Poster from the film Jackie Brown: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The front of the poster is an illustration of scenes from the movie "Jackie Brown." The scenes are drawn on top of each other with a portrait of the actress Pam Grier in the upper right corner in the background. In the upper left corner is dark red text [LOOK OUT!/caught between the/Feds and a cold/blooded killer./With half a million/dollars up for grabs./No one knows how it's/going down./Except for maybe/JACKIE BROWN]. Along the bottom in the center yellow text with red below [Jackie/Brown/a Quentin Tarantino film]. On the reverse are two (2) black and white photographs of two actors who star in the film. Pam Grier is featured on the left and Robert Forster is featured on the right.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2002
• Distributed by: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, American, founded 1997
• Subject of: Pam Grier, American, born 1949
• Subject of: Samuel L. Jackson, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Robert Forster, American
• Type: promotional materials
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (29.8 × 23.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Object number: 2014.35.3
• 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

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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: © buena vista home entertainment Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.