(About this film):
Foxy Brown is a 1974 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character who takes on a gang of drug dealers who killed her boyfriend.[3] The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Truck Turner. The film uses Afrocentric references in clothing and hair. Grier starred in six blaxploitation films for American International Pictures.
(Synopsis):
She’s brown sugar and spice…and if you don’t watch it, she’ll put you on ice! Delivering a performance worthy of “the Queen of the genre” (Los Angeles Times), Grier portrays one of the screens first action heroines with humor, sensitivity and steely determination. This electrifying revenge thriller explodes with all the sex appeal and cooler-than-cool attitude of its irresistible leading lady. Foxy Brown (Grier) has found her soulmate in an undercover narcotics investigator, but when he is brutally murdered, she swears vengeance against the crime ring responsible. Posing asa call girl to gain access to the ring’s inner circle, Foxy discovers just how high the corruption extends, igniting a blistering war that takes her from the city streets to a remote drug laboratory to a breathtaking midair battle behind the controls of an airplane! But the most startling confrontations are yet to come as she schemes to bring down her boyfriend’s killers in ways they never could have imagined.
(Starring):
Pam Grier, Peter Brown, Terry Carter, Kathryn Loder, Harry Holcombe
Cinematography: Brick Marquard
Edited by: Chuck McClelland
Music by: Willie Hutch
Production company: American International Pictures
Distributed by: American International Pictures
Release date: April 5, 1974
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Subtitles: Spanish, French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Release Date: January 9, 2001
Running Time: 94 minutes
