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| The cool-looking cast in black and white and two taglines alluding to the film's crime plot are prominent along with the yellow title logo on this poster for Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown |
A middle-aged flight attendant, Jackie Brown supplements her salary by smuggling cash. But when she gets nabbed by customs police who demand that she squeal, Brown finds herself in a deadly bind.
Jackie Brown is written and directed by Tennessean master filmmaker Quentin Tarantino (My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)), whose 4th film it is. It is an adaptation of Rum Punch (1992) by Elmore Leonard (Bandits (1987)).
This is my favorite Tarantino picture, and I love it deeply. The atmosphere, the flow, the outstanding editing, the expertly chosen music, the lighting, the locations and the acting, - everything works together in this entertaining crime yarn. The dialog, not least.
Pam Grier (The Big Doll House (1971)) is a queen here in the title role, a deserved major comeback for her; but also Robert Forster (Twin Peaks (2017, TV-series)), Samuel L. Jackson (Unbreakable (2000)) and Robert De Niro (Ronin (1998)) are terrific here. SPOILER The ending is bittersweet, and I can never help myself from thinking: "Why the hell didn't Max Cherry go off to Madrid with Jackie?"
Jackie Brown is a beautiful picture.
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Watch a trailer for the movie here
Cost: 12 mil. $
Box office: 74.7 mil. $
= Huge hit (returned 6.22 times its cost)
[Jackie Brown premiered 8 December (New York) and runs 154 minutes. Shooting took place from May - August 1997 in California, including in Los Angeles. The film opened #5, behind holdover hits Titanic and Tomorrow Never Dies, fellow new release As Good As It Gets and holdover hit Mousehunt, to a 9.2 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it left the top 5 in its 2nd weekend and grossed 39.6 mil. $ (53 % of the total gross). The film was nominated for one Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Forster), lost to Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting. It was also nominated for 2 Golden Globes and won a National Board of Review award, among other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 4/4 star review, equal in rating to this one. Tarantino returned with Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). Grier returned in Pinky and the Brain (1998, TV-series), Family Blessings (1998, TV movie) and theatrically in Jawbreaker (1999). Jackie Brown is certified fresh at 69 % at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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