Foxy Brown (film)

Infobox Film | name =Foxy Brown


caption = Movie Poster for "Foxy Brown"
director = Jack Hill
producer = Buzz Feitshans
writer = Jack Hill
starring = Pam Grier
Antonio Fargas
Peter Brown
Terry Carter
music = Willie Hutch
cinematography = Brick Marquard
editing = Chuck McClelland
distributor = AIP
released = April 5, 1974
runtime = 94 min
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:18385
imdb_id = 0071517

"Foxy Brown" is a 1974 blaxploitation film written and directed by Jack Hill. It stars Pam Grier as the title character, described by one character as "a whole lot of woman" who showcases unrelenting sexiness while battling the villains.

Plot

Foxy Brown, a sexy African American woman, seeks revenge when her government-agent boyfriend is shot down by The Man. She links her boyfriend's murderers to a "modeling agency" run by the campy villains of Steve Elias (Peter Brown) and Miss Katherine (Kathryn Loder). Foxy decides to pose as a prostitute to infiltrate the company, and helps save a fellow African American woman from a life of drugs and sexual internment. This leads Foxy to a variety of revenge-themed setpieces -often violent and sexual- that range from the cremation of sexual-slavemasters to the castration and presentation of a foe's genitals.

Background

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 did not want to do a sequel, even though "Coffy" was a huge hit. Therefore, it is 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 could not give Foxy Brown that job and did not have time to rewrite the script to establish just what kind of job she had.

Soundtrack

The film's songs were written and performed by Willie Hutch, and a soundtrack album was released on Motown Records in 1975.

Influence

"Foxy Brown" is one of the most influential blaxploitation films; Pam Grier's character often considered the female archetype of the genre. The film has directly influenced or been mentioned in many other films, including, but not limited to:
*"Girl 6" (1996)
*"Jackie Brown" (starring Pam Grier) (1997)
*"Urban Legend" (1998)
*"" (2000)
*"Bones" (starring Pam Grier) (2001)
*"Undercover Brother" (2002)
*"Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002)
*"House of the Dead" (2003)

It is often noted by film historians as one of the first blaxploitation films to provide a portrayal of a strong and independent woman; until Pam Grier, women often existed exclusively to support their men for a small part of the film.

Additionally, "Foxy Brown" and the preceding film "Coffy" are unique for their establishment of pushers and pimps as villains. Before these films, the blaxploitation genre often espoused empathy for the social positions of such individuals.

ee also

*List of women warriors in folklore, literature, and popular culture

External links

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