Screenplay

Screenplay: Jackie Brown Directors Notes

Jackie Brown is a blaxploitation based in the mid 90's. It is film that is about a middle aged stewardess who is caught running money across the border for a black market guns salesmen. She is then forced to give of her employer for her freedom, she knows that if she does this, she will also be signing her own death warrant. So with the help from local bail bondsman, Jackie Brown comes up with a plan to trick the police and the gun runner. The result of the trick is Jackie getting rich, the police solving the case and the gun salesman dead.
This film is based around corruption, drugs, guns and money. It is a dirty film that will carry a lasting impression on viewers and you will never look at a flight attendant the same way again. The main character “Jackie Brown” is a very stern woman who demands a lot and get gets what she wants in the long run, she is a two timer and will take advantage of you if she has too.
I would want the character's to work around “Jackie” and she will run the show as if it were her own. She would also be the smartest person in the film and would make fools out of all the other characters especially “Ordell” and his gang. The film would also be two sided, one side would display a sense of class and the other side would display a dirty reputation, then at the end of the film these two sides would converge to form the final conflict of Ordell getting his money back from Jackie.
Jackie Brown is a very attractive black woman in her mid forties, though she looks like she is in her mid thirties. I think that an aged Halle Berry would play the part very well because of her strong personality and very attractive looks. She is also a good actress and would need to play the role of a powerful black woman a not so powerful situation, which would be similar to Berry's style in the film Swordfish.
Ordell is a black business man who is not making his money in a honest way, he is actually a black market gun salesman. He is a very clean cut cut man with a good sense of style, he looks classy but his he has a very classless personality. When I think of this character it really reminds me of Denzel Washington's character in Training Day. So feel that Washington would be perfect for this role in the film.
I think that these two entertainers would work very well together on screen and would bring forth the energy and emotions needed to convey the message of this film. The film would be a direct representation of criminal life in southern california during the 1990's, so all the filming would take place on location. This would help create a very authentic feel.