| WHAT'S IT ABOUT? |
| A Pam Grier stars airline stewardess Jackie Brown, who supplements her meager income by smuggling cash from Mexico into the United States for gunrunner Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson). All's well until she's caught by the Feds who give her the option of going to jail, or helping them catch her boss. That's the simple version of the story. Actually, Jackie Brown is a complicated story of a woman trapped by her gangster boss, and scheming FBI agents. Grier, who gives an Oscar worthy performance, thinks she had a plan to fix both her boss and the cops, and getaway with the loot. |
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black humor and one-liners of Jackie Brown are totally Tarantino,like
the moment when the veins pop out on Ordell's forehead. It's a quiet moment
in the front seat of a van, he's sitting there next to Louis, he's just
heard that he's lost his retirement fund of $500,000, and he's thinking
hard. Quentin Tarantino lets him think, Just holds the shot, nothing happening.
Then Ordell looks up and says, "It's Jackie Brown." He's absolutely right. She's stolen his money. In the movies people like him hardly ever need to think. The director has done all their thinking for them. One of the pleasures of "Jackie Brown" |
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Jackie
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"Now sooner or later, they're
gonna get around to offering me a plea deal, and you know it. That's
why you came here to kill me"
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"Jesus, but if you two are
not the biggest pair of f**k-ups I've ever met in my entire life. When
you robbed banks, did you forget where your car was then too? No wonder
you went to jail".
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Melanie
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AK-47. When you absolutely, positively
got to kill every m**********r in the room. Accept no substitutes.
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Ordell
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| 'Jackie Brown' is available on DVD or VHS at www.amazon.co.uk |
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"Shut your raggedy-ass up,
and sit the f*** down!"
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Jackie
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Ordell
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"My ass may be dumb, but I
ain't no dumbass"
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"Girl, don't make me put my
foot in your ass"
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Ordell
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