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JACKIE BROWN
U.S., 1997
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson
Approx. 154 min. 35mm.
Foxy stewardess/courier Pam Grier is forced to play both the Feds and nouveau arms dealer Samuel L. Jackson against the middle, as her low-key bail bondsman Robert Forster tries to outmaneuver ex-con Robert De Niro. Based on Elmore Leonard’s Rum Punch.
Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“You savor every moment of JACKIE BROWN. Those who say it is too long have developed cinematic attention deficit disorder. I wanted these characters to live, talk, deceive and scheme for hours and hours.”
– Roger Ebert
“Shows that mainstream plotting and noir romance are yet more movie styles that Tarantino can fabricate: brilliantly.”
– Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
“Tarantino’s finest, most mature movie.”
– Time Out
“Remains Tarantino’s coolest movie.”
– K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone