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ComedyThrillerCrime

Get Shorty

- Attitude plays a part.

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

Release Date : 1995-10-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Metro-Goldwyn-MayerJersey Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Chili Palmer: Get Shorty

Cast

John Travolta

Character Name : Chili Palmer

Original Name : John Travolta

Gender : Male

Gene Hackman

Character Name : Harry Zimm

Original Name : Gene Hackman

Gender : Male

Rene Russo

Character Name : Karen Flores

Original Name : Rene Russo

Gender : Female

Danny DeVito

Character Name : Martin Weir

Original Name : Danny DeVito

Gender : Male

Dennis Farina

Character Name : Ray 'Bones' Barboni

Original Name : Dennis Farina

Gender : Male

Delroy Lindo

Character Name : Bo Catlett

Original Name : Delroy Lindo

Gender : Male

James Gandolfini

Character Name : Bear

Original Name : James Gandolfini

Gender : Male

Jon Gries

Character Name : Ronnie Wingate

Original Name : Jon Gries

Gender : Male

Renee Props

Character Name : Nicki

Original Name : Renee Props

Gender : Female

David Paymer

Character Name : Leo Devoe

Original Name : David Paymer

Gender : Male

Martin Ferrero

Character Name : Tommy Carlo

Original Name : Martin Ferrero

Gender : Male

Miguel Sandoval

Character Name : Mr. Escobar

Original Name : Miguel Sandoval

Gender : Male

Jacob Vargas

Character Name : Yayo Portillo

Original Name : Jacob Vargas

Gender : Male

Linda Hart

Character Name : Fay Devoe

Original Name : Linda Hart

Gender : Female

Bette Midler

Character Name : Doris Saphron

Original Name : Bette Midler

Gender : Female

Bobby Slayton

Character Name : Dick Allen

Original Name : Bobby Slayton

Gender : Male

Ron Karabatsos

Character Name : Momo

Original Name : Ron Karabatsos

Gender : Male

Alison Waddell

Character Name : Bear's Daughter

Original Name : Alison Waddell

Gender : Male

Amber Waddell

Character Name : Bear's Daughter

Original Name : Amber Waddell

Gender : Male

John Cothran

Character Name : Agent Curtis

Original Name : John Cothran

Gender : Male

Jack Conley

Character Name : Agent Dunbar

Original Name : Jack Conley

Gender : Male

Bernard Hocke

Character Name : Agent Morgan

Original Name : Bernard Hocke

Gender : Male

Big Daddy Wayne

Character Name : Ray Barboni's Bodyguard

Original Name : Big Daddy Wayne

Gender : Male

Jay Montalvo

Character Name : Big Guy with Escobar

Original Name : Jay Montalvo

Gender : Male

Carlease Burke

Character Name : Rental Car Attendant

Original Name : Carlease Burke

Gender : Female

Vito Scotti

Character Name : Manager at Vesuvio's

Original Name : Vito Scotti

Gender : Male

Rino Piccolo

Character Name : Waiter at Vesuvio's

Original Name : Rino Piccolo

Gender : Male

Alfred Dennis

Character Name : Ed the Barber

Original Name : Alfred Dennis

Gender : Male

Ralph Manza

Character Name : Fred the Barber

Original Name : Ralph Manza

Gender : Male

Zed Frizzelle

Character Name : Kid at Lockers

Original Name : Zed Frizzelle

Gender : Male

Harry Victor

Character Name : Limo Driver with Sign

Original Name : Harry Victor

Gender : Male

Patrick Breen

Character Name : Resident Doctor

Original Name : Patrick Breen

Gender : Male

Barry Sonnenfeld

Character Name : Doorman

Original Name : Barry Sonnenfeld

Gender : Male

Donna W. Scott

Character Name : Screaming Woman

Original Name : Donna W. Scott

Gender : Female

Rebeca Arthur

Character Name : Las Vegas Waitress

Original Name : Rebeca Arthur

Gender : Female

Zack Phifer

Character Name : Ivy Restaurant Maitre d'

Original Name : Zack Phifer

Gender : Male

Greg Goossen

Character Name : Duke, Man at the Ivy

Original Name : Greg Goossen

Gender : Male

Jeffrey Stephan

Character Name : Bones' Buddy

Original Name : Jeffrey Stephan

Gender : Male

Ernest 'Chili' Palmer

Character Name : Bones' Buddy

Original Name : Ernest 'Chili' Palmer

Gender : Male

Leslie Bega

Character Name : Vikki Vespa

Original Name : Leslie Bega

Gender : Female

Harvey Keitel

Character Name : Himself

Original Name : Harvey Keitel

Gender : Male

Penny Marshall

Character Name : Herself

Original Name : Penny Marshall

Gender : Female

Alex Rocco

Character Name : Jimmy Capp

Original Name : Alex Rocco

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2022-10-23

I know that no movie is perfect but for my money Get Shorty is on my short list of films that come close. As good as the book is, I believe the movie improved upon it. I have watched it a few times, it being one of those movies we might invite a friend over to watch who hasn’t seen it. Plus it has surfaced a few times when I surf streaming channels and I usually stop to watch for a while, no matter where in the film I am. The ensemble cast (which includes a few lower echelon stars) is excellent and mostly look like they are having fun with it. There is violence, but not with buckets of blood. It almost seems like cartoonish violence. And of course wit and humor run through it, with a bit of satire on Hollywood thrown in. I just found out today that a sequel was made called Be Cool and a British tv series based on the book, but I like this one so much I won't even risk disappointment by watching those other entries.

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GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-14

You know what, I really love Elmore Leonard, and a part of me feels that nearly any movie made from his works is going to come out as fresh, original, and worth watching. This is the rare exception. Here they took a classic Elmore Leonard plot and made it too Hollywood for its own good. And then they tried a bit hard to make it too much like a Pulp Fiction film, but with less bleak comedy and more slapstick comedy. You still have Leonard's unique originality...but the story has been raped and what's left is trash.

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-15

Mobster "Chilli Palmer" (John Travolta) finds himself a bit exposed when his benefactor boss has an heart attack on his sixty-fifth birthday. Luckily for him, his new nemesis "Bones" still has an use for him - go to Hollywood and collect some gambling debts from "Harry" (Gene Hackman). This fellow produces the kind of horror films that would have made Roger Corman blush, but he's a bit smarter than the average bear so is soon trying to manoeuvre his new friend into a career in the movies. Not acting in them, but producing them - and suddenly "Chilli" realises that he already has quite a few of the skills necessary to coax, cajole and plain old extort from just about everyone to fund a vehicle for "Karen" (Rene Russo). They use established star "Weir" (Danny DeVito) as a consultant and try to con the dapper drug-peddling "Catlett" (Delroy Lindo) out of half a million dollars to pay the bills - well someone's bills. Travolta is on good form here with a tongue in cheek, less-is-more, style of delivery but it's really Hackman who steals the show. His sharp and opportunistic character pokes fun at the film industry from funding to casting to filming in quite an entertaining fashion, and Russo complements well as the high maintenance woman who used to date "Weir". Who hasn't dated who in this town? The joke does wear a bit thin after a while, but for the most part it's a charismatic affair with a cast gelling well to deliver this amiable adaptation of the Elmore Leonard send up of the mob and the movies. It's dated a bit, but still worth a watch.