Vitals

Michael Keaton as Ray Nicolette, energetic federal agent

Los Angeles, Summer 1995

Film: Jackie Brown
Release Date: December 25, 1997
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Costume Designer: Mary Claire Hannan

Film: Out of Sight
Release Date: June 26, 1998
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Costume Designer: Betsy Heimann

WARNING! Spoilers ahead!

Background

My fellow Pittsburgher Michael Keaton was born 74 years ago today on September 5, 1951. Among his many roles, Keaton was introduced to the Elmore Leonard cinematic universe as the bimbo “good cop” Ray Nicolette to Michael Bowen’s more aggressive “bad cop” Mark Dargus in Jackie Brown, Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 adaptation of Leonard’s novel Rum Punch. Continue reading →