Jaguar (1979 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Jaguar

| image = Brown Derby Moves Like Jaguar.jpeg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Lino Brocka

| producer = Rolando S. Atienza

| based_on = {{based on|"The Boy Who Wanted to Become Society"|Quijano de Manila}}

| writer = {{unbulleted list|Jose F. Lacaba|Ricardo Lee}}

| starring = Phillip Salvador

| music = Max V. Jocson

| cinematography = Conrado Baltazar

| editing = {{ubl|Augusto Salvador|Rene Tala}}

| studio = Bancom Audiovision

| distributor = Bancom Audiovision

| released = {{Film date|1979|8|31|df=yes}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Philippines

| language = Filipino

}}

Jaguar is a 1979 Filipino neo noir crime film directed by Lino Brocka from a story and screenplay written by Jose F. Lacaba and Ricky Lee.{{cite web|url=https://www.rmaward.asia/rmtli/listicle-the-essential-films-of-lino-brocka/|title=LISTICLE: The Essential Films of Lino Brocka |date=5 January 2017|accessdate=5 January 2020| website=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation}} It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1851/year/1980.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Jaguar |accessdate=9 May 2009|work=Cannes Film Festival}} The story is based on the real-life "Brown Derby Shooting" in 1960 as documented by Quijano de Manila in the article "The Boy Who Wanted to Become Society", later republished in the non-fiction crime anthology, Reportage on Crime (1977).{{Cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/young-star/2010/02/26/552580/pop-crimes-quijano-de-manilas-reportage-crime|title=Pop crimes: Quijano de Manila's 'Reportage on Crime'|last=Romulo|first=Erwin T.|date=26 February 2010|publisher=The Philippine Star|accessdate=16 December 2019}}{{cite book |last=Capino |first=José B. |date=2020 |title=Martial Law Melodrama: Lino Brocka's Cinema Politics | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loW4DwAAQBAJ&q=Napoleon+Nocedal&pg=PA83 |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |pages=77–84 |isbn=9780520974012}}

The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Filipino film to compete in the main competition of the festival.{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2016 |title=Lino Brocka: The Philippines' Greatest Director |url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/lino-brocka-the-philippines-greatest-director/ |access-date=October 23, 2019 |website=Culture Trip}} It won Best Picture and Best Director at the 1980 FAMAS Awards.{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2007 |title=Director Lino Brocka: Stronger than Life |url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/13943/director-lino-brocka-stronger-than-life |access-date=October 23, 2019 |website=PEP.ph |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2018 |title=Four classic Lino Brocka films you can livestream now |url=https://entertainment.abs-cbn.com/tv/updates/24060118-four-classic-lino-brocka-films-you-can-livestream-now |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114050543/https://ent.abs-cbn.com/articles-news/24060118-four-classic-lino-brocka-films-you-can-livestream-now-2788 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=October 23, 2019 |website=ABS-CBN}} It also won five Gawad Urian Awards, including Best Picture and Best Direction. Anita Linda was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Urian Awards.{{Cite web |last=Carballo |first=Bibsy M. |title=The Invincible Anita Linda |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2009/10/19/515180/invincible-anita-linda |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=Philippine Star}}

A 4K restoration of the film was premiered at the 16th Lumière Film Festival in October 2024 in Lyon, France.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-09-27 |title=Lino Brocka's restored 'Jaguar' to premiere at 16th Lumière Film Festival |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/921818/lino-brocka-s-restored-jaguar-to-premiere-at-16th-lumi-egrave-re-film-festival/story/ |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}