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Quentin Tarantino stole from opening

posted 4 years ago by Redsfan001 (6017)
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Learned something new today, watched this movie for the first time, pretty close to Jackie Brown.

He must have been a fan of this somewhat obscure movie.

https://youtu.be/qWG9ROB_2Zk?t

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Burt Reynolds made a lot of really poor movies. He was not a very good judge of material.

[–] Redsfan001 (6017) 4 years ago

Burt got so much poontang that it was probably hard for him to focus on anything but.

I thought this movie had potential. QT was right on to cherry pick the opening sequence.

I would have nixed the many ad lib scenes, tightned the script, and booted Sharkeys dog day afternoon boss (Charles Durning) who just yelled all the time.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

True that! LOL.

[–] Jones70 (6195) 3 years ago

Yeah but this is one of his good ones imo.

[–] orangeflava (1735) 2 years ago

I thought Jackie Brown was more like the opening to "The Graduate".

[–] Redsfan001 (6017) 2 years ago

Sharky's Machine / Jackie Brown had the same song. Bobby Womacks Accros 110th St.

Haven't seen the superior The Graduate in quite awhile.

[–] ecarle (14979) 2 years ago

Wasn't it Street Life?

110th street is in jackie brown and across 110th Street....

[–] Redsfan001 (6017) 2 years ago

Yes that's right...got confused thanks for the correction. They both used Street Life.