Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard - The Quentin Tarantino Archives The Quentin Tarantino Archives Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard From The Quentin Tarantino Archives Rum Punch is a novel written by Elmore Leonard . This novel was adapted for Tarantino's fourth film, Jackie Brown . Key differences between Jackie Brown and Rum Punch Jackie's character was known as Jackie Burke in the novel, but Jackie Brown in the film. Jackie was originally white, not black, as is the case with the film. Various characters underwent minor changes in the adaptation. For example, Melanie (portrayed in the film by the slim Bridget Fonda was originally not as thin and was described as having unnaturally large breasts. (See below). As is the case with most adaptations, key events in the novel were overlooked. This includes a Ordell stealing guns with Louis Gara from a neo-Nazi's house. In the novel, Louis originally worked for Max Cherry . The film moves the setting from Florida to Los Angeles and Ordell's money from Jamaica to Mexico. Tarantino's screenplay versus Leonard's novel Jackie Brown / Jackie Burke Leonard: ...her neat rear end in the tan skirt...she surely didn't look forty-four, at least not from here...

Tarantino: Jackie Brown is a very attractive black woman in her mid forties, though she looks like she's in her mid thirties. Ordell Robbie Leonard: ...a light-skinned black guy...Ordell ran his hand carefully over his hair, feeling the hard set, ran it back to his pigtail braid and curled it between his fingers... Tarantino: Ordell likes wearing clothes nice and likes wearing nice clothes. ...appeared much like the novel, though Tarantino droppped the "light-skinned black guy" part of the character. Louis Gara Leonard: ...dark-skinned white guy... Tarantino: ...who looks like he does his shopping at the Salvation Army...white, also in his mid-forties... Max Cherry Leonard: ...appeared neat and clean-shaved, had his blue shirt open, no tie, good size shoulders on him. That dark, tough-looking type of guy like Louis, dark hair, only Max Cherry was losing his on top... Tarantino: ..a regular-Joe-type white guy in his fifties... Melanie Leonard: The fine big girl had in thirteen years become bigger, show tits grown to circus tits but still okay, tan...

Tarantino: ...thirty-three, is a tanned, blonde, California beach bunny... Jackie Brown (film) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia I am Smart, Intelligent and Hard Working who Loves to help :) Jackie Brown (film) Release date December 25, 1997 (1997-12-25) Based on Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard Writer Quentin Tarantino (written for the screen by), Elmore Leonard (novel) Featured songs Baby Love, Grazing in the Grass Cast Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), Samuel L. Jackson (Ordell Robbie), Robert Forster (Max Cherry), Bridget Fonda (Melanie Ralston), Michael Keaton (Ray Nicolette), Robert De Niro (Louis Gara) Similar movies Blackhat, Anything for Her, Salt, Untraceable, Let's Be Cops, I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine Tagline Six players on the trail of a half a million in Cash. There's only one question... Who's playing who?

Jackie brown official trailer 1 1997 hd Sponsored Links When flight attendant Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is busted smuggling money for her arms dealer boss, Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and detective Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) want her help to bring down Robbie. Facing jail time for her silence or death for her cooperation, Brown decides instead to double-cross both parties and make off with the smuggled money. Meanwhile, she enlists the help of bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster), a man who loves her. Jackie Brown is a 1997 comedy crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is an adaptation of Elmore Leonards 1992 novel Rum Punch, the first adaptation from Tarantino, and starring Pam Grier in the title role. The film pays homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, particularly the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974), both of which also starred Grier and in the title roles. The films supporting cast includes Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L.

Jackson, Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton. It was Tarantinos third film following his successes with Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994). Grier and Forster were both veteran actors but neither had performed a leading role in many years. Jackie Brown revitalized both actors careers. The film garnered Forster an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and Golden Globe Award nominations for Jackson and Grier. Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money for herself. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel “Rum Punch”. Jackie brown 6 12 movie clip three minutes later 1997 hd Plot Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) is a flight attendant for a small Mexican airline, the latest step down for her career, since she used to work for larger airlines. To make ends meet, she smuggles money from Mexico into the United States for Ordell Robbie (Samuel L.

Jackson), a black-market gun runner living in the Los Angeles area under the ATFs close watch, forcing him to use couriers. Ordell learns that another of his couriers, Beaumont Livingston (Chris Tucker), has been arrested. Assuming that Livingston will become an informant in order to avoid jail time, Ordell arranges for bail with bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster), then coaxes Livingston into a car trunk and murders him. Acting on information Beaumont had indeed shared, ATF agent Ray Nicolette (Michael Keaton) and LAPD detective Mark Dargus (Michael Bowen) intercept Jackie as she returns to the United States with Ordells cash and some cocaine that Brown was unaware was stashed in her bag. Initially refusing to cut a deal, she is sent to jail on possession of drugs with intent to distribute. Sensing that Jackie may also now be a threat to inform, Ordell goes back to Max to arrange her bail. Max arrives to pick up Jackie at the jail, and he begins to develop an attraction to her. He offers to buy her a drink and help explain her legal options. Ordell later arrives at Jackies house intending to murder her for silence.

She surprises him by pulling a gun that she surreptitiously took from Maxs glove compartment. Jackie negotiates a deal with Ordell to pretend to help the authorities while smuggling in $550,000 of Ordells money, enough to allow him to retire. To carry out this plan, Ordell is counting on Melanie Ralston (Bridget Fonda), a surfer girl he lives with who has little ambition past smoking marijuana and watching TV, and Louis Gara (Robert De Niro), a friend and former cellmate. He also intends to use a naive Southern girl, Sheronda (Lisa Gay Hamilton). Unaware that Jackie and Ordell plan to transfer $550,000, Nicolette and Dargus devise a sting to catch Ordell during a transfer of $50,000. Unbeknownst to all, Jackie plans to double-cross everyone and keep the other $500,000 for herself. She recruits Max for her plan and offers him a cut. After a trial run, the stage is set for the actual event. In the Del Amo Fashion Center, Jackie enters a dressing room to try on a new suit.

She has told Ordell that she will swap bags there with Melanie, supposedly passing off the $550,000 under the nose of Nicolette, who has been told that the exchange is to take place in the food court. Instead, the bag she gives Melanie contains only $50,000 and the rest is left behind in the dressing room for Max to pick up. Jackie then feigns despair as she calls Nicolette and Dargus out from hiding, claiming Melanie took all the money and ran. In the parking lot, Melanie mocks Louis until he loses his temper and shoots her. Ordell asks Louis why he shot her and if she is really dead. Ordell grows even angrier when he discovers that most of the money is gone, and he realizes that Jackie is to blame. When Louis mentions that he saw Max Cherry in the store dress department and thought nothing of it, Ordell kills him and leaves with the bag. Ordell turns his anger on Max, who informs him that Jackie is frightened for her life and waiting in Maxs office to hand over the money. A menacing Ordell holds him at gunpoint as they enter the darkened office.

Jackie suddenly yells that Ordell has a gun, and he is shot dead by Nicolette, hiding in another room. Having had her charges dropped for her cooperation and in possession of the money, along with Ordells car, Jackie decides to leave the country and travel to Madrid, Spain. She invites Max to come along with her, but he declines, preferring to remain in his well-controlled life instead of an uncertain life with Jackie in Spain. Jackie kisses Max goodbye, shares with him a meaningful moment, and leaves. Jackie brown 2 12 movie clip i m home i m high 1997 hd Cast Pam Grier as Jackie Brown Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell Robbie Robert Forster as Max Cherry Bridget Fonda as Melanie Ralston Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette Robert De Niro as Louis Gara Chris Tucker as Beaumont Livingston Michael Bowen as Mark Dargus Lisa Gay Hamilton as Sheronda Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.

as Winston Hattie Winston as Simone Diana Uribe as Anita Lopez TKeyah Crystal Keymah as Raynelle Denise Crosby (uncredited) as Public defender Quentin Tarantino (uncredited) as Answering machine voice Helmut Berger (uncredited, archive footage) as Nanni Vitali Marissa Mell (uncredited, archive footage) as Giuliana Caroli Council Cargle (uncredited, archive footage) as Drew Sheppard Tony Curtis (uncredited, archive footage) as himself Development After completing Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary acquired the film rights to Elmore Leonards novels Rum Punch, Freaky Deaky, and Killshot. Tarantino initially planned to film either Freaky Deaky or Killshot and have another director make Rum Punch, but changed his mind after re-reading Rum Punch, stating that he "fell in love" with the novel all over again. While adapting Rum Punch into a screenplay, Tarantino changed the ethnicity of the main character from white to black, as well as renaming her from Burke to Brown, titling the screenplay Jackie Brown. Avary and Tarantino hesitated to discuss the changes with Leonard, finally speaking with Leonard as the film was about to start shooting.

Leonard loved the screenplay, considering it not only the best of the twenty-six screen adaptations of his novels and short stories, but also stating that it was possibly the best screenplay he had ever read. Tarantinos screenplay otherwise closely followed Leonards novel, incorporating elements of Tarantinos trademark humor and pacing. The screenplay was also influenced by blaxploitation films, but Tarantino stated that Jackie Brown is not a blaxploitation film. Sponsored Links Jackie Brown alludes to Griers career in many ways. The films poster resembles those of Griers films Coffy and Foxy Brown and includes quotes from both films. The typeface for the films opening titles was also used for those of Foxy Brown; some of the background music is lifted from these films. The films opening sequence is similar to that of The Graduate, in which Dustin Hoffman passes wearily through Los Angeles International Airport past white tiles to a somber "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel.

In Jackie Brown, Grier glides by blue tiles in the same spot on a moving sidewalk in the same direction to a soaring soul music song, "Across 110th Street" by Bobby Womack, which is from the film of the same name that was a part of the same basic "blaxploitation" genre as that of Foxy Brown and Coffy. Casting Tarantino wanted Pam Grier to play the title character. She previously read for the Pulp Fiction character Jody, but Tarantino did not believe audiences would find it plausible for Eric Stoltz to yell at her. Grier did not expect Tarantino to contact her after the success of Pulp Fiction. When she showed up to read for Jackie Brown, Tarantino had posters of her films in his office. She asked if he had put them up because she was coming to read for his film, and he responded that he was actually planning to take them down before her audition, to avoid making it look like he wanted to impress her. Several years after the release of the movie, Sylvester Stallone claimed that he turned down the role of Louis Gara.

While Jackie Brown was in production, Universal Studios was preparing to begin production on Out of Sight, directed by Steven Soderbergh, an adaptation of a Leonard novel that also featured the character of Ray Nicolett, and waited to see who Tarantino would cast as Nicolet for Jackie Brown. Michael Keaton was hesitant to take the part of Ray Nicolett, even though Tarantino and Avary wanted him for it. Keaton subsequently agreed to play Nicolett again in Out of Sight, uncredited, appearing in one brief scene. Although the legal rights to the character were held by Miramax and Tarantino, as Jackie Brown had been produced first, Tarantino insisted that the studio not charge Universal for using the character in Out of Sight, allowing the characters appearance without Miramax receiving financial compensation. Critical response Jackie Brown received positive reviews. Grier, Forster and Jacksons performances received praise from critics and was considered Grier and Forsters "comeback" by many. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a score of 87% based on reviews from 75 critics with an average rating of 7.4/10.

The sites consensus is: "Tarantinos third film, fashioned as a comeback vehicle for star Pam Grier, offers typical wit and charm—and is typically overstuffed." Roger Ebert rated the film as one of his favorites of 1997. Movie critic Mark Kermode for BBC Radio Five Live lists Jackie Brown as his favorite film by Quentin Tarantino. Film co-star and frequent collaborator of Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson names this his own favorite of Tarantinos work as well. Box office The film grossed $39,673,162 in the North American domestic box office on a $12 million budget, and an additional $35,054,330 added the worldwide gross to $74,727,492. Awards Grier and Jackson were nominated for Golden Globe Awards (Grier for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Jackson for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy). Forster was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix of the Belgian Syndicate of Cinema Critics.

In 2008, the film was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, ranking in at #215. At the 48th Berlin International Film Festival, Jackson won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award. Soundtrack The soundtrack album for Jackie Brown, entitled Jackie Brown: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture, was released on December 9, 1997. Songs by a variety of artists are heard throughout the film, including The Delfonics "La-La Means I Love You" and "Didnt I (Blow Your Mind This Time)", Bill Withers "Who Is He", The Grass Roots "Midnight Confessions", Johnny Cash "Tennessee Stud", Bloodstone "Natural High", and Foxy Brown "(Holy Matrimony) Married to the Firm". There are several songs included that were featured in Blaxploitation films as well, including Bobby Womacks "Across 110th Street", from the film of the same name, and Pam Griers "Long Time Woman", from her 1971 film The Big Doll House. The original soundtrack also features separate tracks with dialogue from the film.

Instead of using a new film score, Tarantino incorporated Roy Ayers funk score from the film Coffy. A number of songs used in the film do not appear on the soundtrack, such as "Cissy Strut" (The Meters) and "Undun" (The Guess Who). Home media The Special Edition DVD, released by Buena Vista in 2002, includes an introduction from Tarantino, an hour-long retrospective interview, a subtitle trivia track and soundtrack chapter selection, a half-hour making-of documentary ("How It Went Down"), the entire "Chicks Who Love Guns" video as seen in the film, many deleted and alternate scenes, including an alternate opening title sequence, Siskel and Eberts review, Jackie Brown appearances on MTV, TV spots and theatrical trailers, written reviews and articles and filmographies, and over an hour of trailers for Pam Grier and Robert Forster films dating from the 1960s onwards. The box also includes a mini-poster of the film, similar to the one above, and on the back of that, two other mini-posters—one of Grier, the other of Forster, both similar to the album cover.

Although the Special Edition DVDs back cover states that the film is presented in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, it was actually shot with a 1.85:1 ratio, the only Tarantino-directed film to date shot in such a format with the exception of his segment in the film Four Rooms, "The Man from Hollywood". On October 4, 2011, Miramax released Jackie Brown on Blu-ray Disc along with Pulp Fiction. The film is presented in 1080p HD in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack. The disc was the result of a new licensing deal with Miramax and Lionsgate. Elmore Leonard's film and TV hits - BT Elmore Leonard's film and TV hits The late US author had a host of his books dramatised - we take a look at some of the favourites. Print this story Elmore Leonard leaves behind a wonderful legacy full not only of great books, but TV and film adaptations of his writing. More than 20 of the New Orleans-born author's works have been reworked for the small and big screen, including hits such as Get Shorty and Jackie Brown.

One of the most recent adaptations is the hit TV series Justified, an award-winning show based on Leonard’s novels Pronto and Riding The Rap, and his short story Fire In The Hole. Timothy Olyphant plays tough federal lawman Raylan Givens (pictured above), an old school hero who administers his own unique brand of justice - and gets into trouble sometimes… Elmore Leonard - who also executive produced the show - gave Olyphant his seal of approval, revealing: “Timothy is so good-looking I had my apprehensions about him. But when I saw him in the pilot, I thought he was perfect.” We take a look at some other dramatisations of the cult writer’s tales. Out Of Sight This 1998 crime comedy, based on Leonard’s novel of the same name, stars George Clooney as bank robber Jack Foley and Jennifer Lopez as the US Marshal who winds up sharing a car trunk with him during his escape from jail. The movie, the first of several collaborations between director Steven Soderburgh and Clooney, received Oscar nominations for adapted screenplay and editing.

And Leonard clearly approved of Clooney’s performance, stating that the actor “delivered the words exactly the way I heard the lines when I wrote them”. Praise indeed. Meanwhile, the 2003 TV series Karen Sisco, starring Carla Gugino, was based on Lopez’s Out Of Sight character. Maximum Bob This quirky crime series - based on Leonard’s novel of the same name - debuted in 1998 and starred Beau Bridges as right-wing judge Bob Gibbs. A bit like Twin Peaks in its quirky style, other characters included Bob’s psychic wife Leanne (played by Kiersten Warren) and a widower sheriff with a flair for ballroom dancing (Sam Robards). Alas, despite such weird and wonderful potential, the series ran for just seven episodes. Get Shorty Film fans couldn’t get enough of this crime caper when it was released in 1995. Based on Leonard’s novel of the same name, the movie starred John Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loanshark sent to Las Vegas to pick up a bad debt. Here’s what Leonard said about the casting: “When I first heard that Travolta was going to play Chili, I said, ‘Are you kidding?

Is that the guy in those talking baby movies [Look Who’s Talking]? If we have final approval, he’s out.’ “Then I saw Pulp Fiction and said, ‘Oh, my God, he’s the guy.’” Jackie Brown Quentin Tarantino directed this 1997 film, based on Leonard’s novel Rum Punch. Pam Grier took the title role as an air hostess who smuggles money into the US from Mexico for a gunrunner (played by Samuel L Jackson). Leonard previously said Jackie Brown was his favourite big-screen adaptation of one of his novels. Meanwhile, Tarantino has returned the compliment, stating: “When I was a kid and I first started reading his novels I got really caught up in his characters and the way they talked… “He showed me that characters can go off on tangents and those tangents are just as valid as anything else.” Series 1 to 3 of Justified are available on TV from BT now.

To find on YouView from BT press: Blue’y’ button>BT>Library>TV >Search A-Z>Justified To find on BT TV press: On Demand>TV > Search A-Z >Justified Jackie Brown | Moviepedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Denise Crosby (uncredited) as Public defender Quentin Tarantino (uncredited) as Answering machine voice Helmut Berger (uncredited, archive footage) as Nanni Vitali Marissa Mell (uncredited, archive footage) as Giuliana Caroli Tony Curtis (uncredited, archive footage) as himself Plot Edit Jackie Brown is a flight attendant for a small Mexican airline, the latest step down for her career. To make ends meet, she smuggles money from Mexico into the United States for Ordell Robbie, a gun runner under the close watch of the ATF. Ordell learns that another of his workers, Beaumont Livingston, has been arrested. Fearing that Livingston will become an informant in order to avoid jail time, Ordell arranges for his bail with bondsman Max Cherry. Following his release, Ordell promptly lures Livingston out to be killed.

Acting on information Livingston had indeed shared, ATF agent Ray Nicolette and LAPD detective Mark Dargas intercept Jackie as she arrives in the United States with Ordell's cash and some cocaine that Brown was unaware was stashed in her bag. Initially refusing to deal with Nicolette and Dargas, she is sent to jail on possession of drugs with intent to sell. Sensing that Jackie may now be just as likely to inform as Livingston had been, Ordell goes back to Max to arrange her bail. Max arrives to pick her up and, only partly masking his attraction to her, offers to buy her a drink and help determine her legal options. Ordell later arrives at Jackie's house intending to murder her. She surprises him by pulling a gun she surreptitiously borrowed from Max's glove compartment, however, and barters a deal with Ordell whereby she will pretend to help the authorities while still managing to smuggle $500,000 of Ordell's money, enough to allow him to retire. To carry out this plan, Ordell employs Melanie Ralston, a woman he lives with, and Louis Gara, a friend and former cellmate. He also uses a naïve Southern girl, Sheronda.

With Jackie's help, Nicolette and Dargas arrange a sting to catch Ordell, unaware that Jackie and Ordell plan to double-cross them by diverting the actual money before the authorities make an arrest. Unbeknownst to the others, Jackie plans to deceive all of them with the help of Max in order to keep the $500,000 for herself. After a trial run, during which Nicolette could observe the operation, the stage is set for the actual event. In a large shopping mall near Los Angeles, Jackie buys a new suit and enters a dressing room. Her role is to swap bags there with Melanie and Louis, supposedly passing off the $500,000 under Nicolette's nose. Instead, she gives Melanie only $50,000 and leaves the rest behind in the dressing room for Max to pick up. Jackie then feigns despair as she calls Nicolette and Dargas out from hiding and claims Melanie took all the money and ran. In the parking lot, Melanie annoys and mocks Louis until he loses his temper and shoots her.

Ordell discovers that Louis has only $40,000 in the bag (Melanie having kept $10,000 for herself after being tricked into doing so by Jackie). Ordell realizes his money has been stolen and, also angered to learn that Louis shot Melanie, kills Louis. Ordell's next concern is the involvement of Max Cherry, having been told by Louis that he spotted Max in the store before the pickup. Lured back to Max's office, where Jackie is said to be frightened and waiting to hand over his money, Ordell arrives armed. Jackie yells out that Ordell has a gun and he is shot dead by Nicolette, who had been hiding in another room. In the clear with the law and in possession of the money, minus a 10% cut that Max has taken for himself, Jackie decides to leave the country and travel to Madrid, Spain. Jackie invites Max to leave with her, but he declines before Jackie kisses him goodbye and leaves. Production Edit After completing Pulp Fiction , Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary acquired the film rights to Elmore Leonard's novels Rum Punch, Freaky Deaky, and Killshot.

Tarantino initially planned to film either Freaky Deaky or Killshot and have another director make Rum Punch, but changed his mind after re-reading Rum Punch, stating that he "fell in love" with the novel over again. While adapting Rum Punch into a screenplay, Tarantino changed the race of the main character from white to black, as well as renaming her from Burke to Brown, titling the screenplay Jackie Brown. Avery and Tarantino hesitated to discuss the changes with Leonard, finally speaking with Leonard as the film was about to start shooting. Leonard loved the screenplay, considering it not only the best of the twenty-six screen adaptations of his novels and short stories, but also stating that it was possibly the best screenplay he had ever read. Casting Edit Tarantino wanted Pam Grier to play the title character. She previously read for the Pulp Fiction character Jody, but Tarantino did not believe audiences would find it plausible for Eric Stoltz to yell at her. Grier did not expect Tarantino to contact her after the success of Pulp Fiction. When she showed up to read for Jackie Brown, Tarantino had posters of her films in his office.

She asked if he had put them up because she was coming to read for his film, and he responded that he was actually planning to take them down before her audition, to avoid making it look like he wanted to impress her. Notes Jackie Brown (1997) - MUBI Jackie Brown 154 Synopsis Based on the 1992 novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard, middle-aged stewardess Jackie Brown joins forces with a burnt out bail bondsman to double-cross a criminal arms dealer. This film is not currently playing on MUBI but 30 other great films are. See what's now showing Jackie Brown Jason As a continuation of his pop art potpourri approach - each film an arrangement of archive materials and their interpolation w/ some terminal (though robust) story structure - cinema's 90s Super Geek continues to supergeek. But something happens here. This is a blip. It were as though engaging Elmore Leonard caused Tarantino to engage American adults (it is done so marvelously that it cannot be mere happenstance). Daniel S. JACKIE BROWN was the first Tarantino movie with just the right amount of words.

I mean by this remark that the auto-referential and rather pointless logorrhea that characterized RESERVOIR DOGS and PULP FICTION was quasi-absent of this film. JACKIE BROWN is the adult movie of the little genius of American cinema. Maybe because the Elmore Leonard novel was a skeleton solid enough to support Quentin's beef. Masterpiece. Zac Weber This is just a fun movie to watch. A funky soundtrack pulled right out of a dusty old cardboard box adds so much to the film's atmosphere. The entrance of "Strawberry Letter 23" by the Brothers Johnson is classic, and Tarantino's casting of Pam Grier in his take on the blaxploitation genre was genius. Jackie Brown is an under-appreciated late-90s gem. Edna Sweetlove Quite stylish but needs subtitles! A nefarious example of this trend in recent films. And no excuses that this is about portraying the criminal class! No, in the old days, we understood characters even if they were scum. Like BRIGHTON ROCK or THE BLUE LAMP!

This rubbish started in the 70s when you could see FRENCH CONNECTION or GODFATHER and understand 50% of the mumbling over the cacophony of foul popcorn-munching. The king of crime: How writer Elmore Leonard paved the way for Quentin Tarantino | The Independent The king of crime: How writer Elmore Leonard paved the way for Quentin Tarantino The writer, who died on Tuesday, provided source material for films for well over 50 years Friday 23 August 2013 18:00 BST Click to follow The king of crime: How writer Elmore Leonard paved the way for Quentin Tarantino 1/2 Leonard photographed at his home in Michigan in 2012 AP 2/2 Leonard's story 3:10 To Yuma was first made into a movie in 1957 and then remade in 2007 AP Elmore Leonard provided source material for films for well over 50 years.

Surprisingly, given his reputation as a crime novelist, his first stories adapted for the screen were Westerns, written for pulp magazines when Leonard had a job in an advertising agency and was still trying to establish himself as an author at two cents a word. In a late interview for Criterion, Leonard reminisced about being paid $90 for his story 3:10 To Yuma, which was first made into a movie in 1957 and then remade in 2007. The original Delmer Daves 3:10 To Yuma is an excellent film in the High Noon mode but Leonard devotees would surely be very surprised to discover that he had written it. The story is about a man doing what a man has to do – a cattle rancher (Van Heflin) is accompanying an outlaw (Glenn Ford) to the train that will take him to prison. Another Western made from a short story written early in Leonard's career was The Tall T, directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. Again, it's a much-admired film but seems light years away from the preoccupations of the later movies based on Leonard's crime fiction.

The wide open spaces and Old Testament morality of the Western seems very different from the urban bustle of the typical Leonard thriller. It's a testament to Leonard's range that he not only wrote stories for traditional Westerns like 3:10 To Yuma. He also wrote revisionist fare like Joe Kidd (1972), with Clint Eastwood playing the same kind of loner that he portrayed for Sergio Leone, and Martin Ritt's Hombre (1967), starring Paul Newman as a white man raised by the Apaches. Leonard had a low opinion of most of the adaptations of his work. However, it's easy to see why film-makers, from Hollywood old-timers like Daves and Ritt to a later generation of independent directors like Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh, were so drawn to his work. He was a master storyteller who created very vivid characters. The dialogue zinged and there was often a political undertow to the work as well. Look through the list of films based on Leonard novels and you'll find Charles Bronson vigilante movies (Mr Majestyk) and Prohibition era dramas (The Moonshine War).

There have even been caper movies in the shape of the films of The Big Bounce, first made in 1969 with Ryan O'Neal and then remade in 2004. The author's own verdict on these two films was terse and withering. In 2004, when the remake appeared, he pointedly called the 1969 version "probably the second worst movie ever made." The films based on Leonard stories that stick most vividly in the mind all come from the 1990s. Get Shorty (1995), about a gangster in the movie business, was full of in-jokes that were rapturously received in Hollywood. Then, there was Tarantino's wisecracking, digressive Jackie Brown (1997). Based on Leonard's Rum Punch, this was part blaxploitation movie, part crime thriller. It had wonderful performances both from Pam Grier as the flight attendant drawn into smuggling and from Robert Forster as a world-weary bail bondsman.

Leonard also inspired one of Steven Soderbergh's best films, Out of Sight (1998.) This had a flavour of old Bogart and Bacall films or even screwball comedies in the way it paired bank-robber George Clooney with federal marshal Jennifer Lopez. Critic Roger Ebert suggested it was the most faithful of the 1990s adaptations of Leonard's novels. Neither Jackie Brown nor Out of Sight were tightly plotted movies. Both had an aspect of the shaggy dog story about them. The richness of the characterisation and the dialogue were what mattered, not the heists or action. Film-makers, it was clear, were looking to the comic potential in Leonard's fiction. The profile of Leonard's fiction, meanwhile, was benefitting from the interest shown in him by a range of different contemporary directors.

"Quentin Tarantino's rise has so much to do with Elmore Leonard's world, as he would be the first to admit, that by the time a 'real' Leonard adaptation showed up in the form of Get Shorty, everyone had been prepared by Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction for that tone," Soderbergh told Sight and Sound magazine "Actually Get Shorty, Jackie Brown and Out of Sight are textbook examples of what a director does, because all three feel like Elmore Leonard movies but are completely different from each other." Soderbergh's remarks point to what still makes Elmore Leonard so attractive to film-makers. They can mould his work to their own sensibilities. If they want to make hard-boiled and violent movies, Leonard is the man. If they want to make comedy capers, Leonard is the man. Even if they want to make Westerns, Leonard is still the man. More about: Elmore Leonard - IMDb IMDb Writer | Producer | Miscellaneous Crew Elmore Leonard was born on October 11, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA as Elmore John Leonard Jr.

He was a writer and producer, known for Jackie Brown (1997), 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Justified (2010). He was married to Christine Kent, Joan Shepard and Beverly Claire Cline. He died on August 20, 2013 in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA. See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Share this page: Related News a list of 75 people created 22 Sep 2013 a list of 25 people created 26 Dec 2013 a list of 47 people created 03 Mar 2014 a list of 662 people created 01 Jul 2014 a list of 52 people created 03 Nov 2014 Do you have a demo reel?

Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Elmore Leonard's work have you seen? User Polls 3 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards » Known For 2017 Get Shorty (novel) ( filming ) Justified (TV Series) (based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by - 36 episodes, 2010 - 2015) (based on the short story 'Fire in the Hole' by - 24 episodes, 2012 - 2013) (short story "Fire in the Hole" - 14 episodes, 2014 - 2015) (story - 4 episodes, 2011 - 2013) (based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" - 4 episodes, 2011) - The Promise (2015) ... (based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by) - Collateral (2015) ... (based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by) - Fugitive Number One (2015) ...

(based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by) - Trust (2015) ... (based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by) - Burned (2015) ... (based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by) 2013 The Arrangement (TV Movie) (story "When the Women Come Out to Dance") 2013 Life of Crime (based on the book "The Switch" written by) Jackie Brown Jackie Brown Based on the novel "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 25, 1997 Starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert DeNiro, Bridget Fonda, and Michael Keaton. The new film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, the creator of Pulp Fiction, is this crime caper based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard. Pam Grier stars in the title role of Jackie Brown, and attractive stewardess who supplements her income by smuggling cash _into_ the country for an illegal arms dealer--until the day federal agents bust her.

The only way she'll stay out of jail is to set up a sting to bring in a half million dollars and bring down the gun runner. In this web of dangerous characters, she should be wondering: how will she stay alive? But all she's thinking about is: how can she make off with the money? - Jackie Brown Official Synopsis Well, it's been over three years since the last "real" Tarantino film, Pulp Fiction, was released into theaters on the unsuspecting general populous. Since then, we've been waiting for Quentin Tarantino to direct a new project that would fully utilize his amazing talents at screenwriting and directing. It looks like the wait is almost over. On December 19th, Miramax Films will release the newest feature written and directed by the Auteur of Auteurs, Quentin Tarantino. Jackie Brown is a crime drama starring Pam Grier as the title character, Jackie Brown, a call girl / flight attendant who is caught with $10,000 in cash and a small amount of cocaine. The story works in a variety of characters (a Tarantino specialty) and includes Samuel L.

Jackson as gunrunner / drug dealer Ordell Robbie, Robert DeNiro as a gun obsessed ex-con, plus Michael Keaton and Bridget Fonda as a stoned beach bunny who bounces between DeNiro and Jackson. The cast of Jackie Brown garnered the coveted cover of Entertainment Weekly's Fall Movie Preview, which highlighted over 136 movies coming out this fall. According to EW, the upside of this film is that "We've been waiting three years to see a real Quentin Tarantino movie" and the downside is that "we have to wait until December?". According to EW, Pam Grier auditioned for the role that eventually went to Rosanna Arquette. While Tarantino felt that she wasn't the best for that role, he made Grier a promise. "I'm gonna work with you, I'm gonna come up with something." Rum Punch had always been a book that Tarantino had dreamed of adapting as a film, and he figured that this would be a perfect role for Pam Grier to do. However, in adapting the book, a great deal of things had to be changed in order to give Grier's character the lead.

He retitled the story, moved its location from Florida to California and changed the main character from a white woman to a black woman. Author Elmore Leonard was surprisingly understanding about these changes. He said "You're the filmmaker--use what you want and make your movie." On August 18, 1997, TIME magazine published an article on Tarantino and the Jackie Brown project, you can check it out here . Fellow Tarantino fan Michael Dequina visited the set of Jackie Brown during shooting. Visit his page, A Tale of Two Mr. Brown 's for the story. Jackie Brown (1997) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A middle-aged woman finds herself in the middle of a huge conflict that will either make her a profit or cost her life.

Director: Quentin Tarantino (written for the screen by), Elmore Leonard (novel) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 36 titles created 24 Dec 2011 a list of 28 titles created 26 Jan 2012 a list of 25 titles created 26 Mar 2014 a list of 26 titles created 25 Nov 2015 a list of 46 titles created 1 month ago Search for " Jackie Brown " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 21 nominations.

See more awards » Videos Two separate sets of voluptuous women are stalked at different times by a scarred stuntman who uses his "death proof" cars to execute his murderous plans. Director: Quentin Tarantino The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle. Director: Quentin Tarantino The Bride wakens from a four-year coma. The child she carried in her womb is gone. Now she must wreak vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her - a team she was once part of. Director: Quentin Tarantino Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in an establishment populated by vampires, with chaotic results. Director: Robert Rodriguez After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. Director: Quentin Tarantino Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Director: Oliver Stone In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood.

Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine - the Mob - track them down in an attempt to reclaim it. Director: Tony Scott Directors: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, and 2 more credits » Stars: Tim Roth, Amanda De Cadenet, David Proval After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release. Director: Robert Rodriguez Directors: Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, and 3 more credits » Stars: Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Danny Trejo Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and 1 more credit » Stars: Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Bruce Willis In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth Edit Storyline The middle age stewardess Jackie Brown smuggles money from Mexico to Los Angeles for the arms dealer Ordell Robbie.

When she gets caught by the agents Ray Nicolette and Mark Dargus with ten thousand dollars and cocaine in her purse, they propose a deal to her to help them to arrest Ordell in exchange of her freedom. Meanwhile Ordell asks the fifty-six year-old Max Cherry, who runs a bail bond business, to release Jackie Brown with the intention of eliminating her. Jackie suspects of Ordell's intention and plots a complicate confidence game with Max to steal half a million dollar from Ordell. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil This Christmas, Santa's Got A Brand New Bag See more » Genres: Rated R for strong language, some violence, drug use and sexuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 December 1997 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $9,292,248 (USA) (26 December 1997) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The scene where Robert De Niro shoots Bridget Fonda in the parking lot is similar to a scene in True Romance (1993) - which was also written by Quentin Tarantino - where Christopher Walken shoots Dennis Hopper.

Both De Niro and Walken had been severely provoked by Fonda and Hopper respectively in these scenes. Additionally De Niro co-starred with Walken in The Deer Hunter (1978). What's more Fonda's father Peter Fonda co-starred with Hopper in Easy Rider (1969). See more » Goofs When Jackie is talking to Ray at the restaurant, he says Beaumont was shot...twice in the chest, once in the head. However, when he does get shot in the trunk of Ordell's car, you only hear 2 gunshots. See more » Quotes [first lines] Girl at Security Gate : Flight 710 to Cabo San Lucas, now boarding Gate 103, first class only. Flight 710, Cabo San Lucas, now boarding Gate 103. First class only. Jackie Brown : [greeting passengers] Buenos dias. Welcome aboard. Welcome aboard. See more » Crazy Credits A copyright notice appears under the title at the beginning of the movie--a common practice for low-budget movies in the 1960s and '70s but very uncommon for 1997.

See more » Connections Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time (1970) Solid film, never a dull moment, great characters 22 October 2001 | by rlac66 (London, England) – See all my reviews Although different than some of Tarantino's more violent precursors, such as "Reservoir Dogs", "Pulp Fiction" and "True Romance" this is an excellent film. Where it lacks in violence however, the film makes up for in language earning it an "R" rating in the US. In certain scenes, I thought it Tarantino went to far with the explicit language and it seemed awkward and artificial, but that does not cast a shadow of over what I thought was an otherwise fantastic film. The editing and directing is excellent. There is good character development of the main characters, yet there is not one scene where the movie drags throughout its entire 150 minutes. I couldn't tear myself away from this movie until the very end. Especially enjoyable is the performance by Robert Forster whose character I thought was outstanding. Max Cherry, played by Forster, is a tempered bail bondsman who cautiously handles his unscrupulous clients.

One day he is approached by Ordell Robbie, played by Samuel L. Jackson, to post a bond for Jackie Brown, a middle aged flight attendant for a low cost airline who gets caught smuggling Ordell's fortune in Mexico into the US. The initial meeting between Jackie and Max sets up a relationship between these two characters on both professional and personal level and that changes Max from a methodical and business man to almost an innocent young boy with a crush. The last scene in the movie between these two characters is absolutely brilliant. I highly recommend this film and it's fun to watch Tarantino mature as a director. The little extras littered throughout the film such as "Chick with Guns", the fabulous locations such as the Cockatoo Inn, and the excellent characters make this film well worth a view. 81 of 97 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes BIOGRAPHY: Elmore Leonard Lifetime BIOGRAPHY Elmore John Leonard Jr was a popular American novelist and screenwriter.

He is probably most well-known as the author behind the hit films 'Get Shorty', 'Out of Sight' and 'Jackie Brown' (based on Leonard’s ‘Rum Punch’), in which his novels were adapted for the big screen. Leonard’s father worked for General Motors (GM), as a site locator for GM facilities, which resulted in the family relocating frequently. The family moved around until Leonard reached nine-years-old in 1934 and they finally settled in Detroit. Around 1935, Leonard became interested in writing after reading a serialisation of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in the Detroit Times. With the famous gangsters Bonnie and Clyde hitting national headlines, finally meeting their death in May 1934, and The Tigers making the World Series in the same year, Leonard used both these fascinations with guns and sports as influences for his future work. After graduating in 1943, Leonard joined the navy before leaving service in 1946 and enrolling at the University of Detroit. At university he began writing again, entering short story contests and when he graduated in 1950 Leonard got his first break in the fiction market publishing western novels.

Leonard has since forayed into mystery, crime, and more topical genres, as well as screenwriting. His work has also been commended by critics for its gritty realism and strong dialogue. Success has taken Leonard to Hollywood as well. The film 'Get Shorty', based on Leonard’s book, was released in October 1995 starring John Travolta and was an immediate critical and commercial success. Award-winning director Quentin Tarantino directed 'Jackie Brown' in 1997, a film based on Leonard’s novel 'Rum Punch'. Tarantino is said to also want to bring three more of Leonard novels to the big screen: 'Bandits', 'Freaky Deaky' and 'Killshot'. Lastly, 'Out of Sight', which starred George Clooney, was released in June 1998 to a great public response. Elmore Leonard died in August 2013 and is survived by his wife and was the father of five children, the grandfather of thirteen and the great-grandfather of five.

Question: Which 1997 film, directed by Quentin Tarantino, is based on Elmore Leonard’s novel ‘Rum Punch’?
Answer: Jackie Brown