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Dec 25, 2022 · Further establishing the film as a critical pastiche of the blaxploitation genre, the opening credits of the film introduce Jackie Brown in a panning long take of Grier floating down a moving...
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Dec 26, 2022 · Pam Grier, who made a name for herself in hit blaxploitation films such as Foxy Brown and Coffy, stars as Jackie Brown, a flight attendant who smuggles money for a gun runner. Once she gets...
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Oct 5, 2022 · Jackie Brown is one of Tarantino’s best movie characters; she might start as someone with no outs, being squeezed by both his drug dealer boss Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson) and the ATF ...
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Dec 19, 2012 · As Jackie Brown unfolds, in fact, it becomes clear that Ordell sees himself in no small part as a blaxploitation protagonist , whose hyperbolic cool, toughness, and masculinity is...
Dec 8, 2022 · Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s homage to the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s. The film stars Pam Grier in its titular lead role, and Grier herself had previously performed in several Blaxploitation pictures, including Coffy in 1973 and Foxy Brown the year after.
JACKIE BROWN tells the story of the titular character, played by 1970’s blaxploitation icon and sex symbol Pam Grier. Jackie is an aging career criminal, down on her luck and trying to save up legitimate money for retirement on her paltry airline stewardess salary.
Dec 22, 2017 · Grier came to fame as the groundbreaking female action superstar of such Blaxploitation films as 1973’s “Coffy” and 1974’s “Foxy Brown.”
