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Jackie Brown

film by Tarantino [1997]

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  • discussed in biography
    • Quentin Tarantino
      In Quentin Tarantino

      For Jackie Brown (1997), he adapted an Elmore Leonard novel about a flight attendant entangled in criminal activities.

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  • history of film
    • Vitascope
      In History of film: United States

      …films included Reservoir Dogs (1992), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood (2019). Among the Coen brothers’ works were

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  • novel by Leonard

role of

    • Grier
      • Pam Grier
        In Pam Grier: Jackie Brown and other roles

        …her as the lead in Jackie Brown (1997), an adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch (1992). The film was Grier’s first lead role since the blaxploitation era. She played a flight attendant who smuggles money into the United States for a gun dealer. The criminal schemes in the plot…

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    • Jackson
      • Samuel L. Jackson
        In Samuel L. Jackson

        …Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Tarantino’s Jackie Brown (1997), The Negotiator (1998), and Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace (1999), as Mace Windu. He reprised that role in Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith (2005). In addition, he provided the voice…

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    • Keaton
      • Michael Keaton
        In Michael Keaton: Batman movies

        About Nothing (1993), Multiplicity (1996), Jackie Brown (1997), and Desperate Measures (1998). In the early 2000s his films, such as Live from Baghdad (2002), First Daughter (2004), and Herbie Fully Loaded (2005), met with mixed success. He provided character voices in the animated films Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010),…

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