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This 1995 film was the director's love letter to blaxploitation flicks and their queen, Pam Grier! Test your memories of this Tarantino classic with our quiz!
"Jackie Brown" was based on a novel by which crime author?
Ken Gruen
Carl Hiaasen
Elmore Leonard
The film was based on Leonard's "Rum Punch."
Ann Rule
What part of the country is the movie set in?
New York
west Texas
Los Angeles
Very little of the movie takes place within LA city limits, though.
south Florida
What is the name of the airline that Jackie works for?
Aztlan Air
Cabo Air
Jackie considers it the lowest rung on the career ladder for flight crew.
Alliance Air
Air Central America
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What is happening during the opening credits?
large amounts of money run through a bill counter
airplanes take off and land at LAX
Jackie rides a moving sidewalk
This was apparently inspired by the opening of "The Graduate."
a large number of guns are packaged for illicit sale
What video are Ordell and Louis watching in their first scene?
an unnamed telenovela
"Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry"
"Chicks Who Love Guns"
Yes, "Nude Nuns with Big Guns" is an actual film.
"Nude Nuns with Big Guns"
What alcoholic beverage does Odell prefer?
gin-and-tonics
martinis
screwdrivers
Hey, even gunrunning killers need their Vitamin C.
he doesn't drink
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Who plays Melanie, the surfer/stoner girl?
Christina Applegate
Bridget Fonda
Christina Applegate was considered, but was still doing "Married ... With Children."
Juliette Lewis
Natalie Portman
What domestic chore is Melanie reluctant to do?
answer the phone
Melanie isn't at all reluctant to, um, entertain Louis in Ordell's absence.
answer the door
cook meals
wash the dishes
What distinctive hairstyle does Ordell sport?
shaved head, full beard
long ponytail with tiny braided goatee
The tonsorial style was Samuel Jackson's idea.
short ponytail and small chin beard
shaved head and small mustache
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What is the last name of the bail bondsman, Max?
Cherry
The actor, Max Forster, was unemployed and agentless when Tarantino offered him the role.
Forrest
Lewis
Price
Why did Ordell kill Beaumont Livingston after bailing him out?
he thought Beaumont was skimming from him
he feared Beaumont would inform on him
Ordell even tricks Beaumont into climbing into the trunk of a car before shooting him.
he believed Beaumont slept with Melanie
he thought Beaumont was an undercover cop
What is the name of the band that Jackie introduces Max to?
the Delfonics
In classic style, Jackie listens to them on vinyl records.
the Stylistics
the Chi-Lites
the 5-6-7-8s
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Who played Ray Nicolette, the ATF agent?
Nick Nolte
Jon Stewart
Michael Keaton
Keaton reprised his role, briefly, in "Out of Sight."
John Travolta
How did the cocaine get into Jackie's bag?
one of the cops planted it on her
a fellow crewmate slipped it in there
it was intended for Melanie
It was a gift from the never-seen "Walker" in Mexico.
it was Jackie's, though she denies this
Where are the money exchanges to take place?
the Del Amo Fashion Center
The film claims it's America's largest indoor mall, though it had already been surpassed by Minnesota's Mall of America.
Griffith Observatory
a bar at LAX
Santa Monica pier
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Other than Melanie, who are Ordell's female associates?
Coffy and Foxy
Nina and Simone
Simone and Sheronda
"Coffy" and "Foxy" were famous Pam Grier characters from her youth.
Sheronda and LaRue
How much money is handed off at the "trial run" exchange?
$10,000
The film made much of its authenticity on this point -- real currency was used in these scenes.
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
Where does Jackie get the gun she pulls on Ordell?
from Max's glove box
Max seems less disturbed about the theft than most people would be.
from a kitchen drawer
a friend on a flight crew gave it to her
she slipped it from Ordell's pocket
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What is the name of the store whose fitting room Jackie uses?
Billingsley's
Tarantino almost never allows product placement in his films; "Red Apple" is the name of his fictitious cigarettes.
Barney's
Chica's
Red Apple
What does Jackie put in the shopping bag in place of the full $500,000?
paper shreddings
paperback novels
She covers the books with a beach towel, as was part of the original plan.
Monopoly money
rectangular sponges
Why does Louis shoot Melanie?
he was trying to double-cross Ordell and get away with the money
he thought she was working with Max Cherry
he thought she hid the $500K somewhere
she was making fun of him
Louis couldn't find their van in the mall lot -- and really, haven't we all been there?
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What does Jackie tell Ray and Mark happened to the $50,000?
Customs seized it at LAX
another shopper accidentally picked up the bag
mall security confiscated it
Melanie burst into the fitting room and took it
Jackie feigns a look of panic to authenticate her story.
Why does Jackie leave the bag with the full $500K in the fitting room?
she's recruited the saleswoman to help her
Max is standing by to retrieve it
Jackie tells the salesgirl that "someone left a bag" in the room, and Max appears soon after to claim it.
she thinks she can get it from lost & found later
it's a legitimate accident
Why does Ordell shoot Louis?
because he shot Melanie
for seeing Max and not realizing something was wrong
He leaves Max in the van, which is apparently not traceable to him.
Ordell thinks Louis stole the money
Ordell thinks Louis is working with the ATF
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After getting Ordell's money, why does Jackie keep working with the cops?
she's come to like Ray Nicolette
to look innocent in the eyes of the law
to get Ordell killed without her or Max having to do it
both #2 and #3
All along, Jackie has pretended to be working with both Ordell and with the police.
Who goes over to Ordell's -- actually Sheronda's -- place?
Jackie
Max
Max goes there to lure Ordell back to his office, where Jackie and the police are waiting.
Ray
Winston
Who shoots and kills Ordell?
Jackie
Mark
Max
Ray
Since Ordell is holding a gun on Max, it's justified in legal terms. (And Hollywood's).
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Where is Jackie going at the film's end?
to Mexico
to Miami
to Spain
Since Jackie is exonerated of any crime, she doesn't have to bolt for Mexico.
back to work
What upsets Jackie about the 10 percent cut Max takes?
it wasn't agreed on in advance
it's too high
it's too low
Jackie says she'd feel better if Max took more, but he declines.
she needs all the money to start a new life
What kind of car is Jackie driving in the end?
a new Audi
her old compact car
Ordell's Mercedes
Perhaps she only intends to take it as far as the airport.
we never quite see
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Which young comedian played Beaumont Livingston?
Chris Rock
Chris Tucker
Beaumont's role in the film is a short but memorable one.
Malcolm Pryor
Katt Williams
Who was the casting director for "Jackie Brown"?
Jaki Brown
Sally Menke was Tarantino's longtime editor, who died in 2010.
Aimee Graham
Sally Menke
Candice Rialson
Who was nominated for an Oscar for "Jackie Brown"?
Robert Forster
It was deserved -- it's hard to make the "square reliable guy" interesting.
Samuel L. Jackson
Pam Grier
Quentin Tarantino
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Where does this film fit in Tarantino's body of work (as a director)?
his second
his third
His next, "Kill Bill: Vol 1," was widely publicized as "The fourth film by Quentin Tarantino".
his fourth
his fifth
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