Jackie Brown - BLURAY, Digital, 4K ULTRA HD [4K UHD]

This film often appears at the bottom or near the bottom of Tarantino rankings... But why? Is it because it’s the only story he did not tailor-make from the ground up? Is it because it came right after Tarantino’s masterpiece “Pulp Fiction”? Who knows why this film is so misunderstood, but it is.... “Jackie Brown” follows, well, Jackie Brown, who is a stewardess working for Cabo Air. In a great one take opening shot we see Jackie Brown smuggling money from Cabo to take to her crime boss Ordell Robbie. It is a successful operation until she gets to the parking garage. She is stopped by ATF agents who find the money as well as some coke which she smuggled against her knowledge. The first interrogation scene in this film is a perfect introduction to the film. It lets you know exactly what you are in store for, Great performances and amazing dialogue, per usual for Tarantino. I will stop the synopsis there because I highly recommend you watch the film if you haven’t seen it, and if you have the film back in the day but wrote it off because it wasn’t “Pulp Fiction” please give it another chance. It is arguably Quentin Tarantino’s most plot driven film. Tarantino will typically reside in the “in between” moments of his plots, but here for once the plot take the front seat and the Great dialogue takes the back burner. The plot and characters are investing from the beginning, a woman who is playing everybody, she is on her own side and she is going along with everybody’s plan while the whole time formulating her own plan. Also, Samuel L. Jackson as Ordell is phenomenal, he is such a great villain. Then, there is Max Cherry, a bail bondsman who gets caught up the whole situation. He is one of the most compelling parts of the film, he is an aging man, he started his bondsman business but he is unhappy and he wants to retire, but until he can retire he’s pretty much like “I made my bed and I have to lie in it”. He and Jackie build up great chemistry along the way and you want them to be together but you know they are too different from one another. Robert Forster (RIP) as Max Cherry was so good he got an Oscar for the film. We also have Robert De Nero as Louis, who is Ordells right hand man and he just got out of prison. Along with, Bridget Fonda as Melanie, who is Ordell’s squeeze. Louis and Melanie have their own subplot in the film. This sounds like a lot of main characters, which it is but Tarantino balances all his character perfectly, just as he usually does. The film is riveting from beginning to end, its 2h 35m but it never drags. It’s a masterpiece and people need to recognize this film more.

Cute movie the scenes with Bridget Fonda on the couch with Dinero were silly.

Great movie.

I'll start with the soundtrack. Some movies are very much influenced and remembered for the soundtrack. Such examples of that would certainly be `Jaws' & `Psycho'. Background music is important, or lack there of, as is the case in the 2007 hit `No Country For Old Men', and so we tend to pay attention to it. In the case of Jackie Brown, the influence of the 70's musical touch creates a setting that compels us to maintain our focus, more so than with your run-of-the-mill movie. The music hooks us from the opening credits and never stops. The acting in Jackie Brown is fantastic. There isn't a character in this movie that you don't believe or buy into. Samuel Jackson stunned me with his powerful performance and Robert De Niro has mastered the bit of a dim-witted, always high, ex-con. Together they dominate the screen with their plans to become successful gun dealers during the 80's. What Quentin Tarantino does better than any other director, is he assembles a cast of actors who are able to portray characters which force the audience to both love and hate them at the same time. It doesn't matter whether the character is supposed to be good or evil, at some point during the movie; you're going to think of that character as both or either. You'll find yourself getting disgusted with the character and then laughing at or with them, sometimes in the same scene. Perhaps the greatest aspect of Tarantino's movies is that of the dialogue. Sure his movies are graphic and filled with more twists than a gun barrel, but what makes them click, and none better than Jackie Brown, is the dialogue. The characters give it to you hard and fast and you believe them. While Pulp Fiction & the Kill Bill movies gained the most recognition, Jackie Brown is his sleeper masterpiece that puts them all to shame when it comes to the script. If there was an academy award category for dialogue - Jackie Brown would be a runaway nominee. Jackie Brown is one of those movies that you don't need to put together, or try to figure out what is going on. That is a step away from what we have come to associate Tarantino with, but it works perfectly with Jackie Brown. We're allowed to simply sit back, watch, listen and enjoy a bunch of shady characters as they try to swindle and kill each other off - all in the name of the almighty dollar. Jackie Brown is a thrilling ride and certainly one that you will enjoy watching more than once.

Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown has long been overdue for the premium physical media treatment, and this 4K Ultra HD release from Lionsgate completely delivers. It’s easily one of his most mature, atmospheric, and rewarding films, and seeing it finally upgraded with a gorgeous native 4K scan is an absolute dream for collectors. The Movie & Dialogue Adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, the film follows Jackie Brown (a spectacular, soulful Pam Grier), a down-on-her-luck flight attendant smuggling cash for a ruthless arms dealer (Samuel L. Jackson). When the feds catch her, she orchestrates a brilliant, high-stakes double-cross scheme to outsmart everyone and pocket the half-million dollars for herself, aided by a lonely bail bondsman (Robert Forster, in a career-defining performance). While Tarantino is famous for his stylized violence, Jackie Brown excels on pure tension, character depth, and incredible pacing. The dialogue here is easily some of the finest he’s ever written or adapted. Every interaction—especially the quiet, jazz-infused conversations between Grier and Forster, or the comedic, menacing banter from Jackson and Robert De Niro—cracksles with real-world texture. It's a masterclass in screenwriting. The 4K Transfer The new 4K Dolby Vision/HDR presentation is a massive leap over the old, dated Blu-ray. Sourced from the original camera negative, the print looks pristine while maintaining its organic, cinematic look. The film grain is beautifully resolved, giving the 1990s-does-1970s Los Angeles setting a rich, tactile aesthetic. Skin tones are natural, the colors of L.A. shopping malls and dim dive bars pop with newfound depth, and the black levels offer superb shadow detail during the critical, dimly lit nighttime drop sequences. The Soundtrack A Tarantino film is only as good as its needle drops, and the soundtrack here is legendary. From the opening notes of Bobby Womack’s "Across 110th Street" to the Delfonics tracks that ground the film's romance, the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track handles the music beautifully. The brass and bass elements feel punchy and warm, mimicking a high-quality vinyl record. Crucially, the audio mix ensures that the quiet, fast-paced dialogue remains perfectly clear and front-and-center, never drowned out by ambient noise or music. The Supplemental Material Lionsgate packed this release with a fantastic wealth of legacy and archival materials that make it a comprehensive retrospective. The highlight is the multi-part Jackie Brown: How It Went Down documentary, which offers a deep look into the production. You also get the excellent Breaking Down Jackie Brown featurette, deleted and alternate scenes, a look back at the film’s critical reception (including the classic Siskel & Ebert review), the MTV Live promotional special, and an enhanced trivia track. Between the incredible visual upgrade, the iconic soundtrack presentation, and the stellar special features, this is a cornerstone release for any physical media shelf. Highly recommended! For a closer look at the actual disc quality, menu layout, and specific HDR performance breakdown, you can check out this detailed Jackie Brown 4K UHD Blu-ray Review, which provides an excellent technical overview of the presentation's audio and video elements.

Quentin Tarantino had a lot to prove after "Pulp Fiction" and I bet many people were a little disappointed when "Jackie Brown" debuted in 1997. Opening Christmas Day with the tagline "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag", audiences were treated to QT's most natural film to date. A film about older folks (gasp!) struggling to stay cool in a modern world. Not much of the verve and energy from "Pulp" was carried over to this film, but what was is Tarantino's fantastic dialogue mixed with Elmore Leonard's dense plot and characters. Sometimes it is tough to follow who is betraying who and where allegiances actually lie (I admit to still being a tad confused) but I think that's kind of the point. This is a film to be watched, and enjoyed, multiple times. In short, Tarantino proved he was much more than a one trick pony by creating a film that is the opposite of what had come before (and since) yet still is undeniably a Quentin Tarantino film. If you don't warm to his extreme genre-laced work then give this one a try. As far as this Blu-ray is concerned, the film has never looked or sounded better. With some caveats. The image has been tweaked to give it a more warm palette, specifically regarding skin tones. They can look a little too sun-burned at times. This didn't bother me as much as the lack of fine detail. Oh it certainly looks a lot better than it did on DVD but I expected it to be a bit more sharp. Still a satisfying transfer (approved by Tarantino apparently). I have very little complaints about the audio, however. The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track is tip-top, showcasing both the fantastic dialogue and songs. Another minor complaint: they've replaced the old Miramax logo with the new CGI one at the start of the film. A minor caveat that isn't as annoying as Disney replacing their classic blue logo at the start of their animated classics. Gotta stop that, Disney. The extras are mostly repeated from the previous 2 disc DVD (which is good) with the addition of a new critics round-table discussion called "Breaking Down Jackie Brown". The critics all love the film (including one who didn't like "Pulp Fiction" that much but loves this one) and their insights are all fun to hear. Other highlights include the retrospective documentary, a long interview with Tarantino where he talks about EVERYTHING, the Siskel & Ebert review, and, best of all, a huge gallery of vintage trailers featuring the two stars, Pam Grier and Robert Forster. Very cool. Still no commentary from QT but I wasn't expecting one. All in all, a great edition of a film that needs to be seen by more people. Film: 8/10 Video: 7/10 Audio: 8/10 Extras: 8/10

Amazing

Fantastic film, but you’re probably more concerned with the quality of this master, which is excellent. It phenomenally captures the film grain so you consequently see every detail from the original. Kudos to the team responsible for digitizing.

Filme essencial para fãs de Tarantino, mas está edição só possui legendas em inglês e espanhol

I love the director's first triology, altough he made an obscure film before Reservoir Dogs, which really don't count. On this monumental cinematic experience he really combined his dialog driven excellence with (for the first time) with really good storytelling plot. The first two movies were, off course driven by the dialog driven exellence, and Pulp Fiction has the incdredible multitude of intervowen stories, which in my cinematic experience is unparallelled. With Jackie Brown he made, in my opinion, for the first time a really gigantic leap in classic movie directing. No longer was the film driven by his, to the point of hillarity, love of shocking love for visual violence. This is a work of high class mobie art, altough his wicked sense of humour clearly is a large part of this film as well, but it surpass the the first two films by bringing in his video/tv hero/heroine of his video past: Plot main character Pam Grier, surprise choice and a mighty delivered appereance by Robert Foster, with the usual suspect (Samuel Jackson) and celluoid giant De Niro who delivers his most comedic appearance since King Of Comedy. These factors combined with the jaw dropping directorial stamp, the cinematic beauty, the exceptional good storyline (the script was written on the basis of the Leonard novel, Rum Punch, if I am not mistaken) and the clear departure from the first two pictures, cements my subjective stand that this is his best movie. Unfortunately i feel his vision and filmaking has gone down the tube since this milestone. I know he did a fantastisc job in exegurated graphic violence, to the brink of hilarity, and his martial artist fetischism in Kill Bill 1, but this was not my cup of tea. The follow up movie was a yawn and the rest of his cineomatic carreer has, sadly, taken a nosedive. Though the idea behind Django Unchained was probably a leap towards former glories, and believe me I would have loved if he made another epic. He was without a doubt the most talented director and dialog writer of my generation (there weren't many of them). Although he stole as a raven, true geniuses steal without getting caught, dillettantes do. He took his "trash"/ B-movies knowledge and produced it into new cinematic/orgasmic dimensions.The first triology will stand their test of time and will be hailed as masterpieces long after I turn my toes up. Jackie Brown stands out as his directorial zenith in this triology, and in my book is that era's by far best cinematographic excellence (the irony is on it's cinema debut in my country, many walked out on this movie, just looking for the violence of the predecessors, which in their ignorance, clearly missed the other strenghts of 😱😄). I hope it'll be realeased in the tin book treatment Pulp Fiction was given a year or two a go, and I'll buy it again on Blu Ray (that'll be the fifth time I buy it, from the VHS days, to two DVD editions and now on Blu Ray). Collectomania and my love of directors contrary to actors, has decreased my bank account to the brink of poverty on many occasions. Run out, log on the the net, stand on your head if you like, but do yourself a big favour and buy this masterpiece, preferably in its highest quality format to date, Blu Ray! "The Resovoir" Blu Ray edition is the clearest picture I ever seen on this format (you can see very clearly the textures in Mr. White's suit! 😍). I hope this can be in any help to any fence sitters. It lit my world and gave me hope in "new cinema", back in the day.

If I search in the amazon search bar: "Jackie Brown 4k" and the first result is a bluray that costs 30 euros I'd expect it to be a 4k bluray. A normal 1080p bluray for 30 euros is very expensive, it's like twice the normal price

Llega con un bonito slipcover de buena calidad. La imagen luce muy bien, siendo intensamente cinematográfica, con buen resolución y brillo. Las imágenes del centro comercial son una muestra de ellos. Solo trae sonido en inglés DTS-HD MA 5.1 y subtítulos en español latino e inglés, tanto en el disco 4K como blu-ray. El código digital es válido solo para VUDÚ USA, el cual no se puede acceder desde México.

« Jackie Brown » est le troisième long-métrage de Quentin Tarentino et sans doute son meilleur film à ce jour. Sans faire appel à un style aussi provocateur et décalé qu'à l'habitude, ce film, réalisé en 1997, est maîtrisé de bout en bout. Avec une certaine sobriété, un rythme assez lent, beaucoup de dialogue et une musique années 1970 très présente, Tarentino réussi à la fois une parfaite adaptation du roman « Rum punch » et une œuvre cinématographique originale et stylée. Le scénario s'articule sur une série de manipulation entre un gros bonnet de la vente d'armes et des flics ambitieux qui cherchent à tirer parti de Jackie Brown, une hôtesse de l'air qui sert de mulet pour arrondir ses fins de mois. Chacun cherche à piéger l'autre et à mettre la main sur 500.000 $ en liquide qui doivent transiter vers Los Angeles en provenance du Mexique. Comme chacun des films de Tarentino, « Jackie Brown » est aussi un hommage à un courant et à un style particulier du cinéma américain. « Jackie Brown » s'appuie avant tout sur un casting exceptionnel et des acteurs au sommet de leur art. Pam Grier dans le rôle-titre et Robert Foster dans celui de Max Cherry (prêteur pour caution) qui tombe sous son charme crèvent tous les deux l'écran. Samuel L. Jackson confirme, dans un style assez proche sa remarquable prestation de « Pulp Fiction ». Dans les seconds rôles, Robert de Niro et Bridget Fonda se montrent très drôles dans des rôles alors inhabituels pour eux. Enfin Michael Keaton ou Chris Tucker démontent également leur potentiel. Les 2h30 du film sont un vrai régal et « Jackie Brown » installe définitivement Tarentino parmi les monstres sacrés du cinéma contemporain.