* AbilityOverAppearance:
** Jackie Brown is white in the original novel. Creator/QuentinTarantino wanted Creator/PamGrier for the lead role, so he changed the character's race to fit here.
** Ordell Robbie is described as mixed-race in the novel, to the point where he can walk through a neo-Nazi rally without drawing attention. He's played by Creator/SamuelLJackson.
** Melanie is described in the book as having unnaturally large breasts. She's played by the more modestly-endowed Creator/BridgetFonda.
* ActorInspiredElement:
** It was Creator/SamuelLJackson's idea to give Ordell the long hair and the braided goatee.
** The scene when Max and Jackie talk (and Max discusses that he had work done on his hair to make him look more youthful) was suggested by Creator/RobertForster, who had such a surgery when his hairline began to disappear and thought it fit the character. Creator/QuentinTarantino was delighted that Forster was willing to openly discuss the procedure and immediately wrote it into the screenplay.
* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/QuentinTarantino was afraid that Creator/ElmoreLeonard would hate the film. He and Roger Avary hesitated to discuss the changes with Leonard, only finally speaking with Leonard as the film was about to start shooting. Leonard loved the screenplay, considering it not only the best of the twenty-six screen adaptations of his novels and short stories, but also stating that it was possibly the best screenplay he had ever read.
* CareerResurrection: The film revitalized the careers of both Creator/PamGrier and Creator/RobertForster.
* CastTheRunnerUp: When Creator/RobertDeNiro first got ahold of the script, he wanted to play the role of Max Cherry. Creator/QuentinTarantino wanted to work with De Niro, but had his heart set on Creator/RobertForster as Cherry, so he gave the role of Louis to De Niro.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Creator/SamuelLJackson named this as his favorite Creator/QuentinTarantino film.
* CreatorsOddball: This is Creator/QuentinTarantino's only direct adaptation, so it has a lot more of another storyteller's DNA in it than usual. As such, it's usually either at the top or bottom of people's Tarantino lists. It is also his only film to be shot in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio format.
* DawsonCasting: Louis Gara is described in the screenplay as being in his mid-forties. Creator/RobertDeNiro was 53 at the time of filming.
* DeletedScene:
** An extended version of the scene with Jackie and Sheronda in the mall's food court.
** An extended version of scene with Jackie and Ray in the diner.
** A scene where Louis and Ordell walk into the Cockatoo.
** A scene where Jackie is discussing with Max how to set up Ordell.
** An alternate "for your eyes only" scene.
** An alternate opening credits sequence.
* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/QuentinTarantino reportedly did not get along on set. This probably had something to do with De Niro not being given much to do by Tarantino regarding playing Louis Gara, who says very little and tends to mumble in his early scenes, but gradually comes out of himself as the film progresses.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: Creator/TinyLister as Winston. Like Lister's usual roles he's an enforcer willing to beat up anyone who pisses him off. Unlike [[Film/{{Friday}} his other roles though]] he's actually a fairly well spoken, intelligent man whose usually a nice guy and only resorts to violence if he has no other choice.
* TechnologyMarchesOn:
** Several people use pagers, a technology that has effectively vanished in favor of cell phones.
** Max leaves a message on an answering machine, practically a relic in the present day.
* ThrowItIn: Though he largely refrained out of respect for Creator/QuentinTarantino, Beaumont's line about being caught off-guard was improvised by Creator/ChrisTucker.
* VoiceOnlyCameo: Creator/QuentinTarantino is the electronic voice on Jackie's answering machine.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/QuentinTarantino originally tried to make a straight adaptation of Creator/ElmoreLeonard's ''Rum Punch'' before straying from the original concept.
** Creator/SylvesterStallone originally wanted to play Louis Gara.
** Creator/JohnTravolta was the first choice to play Ray Nicollete, but he was busy with ''Film/FaceOff''.
** Creator/QuentinTarantino's list for Max Cherry was Creator/PaulNewman, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/JohnSaxon, and Creator/RobertForster.
** Creator/ChristinaApplegate was considered for the role of Melanie Ralston, but she was under contract for ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''.
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