DVD 155 min. IMDB 7.5

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Crime

Pam Grier	Jackie Brown
Samuel L. Jackson	Ordell Robbie
Robert Forster	Max Cherry
Bridget Fonda	Melanie
Michael Keaton	Ray Nicolette
Robert De Niro	Louis Gara
Michael Bowen	Mark Dargus
Chris Tucker	Beaumont Livingston
Lisa Gay Hamilton	Sheronda
Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.	Winston
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister	Winston (as Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr.)

Regisseur	Quentin Tarantino
Producent	Lawrence Bender
Schrijver	Elmore Leonard; Quentin Tarantino

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. Ordell springs Jackie, but when middle-aged bail bondsman Max Cherry ( Robert Forster ) picks her up at the jail, he's attracted to her, and they choose a romantic route with detours. Mistrust and suspicions surface after Jackie pits Ordell and the cops against each other, convincing Ordell that she's going to double-cross the cops. Tarantino commented on the film's budget: " Jackie Brown only cost $12 million. You can't lose. You absolutely, positively can't lose. And you don't have to compromise." — Bhob Stewart