Rum
Punch
Non-Series
Elmore Leonard
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 038530143X
Published: July 1992
Synopsis: Jackie Burke's future
looks grim. She's been a flight attendant for twenty years and she's
down to working for an island-hopping airline the day she lands in Palm
Beach International with fifty grand and is taken into custody. The
Feds know Jackie works for a man who sells machine guns to bad guys,
but they don't know his name. Jackie looks at her options. She can tell
what she knows about Ordell Robbie, the gun dealer, and get off--except
that if Ordell suspects you're talking about him, you're dead. Or she
can keep her mouth shut and do five years. Then she meets Max
Cherry--late fifties, recently separated, and just starting to think
that maybe there's more to life than being a bail bondsman--and sees
she has more options than she thought.
Max is hooked on Jackie from the first time he sees her. But when he
meets Ordell, he has quite a different reaction. Nineteen years a bail
bondsman, Max knows trouble when he sees it.
Jackie comes up with a plan to play the Feds off against the bad guys
and walk off with Ordell's money, but she needs Max's help. Max allows
himself to be drawn in just to stay near Jackie, yet he can't help but
wonder if he's being used. As for Ordell, he's making it now after
years of busted deals. No one is going to stand in the way of his
million-dollar payoff ...
Jackie Brown
Quentin Tarantino, Director
Pam Grier: Jackie Brown
Samuel L. Jackson: Ordell Robbie
Robert Forster: Max Cherry
Bridget Fonda: Melanie Ralston
Michael Keaton: Ray Nicolette
Robert De Niro: Louis Gara
Michael Bowen: Mark Dargus
Chris Tucker: Beaumont Livingston
Lisa Gay Hamilton: Sheronda
UPC: 786936161564
Source: Miramax
Region Code: 1
DVD Release: 04/18/2006
Original Release: 1998
Rating: R
Aspect Ratio: Cinemascope (2.35:1)
Presentation: Wide Screen
Sound: DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Language: English, Français
SubTitles: English, Español
Time: 2:34:00
Features: Quentin Tarantino introduction; "Jackie Brown: How It Went
Down" documentary; "A Look Back at 'Jackie Brown'" interview with
Quentin Tarantino; Chicks With Guns video; Deleted and alternate
scenes; Siskel & Ebert "At the Movies" "Jackie Brown" Review;
"Jackie Brown" on MTV; Pam Grier movie trailers; Robert Forster movie
trailers; Pam Grier movie radio spots; "Jackie Brown" theatrical
trailers; TV spots; Still galleries; Reviews & articles;
Filmographies; Enhanced playback track - DVD-ROM feature; Trivia game -
DVD-ROM feature; Screenplay viewer - DVD-ROM feature; French language
track; Spanish language subtitles
