She has told Robbie she will swap bags there with Melanie, under the nose of Nicolette, who thinks the exchange will occur in the food court. Brown enters a dressing room in a department store to try on a suit. On the day of the transfer, Robbie discovers Simone has left town with the $10,000 and reluctantly recruits Melanie to perform the swap, with Gara taking her to the mall. He informs Brown and she confronts Robbie, who states he used Simone Hawkins to secure his money as backup. After Brown leaves, Cherry observes an unknown woman swap bags with Sheronda. During a test run, Brown smuggles in $10,000, with Nicolette and Dargus aware, to swap with Sheronda at a shopping mall. Unbeknownst to all, Brown plans to keep the $500,000 for herself. Unaware of the plan to smuggle in $550,000, Nicolette and Dargus devise a sting to catch Robbie during a transfer of $50,000. Gara informs Robbie about this but Robbie replies that he is not concerned about her.
Meanwhile, Melanie Ralston, Robbie's surfer-girl, attempts to convince Gara to betray Robbie and take the money for themselves. Robbie brings in Louis Gara, a criminal associate and former cellmate, just released from prison. She negotiates a deal with Robbie whereby she pretends to help the authorities while smuggling in $550,000 of his money. Robbie arrives at Brown's apartment shortly thereafter to kill her, and after she pulls a gun on him, it is revealed she stole it from Cherry's glovebox. Having been paid by Robbie, Cherry bails out Brown. She is sent to jail, which alerts Robbie. When his courier, Beaumont Livingston, is arrested, Robbie bails him out with bail bondsman Max Cherry, then executes Livingston later that evening, fearing that Livingston would turn informant.Īcting on information Livingston gave them, ATF agent Ray Nicolette and LAPD detective Mark Dargus intercept Brown with Robbie's cash and a bag of cocaine, which she is unaware was intended for Melanie Ralston. Jackie Brown, a flight attendant, smuggles money from Mexico into the United States for Ordell Robbie, a gun runner in Los Angeles. Released on December 25, 1997, the film itself received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $74 million worldwide. Īs neither Grier nor Forster, both veteran actors, had performed a leading role in many years, this film revitalized their careers, earning Forster a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award nominations for Jackson and Grier. As Tarantino's third directorial effort following Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994), it is the only feature-length film that Tarantino has adapted from a previous work. An adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1992 novel Rum Punch, 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. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, and Robert De Niro in supporting roles.
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And besides, getting high and watching TV will rob you of your ambition! I get my shit done for the day, then I get high. Ordell Robbie: Damn girl, you gettin' high already? It's only 2 o'clock in the afternoon. And you best believe it ain't gonna be me. Now that my friend is a clear cut case of him or me. And if you know that, then you know Beaumont's gonna do anything Beaumont can to keep from doing them ten years, including telling the federal government any and every motherfucking thing about my black ass. And if you know Beaumont, you know ain't no god damn way he can do ten years. Ordell Robbie: He put himself in a position where he was going to have to do ten years in prison, that's what he did. Ordell Robbie: An employee I had to let go.
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