Rum Punch Rum Punch Rum Punch is a 1992 novel written by Elmore Leonard. The novel was adapted into the film "Jackie Brown" (1997) by director Quentin Tarantino, although the movie changed the setting to Los Angeles. The characters Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara first appeared in Leonard's novel, "The Switch", which itself has also been adapted as a film, "Life of Crime", first shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, with Robbie played by Mos Def and Gara portrayed by John Hawkes. Set in both West Palm Beach and Miami, "Rum Punch" follows Jackie Burke, a forty-four-year-old stewardess for a
Quentin Tarantino said he is not a "cop hater" and will not be intimidated by the calls for a boycott. On December 16, 2015, Tarantino appeared on "The Howard Stern Show" to promote "The Hateful Eight". During his interview, Tarantino stated that Disney was preventing his film from being screened at the Los Angeles Cinerama Dome because they wanted to reserve the space for "", for which Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures holds distribution rights. On October 18, 2017, Tarantino gave an interview discussing sexual harassment and assault allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein. Tarantino admitted to knowing about accusations against Weinstein since