Quentin Tarantino’s Forgotten Gem: Jackie Brown — a Spotlight on Pam Grier & the Rest of the Cast.
Is Tarantino the best new-age director of our lifetime?
Quite probably.
Is ‘Jackie Brown’ one of his most underappreciated films – regardless of the cult status it’s gained in the years since its inception?
Also, yes.
One of the lesser known Tarantino classics – adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel of the same name, ‘Jackie Brown’ is a story about a woman who’s nearing middle-age and has landed herself in a heap of legal trouble. With her wits, charms, and guile – will she get herself out of the jam? Well, when 70s grindhouse star Pam Grier is playing a character; “she ain’t nobody’s sucka”.
See Grier’s other films, ‘Coffy’ and ‘Foxy Brown’ for examples of this.
Directed & Written by: Quentin Tarantino
Original date of Release: December 25th / 1997
