Sentences with phrase «novel rum punch»

Award - winning director Quentin Tarantino («Pulp Fiction») directed «Jackie Brown,» a film based on Leonard's novel Rum Punch, in December 1997.

Now I'm not trying to compare the movie to Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, which was a adaptation of the 1992 Elmore Leonard novel Rum Punch, but I was at least expecting a cool crime drama set in the early 1970's in the same style with bit of humor sprinkled in for good effect.

PULP FICTION **** / **** Image A + Sound A + Extras A + starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis written and directed by Quentin Tarantino JACKIE BROWN **** / **** Image A Sound A + Extras A starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard directed by Quentin Tarantino

Not exact matches

As a big fan of crime writer Elmore Leonard and, in particular, his novel «Rum Punch» (upon which this is an adaptation), I was admittedly left with feelings of disappointment when I first seen «Jackie Brown».

It's also the only film in Tarantino's catalog adapted from a previous work (Elmore Leonard's crime novel, «Rum Punch»), and it's ripe with tension - filled confrontations and excellent performances from Pam Grier, Robert Forester, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro.

Each of his novels since then — Bandits, Touch, Freaky Deaky, Killshot, Get Shorty, Maximum Bob, Rum Punch, Pronto, Riding the Rap, Out of Sight and Cuba Libre — has been a national bestseller as well as a critical success.