s city of choice, Los Angeles, JACKIE BROWN cruises along smoothly, much like the film’s 1970s soul soundtrack. The film follows Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), a flight attendant who makes extra cash by running drugs and cash for sleazebag Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). When Jackie sees the opportunity to make off with a large chunk of change, she begins to play everyone around her, including two detectives who are threatening her with jail time if she doesn’t rat out Ordell, and a sympathetic bail bondsman (Robert Forster) who finds himself falling for Jackie. Tarantino sets a pace that is laid back and groovy, building to an eventual climax that determines whether or not Jackie walks away with the booty. In much the same way that Tarantino resuscitated John Travolta’s career with PULP FICTION, he does the same thing here with Grier and Forster. Overall, JACKIE BROWN is a less in-your-face effort than Tarantino’s previous films, but it's this downshift in gears that makes it so refreshing.
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Pam Grier
Mars Attacks!, Ghosts of Mars, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey |
 | Samuel L. Jackson
Pulp Fiction, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones |
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Army of Darkness, The Godfather: Part III, A Simple Plan |
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