Release Date: 8/20/2002 Original Release: 1997 Format: DVD Length: 154 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: For strong language, some violence, drug use, and sexuality. UPC: 786936161564 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Dramas, Action, Thieves, Scams And Cons, Deception, Blaxploitation, Lowlife, Theatrical Release, Crime, Based On A Novel
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.
DVD Features
2-Disc Set Region 1 Collectors Edition Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English DTS Surround 5.1 - English Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Alternate Scenes Trailers Music Video: Chicks With Guns Featurette: 1. JACKIE BROWN ON MTV 2. HOW IT WENT DOWN: A LOOK BACK AT JACKIE BROWN Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Stills/Photos Filmographies Publicity
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