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JACKIE BROWN (cancel-do as Rum Punch)
by: Elmore Leonard |
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780440226062 Edition: First Thus ISBN: 0440226066 Label: Dell Manufacturer: Dell Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: December 01, 1997 Publisher: Dell Release Date: December 01, 1997 Studio: Dell |
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  - Forget the movie if you canIt's always hard to read the book after you've seen the movie, and in this case it's particularly difficult to erase Quentin Tarantino "Jackie Brown," one his rare missteps. But don't let that keep you from reading RUM PUNCH, the novel that was the basis for that film. Leonard's losers, dreamers, and baddies seemed out of place in Tarantino-land, and the book's taut, hyper-real dialogue didn't translate well to the screen. In the book Jackie Burke (not Brown) and Max Cherry are great together, and gunrunner Ordell Robbie is just too much. Like all of Leonard's best books, RUM PUNCH is tart and tangy. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) Rating: - I love the Leonard women...Women definitely star in this novel with with Jackie, Melanie, and even Simone. All in all, this is Elmore Leonard at the top o his style with twists and keen insight into the human character. Rating: - quinten tarriotinos JACKIE BROWNthis is the book that quinten tarrintinos movie Jackie Brown came from. it was a good read and alot like the movie. its about a flight attendant that gets busted transporting coke into the USA. she strikes a deal with the ATF to set up a gun smuggler that she knows... what happens.. ? read it and find out! Rating: - Pretty Good Elmore LeonardRum Punch is a pretty good representation of Elmore Leonard's style. The story focuses on a flight attendant attempting to bring half a million dollars into the country, and then in true Leonard style, all the colorful characters (some on the side of law, others not) who try to gets their hands on the money. The book features some strong dialogue, particularly when the gun runner Ordell Robbie is speaking. Another strong element is the way that Leonard easily switches perspective--from the flight attendant to the gun runner to an ex-con to a bails bondsman. While the book is good, it is not on the same level of Leonard's Get Shorty. I think the book's one flaw is that while the twists are good and the story rings true, there is nothing particularly unique about the story. The book was made into a movie titled Jackie Brown, which despite changing the title and locale (from South Florida to Los Angeles), is surprisingly faithful to the book. The movie is okay, but the book is better. Rating:  - couldn't get into itI enjoyed the film based on this novel, but couldn't get into reading it. I don't know why, maybe it's just me. Maybe because the characters in the movie were changed too much...I don't know...but I just lost track of the book less than half way through. |
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