Quentin Taratino's new film, JACKIE BROWN, adapted by the acclaimed writer/director from the Elmore Leonard book RUM PUNCH, began principle photography on May 26 on locations in the South Bay district of Los Angeles.
A production of A Band Apart, a company founded by Tarantino and producer Lawrence Bender, for release through Miramax Films, JACKIE BROWN stars 1970's action icon Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster and an all-star supporting cast headed by Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton and Bridget Fonda.
Grier and Forster play a flight attendant and a bail bondsman, respectively, who team up to extract a half-million dollars in freshly laundered cash from a ruthless gun smuggler portrayed by Jackson. JACKIE BROWN is expected to be a close adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 bestseller. The main changes are said to be of the heroine's last name to Brown and shifting the locale from South Florida to Tarantino's native South Bay section of Los Angeles -- El Segundo, Torrance, Hewthorne and adjacent beach communities.
After a year spent acting in and producing films like FOUR ROOMS and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, Tarantino spent an additional year writing the script as a tribute to one of his favorite authors. The moviemaker has stated in the past that Leonard has had a strong influence on his own approach to character development and dialog.
The project will shoot through August 7 and is currently scheduled for a late December release.
Source: indieWIRE
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