One Sheet (27" x 41") ;
Very Fine on Linen
American-International, 1974

Beautiful star Pam Grier shines as the toughest woman in town on this one sheet from director Jack Hill's popular crime drama. This particular poster has been professionally linen-backed and expertly restored to address general wear. Touch-ups have been made to the folds, including the upper left corner, where a clean diagonal chip was replaced, as well as the center of the upper border to fix light fold separation.

Foxy Brown was a financial success. Produced on a budget of $500,000, it grossed $2,460,000. 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 didn't want to do a sequel, even though "Coffy" was a huge hit. That's why it's 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 couldn't give Foxy Brown that job and didn't have time to rewrite the script to establish just what kind of job she had. Pam Grier told Rolling Stone she chose to be nude in many of her early films because she wanted to push the limits of how Black women were perceived in the acting world. She said, "I call it the 'Brown Nipple Revolution.' We weren't the epitome of sexual attraction for the male audience, in movies, magazines, anything. We were told our brown nipples weren't attractive. I was trying to break that line of what was acceptable in society."