Life of Crime (film) Life of Crime (film) Life of Crime is a 2013 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Daniel Schechter, based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch" (1978), which includes characters later revisited in his novel "Rum Punch" (1992), which was adapted into the Quentin Tarantino film "Jackie Brown" (1997). "Life of Crime" was screened on the closing night 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, at the 2014 Traverse City Film Festival and released in theaters on August 29, 2014. In Detroit in 1978, stoic socialite Mickey Dawson becomes the
Jackie Brown 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 DVD's 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