Foxy Brown (film)

Foxy Brown is a 1974 American 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. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Truck Turner.

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, AmericanInternational 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.On the audio commentary on the films DVD release, Hill also mentioned that he was initially against the outfits that the wardrobe department chose for Foxy Brown. Since Pam Grier had become a star in her prior film Coffy, there was an impetus to present the actress as even more stylish than she had appeared in the previous film. But Hill, by his own account, initially felt that the outfits were too trendy and specific to the time period, and within a few years would cause the film to look dated and obsolete. In the years since the films release, however, Hill has reversed his opinion on Foxys clothes, particularly in the wake of not only Foxy Browns ascent into pop culture icon, but also the 70s nostalgia movement that started in the mid1990s. ........

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