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Foxy Brown

  • 19741974
  • RR
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
10K
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Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)
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A voluptuous black vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.A voluptuous black vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.A voluptuous black vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
10K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jack Hill
  • Writers
    • Jack Hill
    • David Sheldon(Final Re-write)
  • Stars
    • Pam Grier
    • Antonio Fargas
    • Peter Brown
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jack Hill
  • Writers
    • Jack Hill
    • David Sheldon(Final Re-write)
  • Stars
    • Pam Grier
    • Antonio Fargas
    • Peter Brown
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 73User reviews
    • 106Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
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  • Videos2

    Trailer
    Trailer 1:51
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    Blaxploitation Movies & Black Power in the 1970s
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    Blaxploitation Movies & Black Power in the 1970s

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    Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier and Kathryn Loder in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier in Coffy (1973)
    Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier and Peter Brown in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier and Bob Minor in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier and Terry Carter in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier and Peter Brown in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier, Juanita Brown, and Kathryn Loder in Foxy Brown (1974)
    Pam Grier and Terry Carter in Foxy Brown (1974)

    Top cast

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    Pam Grier
    Pam Grier
    • Foxy Brownas Foxy Brown
    Antonio Fargas
    Antonio Fargas
    • Link Brownas Link Brown
    Peter Brown
    Peter Brown
    • Steve Eliasas Steve Elias
    Terry Carter
    Terry Carter
    • Michael Andersonas Michael Anderson
    Kathryn Loder
    Kathryn Loder
    • Katherine Wallas Katherine Wall
    Harry Holcombe
    Harry Holcombe
    • Judge Fentonas Judge Fenton
    Sid Haig
    Sid Haig
    • Haysas Hays
    Juanita Brown
    Juanita Brown
    • Claudiaas Claudia
    Sally Ann Stroud
    • Debas Deb
    Bob Minor
    Bob Minor
    • Oscaras Oscar
    Tony Giorgio
    Tony Giorgio
    • Eddieas Eddie
    Fred Lerner
    Fred Lerner
    • Bunyonas Bunyon
    Judith Cassmore
    • Vickias Vicki
    • (as Judy Cassmore)
    H.B. Haggerty
    H.B. Haggerty
    • Brandias Brandi
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    • Slausonas Slauson
    • (as Boyd Red Morgan)
    Jack Bernardi
    • Tedescoas Tedesco
    Robert Nadder
    • Chemistas Chemist
    Brenda Venus
    • Arabellaas Arabella
    • Director
      • Jack Hill
    • Writers
      • Jack Hill
      • David Sheldon(Final Re-write)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to director Jack Hill this was originally intended to be a sequel to his Coffy (1973), also starring Pam Grier, and in fact the working title of the film was "Burn, Coffy, Burn!". However, American-International Pictures decided at the last minute it didn't want to do a sequel, even though "Coffy" was a huge hit. That's why it's never said exactly what kind of job Foxy Brown has--"Coffy" was a nurse and since this was no longer to be a sequel, they couldn't give Foxy Brown that job and didn't have time to rewrite the script to establish just what kind of job she had.
    • Goofs
      When the Judge is in the hallway, he is wearing white briefs despite the fact that he is not supposed to be wearing any underwear. In the previous scene, Foxy and Claudia removed his boxer shorts and joked about his genitalia before shoving him into the hallway, where he tries to cover up his crotch.
    • Quotes

      Katherine Wall: [after Foxy presents Steve's penis in a pickle jar, kills 2 of her men, and shoots her in the arm] Why didn't you kill me too? Well go on and shoot! I don't want to live anymore!

      Foxy Brown: I know. That's the idea. The rest of your man is still around, and I hope you two live a long time, then maybe you can feel some of what I feel. Death is too easy for you, bitch. I want you to SUFFER.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK cinema version was uncut. The 1987 video version had 2 mins 48 secs removed from the rape scene, shots of drug taking, and a woman's bloodied throat. All cuts were fully restored in 1998.
    • Connections
      Edited into Afro Promo (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme Of Foxy Brown
      Written & Performed by Willie Hutch

      Backing Vocals by Carol Willis, Julia Waters (as Julia Tillman) and Maxine Waters Willard (as Maxine Willard)

    User reviews73

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    A chick with drive who don't take no jive
    In 1973, the film "Coffy" made Pam Grier a star, a permanent icon of the blaxploitation films of the era, and a symbol of female empowerment in the face of racial tension. She also kicked a whole lot of tail. Writer and director of "Coffy", Jack Hill, had finished a script for a sequel when the studio decided at the last minute that it didn't want to film a sequel to "Coffy." Re-working his script, Hill gave birth to what could arguably the seminal female blaxploitation film: "Foxy Brown."

    Foxy Brown (Pam Grier) is a strong woman striving for a better world. While she attempts to help her drug-dealing brother Link (Antonio Fargas) change his ways, she waits for her federal cop boyfriend Dalton (Terry Carter) to recover from plastic surgery designed to hide him from the drug lords he informed on. Renaming himself Michael, he plans to run away with Foxy to a new life. All of his plans crumble, however, when Link discovers Michael's true identity, and informs on him for a hefty sum to the devious Miss Katherine (Katheryn Loder) and the suave Stve Elias (Peter Brown). When Katherine's goons kill Michael in Foxy's house, Foxy swears revenge. She infiltrates a call girl ring run by Katherine in an attempt to bring the crime lord down in the name of vengeance.

    Hill has created an iconic character in Foxy Brown, a character who has been copied and referenced to varying degrees of success since her inception (most shamefully in Beyonce Knowles' character of Foxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers in Goldmember"). It's not difficult to see why. As embodied by Grier, Foxy is the ultimate female: beautiful, sexy, intelligent, and undeniably fierce. Grier is such a pleasure to watch on screen that you sometimes forget about the lack of support she has around her or the simplistic morals of the story.

    Loder's Miss Katherine Wall is a villainess of operatic proportions, filled with delightful malice and sadistic impulse. Brown's Steve is just as good, every inch the handsome mid-70s man. Fargas is also memorable as the weasely and cowardly Link, but outside of these three, the supporting players are only adequate. While Junita Brown's doomed call girl has her moments, the rest of the supporting cast is fairly flat, with line readings not having the right amount of emotion (either too much or too little) and often hitting just off-key of the psychological and emotional core that they need to strike.

    While Hill's script taps deep into the racial biases of the 70s, and is filled with the appropriate amount of slang and tension, his characters are often moral absolutes with little in shades of grey or complex motivations. Often, this exists on a similar plane to race: with the exception of Dalton/Michael's fellow agents, every white person in the film is shown as uncaring at best, evil of the highest order at worst. By the same token, with the exception of Link and a fellow dope dealer, the black characters are heroic and upright. In the context of the film, the conceit is appropriate, but it can lead to some viewers being upset or failing to take into account the politics of the time that would lead to such a depiction and dismissing the film out of hand.

    Despite these flaws, "Foxy Brown" is definitely a film to watch not just for historical value, but for the remarkable performance of Pam Grier, an actress just as strong and beautiful today as she was in 1974. Whenever she's on the screen, you immediately forget about any imperfections in the movie. As the theme song says, she is "superbad." And that's good. 7 out of 10.
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    5
    • johnnysugar
    • Feb 2, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 5, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Burn, Coffy, Burn!
    • Filming locations
      • Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
      • Hollywood West Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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