Jackie Brown overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 2
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Synopsis:
Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 Rum Punch, switching the action from Miami to LA, and altering the central character from white to black. Ruthless arms dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), who lives with perpetually stoned beach-babe Melanie (Bridget Fonda), teams with his old buddy Louis Gara (Robert De Niro), just released from prison after serving four years for armed robbery. ATF agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and cop Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) bust stewardess Jackie Brown (Pam Grier), who was smuggling money into the country for Ordell.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Studio: Miramax
- Year: 1997
- Run Time: 155 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: R (for strong language, some violence, drug use and sexuality)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Crime
- Filmed in: Color
