Q 01/05

Jackie Brown is based on which 1992 Elmore Leonard novel?

A) Out of Sight

B) Freaky Deaky

C) Rum Punch

D) Get Shorty

Answer · why

C) Rum Punch

It remains the only feature Tarantino has directed that is adapted from someone else's work.

Q 02/05

Who plays the title character?

A) Angela Bassett

B) Pam Grier

C) Vivica A. Fox

D) Halle Berry

Answer · why

B) Pam Grier

It was her first lead in a major film in many years, and it earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

Q 03/05

What is Jackie's job in the film?

A) Bank teller

B) Casino dealer

C) Flight attendant

D) Travel agent

Answer · why

C) Flight attendant

The job is what makes her useful to Ordell: she can carry his cash across the border in her luggage.

Q 04/05

Samuel L. Jackson plays which character?

A) Louis Gara

B) Ordell Robbie

C) Max Cherry

D) Ray Nicolette

Answer · why

B) Ordell Robbie

Jackson has named the Los Angeles gun runner as one of his favourite roles, and it won him the Silver Bear in Berlin.

Q 05/05

Which character does Forster, in his Oscar-nominated role, play?

A) Bail bondsman Max Cherry

B) ATF agent Ray Nicolette

C) Ex-con Louis Gara

D) Bagman Beaumont Livingston

Answer · why

A) Bail bondsman Max Cherry

Forster had made his screen debut in Reflections in a Golden Eye 30 years earlier; the part earned him his only Oscar nomination.

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