Fans of Quentin Tarantino‘s work appreciate his love for spaghetti Westerns, which can be felt in movies such as Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and even Reservoir Dogs. But the famously opinionated filmmaker is an equally passionate fan of grindhouse movies. He grew up on them in Los Angeles, and even paid homage to them with Death Proof. Released around two decades ago, the movie was presented as part of a double bill with another feature, directed by Robert Rodriguez. The experience was made complete with the inclusion of several fake trailers for “coming attractions.” While Death Proof remains the most overt tribute that Tarantino paid to the grindhouse movies of his youth, the filmmaker made his tastes apparent early in his career, when he cast a grindhouse icon in the titular role of his Pulp Fiction follow-up.
We’re talking, of course, about Jackie Brown, which featured a star-studded ensemble cast including Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, and others, but was headlined by Pam Grier. The movie revitalized her career, much like Pulp Fiction had done for John Travolta. Grier, the star of blaxploitation cult classics such as Foxy Brown, plays a flight attendant who is forced to work as a drug mule in Jackie Brown. The movie received mostly positive reviews and grossed around $75 million against a reported budget of $12 million.
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But we’re here to talk about the movie that Grier is best known for, Coffy. Tarantino was hugely inspired by the 1973 title, directed by Jack Hill. On The Plot Thickens podcast, Tarantino described it as one of his “top 10 favorite movies” and one of his two “favorite revenge movies” of all time. “I don’t want to go too crazy on the idea that Coffy is a great movie. It’s very amateurish, but I do think that Coffy is one of the most entertaining movies ever made; it’s a blast, it’s funny, it’s just a hoot. You’re having an internal struggle in the first 20–30 minutes. Am I laughing at the movie, or am I laughing with the movie? I suspect most audiences might think that they are laughing at the movie. But then, the story starts working.” You can make up your own mind by checking the movie out on MGM+. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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June 13, 1973
- Runtime
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90 Minutes
- Director
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Jack Hill
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