$3,200
Jackie Brown (Miramax, 1997) is the third film by Quentin Tarantino, following Reservoir Dogs (Miramax, 1992) and Pulp Fiction (Miramax, 1994). The movie served as a vehicle for leads Pam Grier and Robert Forster, veterans who had not held starring roles in a prominent film for decades. The film also features Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, and Michael Keaton. Forster received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and Grier and Jackson both received Golden Globe nominations. The movie was Tarantino’s adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel Rum Punch , somewhat remade into an homage of 1970s Blaxploitation films. This prop .38 Colt Detective Special pistol was seen throughout the film, used by both Robert Forster as Max Cherry and Pam Grier as Jackie Brown. This is a “live fire” weapon that was not modified to fire blanks. Early in the movie, Brown steals the pistol out of Cherry’s glove box. He later discovers this and allows her to keep the piece. It is featured in several memorable scenes, in confrontation with Jackson's character Ordell and, toward the end of the film, “rehearsing” for a second confrontation. The pistol also includes the original prop holster, also seen several times in the movie, as well as an arrest file on Brown and one of Cherry’s business cards. All of these pieces came from prop master Steve Joyner via StarWares (while under the ownership of Marcia Tysseling), as the prop dealer liquidated material used in the
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2013-11-09
