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JACKIE BROWN
Jackie Brown is an air hostess who supplements her income by carrying large amounts of
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cash between Mexico and the US for a gun dealer. After being arrested at the airport she can only gain her freedom by shopping the gun dealer but she knows that if s...
that have little to do with Steealer's Wheel and Chuck Berry their respective creators. They've been co-opted (and, some might argue, corrupted) by Quentin Tarantino, arguably the most music-savvy of 1990s filmmakers. The soundtrack to Tarantino's Jackie Brown is heavy on '70s R&B (Bobby Womack, Brothers Johnson, Bill Withers, Minnie Ripperton) studded with oddities (Johnny Cash singing "Tennessee Stud," a track from blaxploitation queen/Jackie Brown star Pam Grier), and snatches of hardboiled dialogue. --Steven Stolder
Actor(s): Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Michael Bowen, Denise Crosby, Sid Haig, Chris Tucker, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Aimee Graham, Tangie Ambrose, Renee Kelly, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah, Tom 'Tiny' Lister, Laura Lovelace, Colleen Mayne, Elizabeth McInerney, Diana Uribe, Venessia Valentino, Ellis E. Williams, Hattie Winston
Director(s): Quentin Tarantino
Genre: Drama
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1997
Running Time: 2 hours 28 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Plot: Jackie Brown is an air hostess who supplements her income by carrying large amounts of cash between Mexico and the US for a gun dealer. After being arrested at the airport she can only gain her freedom by shopping the gun dealer but she knows that if she does that he will kill her. However, she has a plan to escape and with a large chunk of the money...
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date: 16/09/2002
No of Discs: 2
Catalogue No: BED 888324
Editor: Sally Menke
Barcode: 5017188883245
Production Designer: David Wasco
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino, Elmore Leonard
Composer: Joseph Julian Gonzalez
Featured: Quentin Tarantino
Executive Producer: Elmore Leonard, Richard N. Gladstein, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Bender
Director of Photography: Guillermo Navarro
Music: Joseph Julian Gonzalez
Producer: Lawrence Bender, Paul Hellerman, Richard N. Gladstein, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Quentin Tarantino
Author: Elmore Leonard, Quentin Tarantino
Interviewee: Quentin Tarantino
Costume Designer: Mary Claire Hannan
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
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.
Technical information
Special Features: Quentin Tarantino Introduction, Soundtrack Chapter Selection, Original Documentary How It Went Down, A Look Back At Jackie Brown Interview With Quentin Taratino, Chicks And Guns Video, Deleted Scenes, Alternate Scenes, Siskel And Ebert At The Movies Jackie Brown Review, Jackie Brown On MTV, Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots, Still Galleries, Reviews, Articles, Filmographies, Robert Forster Trailers, Pam Grier Radio Spots, Pam Grier Trailers
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Wide Screen
Sound: DTS 5.1
Dubbing Sound: DTS 5.1 English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Ms. Grier makes an enjoyable comeback..." (New York Times, p.E5, 24/12/1997)
"...Loaded with action, laughs, smart dialogue and potent performances, JACKIE BROWN is most memorable for its unexpected feeling..." (Rolling Stone, p.61-2, 22/01/1998)
"...Intriguing....There's something confidently easy-going about it..." (Sight and Sound, p.39-40, 01/04/1998)
"...A great cast is well-utilized..." (USA Today, p.3D, 24/12/1997)
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