Jackie Brown Jackie Brown Jackie Brown is a 1997 American crime thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1992 novel "Rum Punch". It is the only film that Tarantino has adapted from a previous work, and stars 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 in the title roles. The film's supporting cast includes Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, and Michael Keaton. It was Tarantino's third film
Tony Tarantino surname would have sufficed." In October 2015, Quentin Tarantino received backlash from police unions after speaking at an anti-police brutality rally in New York, saying: "I have to call the murderers the murderers." Tony Tarantino responded, saying he had relatives in the police and that what Quentin Tarantino did and said was "dead wrong". Tony Tarantino Tony Tarantino (born July 4, 1940) is an American actor and father of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino was born in Queens, New York on July 4, 1940, to Elizabeth and Dominic Tarantino (1915–2004), a World War ll veteran. He is the father of film director