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[/3rtful]

Tarantino's grownup little seen and discussed gem. Many white actresses approached Tarantino after the release of Jackie Brown to praise it as their personal favorite movie. When it came time to nominate Grier for Best Actress they decided on Julie Christie for Afterglow. A horrible beautifully photographed and little seen movie. Brown also remains the only Tarantino movie filmed in 1.85.

[Edward L.]

Perhaps my favourite Tarantino movie. Pulp Fiction has the magic, but Jackie Brown has the ruefulness. It has all of Tarantino's virtues - great performances, brilliant uses of music, the assimilation of pop culture references, and a way with a long, episodic, slowly building story. Robert Forster should have won the Oscar. Pam Grier should have been nominated and probably should have won too. Is it really twenty years old already?

[markgordonuk]

Pam's performance defintley deserves a spot on the top 10 gr8 unnominated BA performances.

[thevoid99]

A film that still gets better every year and needs to be more appreciated.

[choog]

I love Pam Grier in Jackie Brown. Charisma in spades.

[thefilmjunkie]

My favorite Tarantino. I'm so glad people finally seem to be realizing how special it is.

[cal roth]

Best film of the 90's period

[NATHANIEL R]

/3rtful -- i wouldn't blame it on Julie Christie per se (who took the Indie Spirit). I blame everything that year on Helen Hunt who crashed the party at the last moment and took the Globe (beating Grier) and the Oscar (beating Dench) despite not being as good as either of them!

I remember people being weird about Jackie Brown at the time though so it's kind of a miracle it did as well as it did with SAG and the Globes.

[adri]

My favorite Tarantino also. I wish he would make more movies like this, and that Grier got more good parts.

[Philip H.]

This is my fav Tarantino.

Also, pretty sure I asked you to stop reminding me that Pam Grier was not nominated for Best Actress.

lol

[/3rtful]

@Nathaniel R

You know the Academy's policy when they award Nicholson! His leading lady reaps the awards too. (1975)(1983)(1997) Best Actress races all have Nicholson in common along with him winning twice for Best Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor.

[Lozza]

HUNT4EVA!

[Ben]

@/3rtful So, you're saying if he wins for the upcoming Toni Erdmann remake that we can go ahead and book Kristen Wiig's Oscar win?

[brookesboy]

I, too, would have removed Hunt from the Oscar lineup and put in Grier. Julie Christie is sublime in Afterglow and would have been my winner.

[/3rtful]

@Ben

I suspect so.