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Rum Punch is a novel written by [[Elmore Leonard]]. This novel was adapted for Tarantino's fourth film, [[Jackie Brown]]. 

====Key differences between Jackie Brown and Rum Punch====
*Jackie's character was known as Jackie Burke in the novel, but Jackie Brown in the film.
*Jackie was originally white, not black, as is the case with the film.
*Various characters underwent minor changes in the adaptation. For example, [[Melanie]] (portrayed in the film by the slim [[Bridget Fonda]] was originally not as thin and was described as having unnaturally large breasts. (See below).
*As is the case with most adaptations, key events in the novel were overlooked. This includes a [[Ordell]] stealing guns with [[Louis Gara]] from a neo-Nazi's house.
*In the novel, Louis originally worked for [[Max Cherry]].
*The film moves the setting from Florida to Los Angeles and Ordell's money from Jamaica to Mexico.
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====Tarantino's screenplay versus Leonard's novel====
*'''Jackie Brown / Jackie Burke'''
**Leonard: ''...her neat rear end in the tan skirt...she surely didn't look forty-four, at least not from here...''
**Tarantino: ''Jackie Brown is a very attractive black woman in her mid forties, though she looks like she's in her mid thirties.''

*'''Ordell Robbie'''
**Leonard: ''...a light-skinned black guy...Ordell ran his hand carefully over his hair, feeling the hard set, ran it back to his pigtail braid and curled it between his fingers...''
**Tarantino: ''Ordell likes wearing clothes nice and likes wearing nice clothes.''
**...appeared much like the novel, though Tarantino droppped the "light-skinned black guy" part of the character.

*'''Louis Gara'''
**Leonard: ''...dark-skinned white guy...''
**Tarantino: ''...who looks like he does his shopping at the Salvation Army...white, also in his mid-forties...''

*'''Max Cherry'''
**Leonard: ''...appeared neat and clean-shaved, had his blue shirt open, no tie, good size shoulders on him. That dark, tough-looking type of guy like Louis, dark hair, only Max Cherry was losing his on top...''
**Tarantino: ''..a regular-Joe-type white guy in his fifties...''

*'''Melanie'''
**Leonard: ''The fine big girl had in thirteen years become bigger, show tits grown to circus tits but still okay, tan...''
**Tarantino: ''...thirty-three, is a tanned, blonde, California beach bunny...''

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