Film poster for Jackie Brown: Museum Object and Cultural History
Film poster for Jackie Brown: Date: 1997. Distributed by: Miramax Films, founded 1979. Subject of: Pam Grier, American, born 1949.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white poster with portraits of the actors featured in the film "Jackie Brown" in the upper half. There are six (6) people featured, all looking at the viewer. Above the portraits is a movie tag line in white text [Six players on the trail of a half million in cash./There's only one question...Who's playing who?]. In the lower half of the poster is red and yellow text that includes a listing of the actors, the movie title, and the billing block. In the center of the billing block is a spotlit bag of money. Along the bottom of the poster is an additional movie tag line in white text [This Christmas, Santa's got a brand new bag.]. Signed by Pam Grier in silver sharpie in the center of the poster [PAM/Grier].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1997
- Distributed by: Miramax Films, founded 1979
- Subject of: Pam Grier, American, born 1949
- Subject of: Samuel L. Jackson, American, born 1948
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 40 × 27 in. (101.6 × 68.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Advertising
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Object number: 2014.35.15
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, A Gift from the Personal Collection of Bill Ivory Larson
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Miramax Film Corp Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Sources
More in Movies
Keep reading
