ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, Quentin Tarantino was at the top of the It-List. The hottest director in town. Fresh off his breakout masterpiece Pulp Fiction in 1994, he was everywhere: Winning awards. Acting in movies. Writing movies. Appearing on sitcoms. And yucking it up on talk shows.

He was the personification of 90s cool and personally responsible for the influx of hip, pop culture referencing indie flicks that followed.

When the hype storm finally died down, it was time for Tarantino to embark on his much anticipated follow-up to Pulp Fiction. He could have gone down the same route with a retread of his previous work, as so many of his copycats did. Instead, he grew as a filmmaker and turned source material from popular crime novelist Elmore Leonard into his own unique cinematic creation.

It’s a movie that expertly blends style with substance and features the smartest dialogue of Tarantino’s career. Royale with Cheese, notwithstanding.

Jackie Brown (1997)
Produced by Miramax
Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Based on the novel "Rum Punch" by Elmore Leonard
Starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton.

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