Miami Vice: Jamie Foxx’s Brown Silk Suit as Tubbs

Jamie Foxx in Miami Vice (2006) Vitals Jamie Foxx as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs, Miami-Dade PD detective Miami, Summer 2005 Film: Miami Vice Release Date: July 28, 2006 Director: Michael Mann Costume Design: Michael Kaplan & Janty Yates Jamie Foxx’s Costumer: Yaa Boaa Aning WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Michael Mann’s frequently memed update of Miami Vice was widely released 20 years ago today on July 28, 2006, reintroducing cooler-than-ice detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs as Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, respectively. As portrayed by EGOT hopeful Philip Michael Thomas, Tubbs may have lived within Crockett’s [five o’clock] shadow in the series, but the 2006 movie gives the character more room to breathe with Jamie Foxx—fresh off his Oscar win for Ray—in the role. In fact, it was reportedly Foxx who suggested the idea of a Miami Vice film to Mann, who had executive-produced the 1980s TV series. Despite his increased degree of characterization, the 2006 film still leaves some…