Foxy Brown movie poster

Foxy Brown is a blaxploitation film from 1974, written and directed by Jack Hill. Its 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. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Blaxploitation is a portmanteau of the words black and exploitation. ... Pam Grier Pamela Suzette Grier (born 26 May 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American actress. ...

The film's songs were written and performed by Willie Hutch, and a soundtrack album was released on Motown Records in 1975. Willie Hutch (born Willie McKinley Hutchinson in 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an African American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. ... Motown, also known as Tamla-Motown outside the U.S., is a record label founded on December 14, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. ... 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...

Plot

Foxy Brown, a sexy black woman, seeks revenge when her government-agent boyfriend is shot down by The Man, vowing revenge on the pushers and pimps that have ruled her community. 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 black 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 testicles. The Man is a slang phrase, associated with the counterculture, used to describe higher authority. ... There have been several people named Peter Brown. ...

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: Archetype is defined as the original model of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are merely derivative, copied, patterned, or emulated. ...

• Girl 6 (1996)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• Urban Legend (1998)
• Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
• Bones (2001)
• Undercover Brother (2002)
• House of the Dead (2003)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2003)

It is often noted as 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. DVD cover Girl 6 is a 1996 film by American director Spike Lee about a phone sex operator. ... Jackie Brown is a 1997 motion picture, the third film directed by Quentin Tarantino. ... Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor). ... Bones was a controversial movie about gangsters, which starred Snoop Dogg. ... Promotional poster for Undercover Brother Undercover Brother is a 2002 comedy film that stars comedian Eddie Griffin. ... Note: For the Russian novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, please see The House of the Dead House of the Dead is a first-person shooter arcade game released in 1998 by Sega, where the player assumes the role of a government agent who must shoot his way through an army... Austin Powers in Goldmember is a 2002 comedy film. ... Pam Grier Pamela Suzette Grier (born 26 May 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American actress. ...

Additionally, Foxy Brown is unique in its establishment of pushers and pimps as villains. Until Foxy Brown, the blaxploitation genre often housed empathy for the social positions of such individuals. A remake of the film, starring Halle Berry, is scheduled for release in 2006. See Foxy Brown (2006 film). A stereotypical villain, common in early 20th century silent films, wears formal black clothes, exquisitely neat facial hair, and a maniacal demeanour. ... Halle Berry Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and model. ...

External links

• Foxy Brown at the Internet Movie Database