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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788812002
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0788812009
Label: Miramax Films
Manufacturer: Miramax Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax Films
Release Date: February 02, 1999
Running Time: 154 minutes
Sales Rank: 12791
Studio: Miramax Films
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1997
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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
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Rating:  - Classic Tarantino
'Jackie Brown' has suffered from the case of being an amazing film that's less amazing than the other amazing works of the director, in this case Quentin Tarantino. Because of this it's amazingly underrated but by no means is a weak film. The film revolves around the story of flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) who works out a scheme with a bailbondsman (Robert Forster) to swindle a massive cash smuggle from under the nose of both the DEA and drug/gun runner Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson ... Read More
Rating: - One Cool Movie packed with great features
This DVD is great! Not only does it contain a great movie but the special features are some of the most in depth and informative I have ever seen. We all already know what a gifted writer/director QT is and I think that this is one of his best works (next to Pulp Fiction of course) and that it has quickly become a worthy cult classic.
Rating: - Jackie Brown
I bought this for my son last year and he said that it is a really good movie!!
Rating: - Smooth & thrilling
I'll start with the soundtrack. Some movies are very much influenced and remembered for the soundtrack. Such examples of that would certainly be `Jaws' & `Psycho'. Background music is important, or lack there of, as is the case in the 2007 hit `No Country For Old Men', and so we tend to pay attention to it. In the case of Jackie Brown, the influence of the 70's musical touch creates a setting that compels us to maintain our focus, more so than with your run-of-the-mill movie. The music hooks ... Read More
Rating: - This is a gem
I'm dumbfounded that there are negative reviews of this. I do not see how you could not like it. Maybe the negatives come from those who are looking for another "Pulp Fiction." I thought "Pulp Fiction" was one of the best things I had ever seen, but it will never be duplicated. In some ways, "Jackie Brown" is a better movie. PF was more about action and shocking weirdness, whereas in JB, you actually care about the two main characters, played by Pam Grier, who looks great, and Robert Forster, in the role ... Read More
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788812002
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0788812009
Label: Miramax Films
Manufacturer: Miramax Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax Films
Release Date: February 02, 1999
Running Time: 154 minutes
Sales Rank: 12791
Studio: Miramax Films
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1997