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This slick adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel features John Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who's been sent to L.A. to collect on a bad debt from trash movie producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), the maker of the stunning flops "Grotesque" and "Slime People." But this is Harry's lucky day, because Chili is also a film buff, and when he's done talking tough he starts pitching Harry a script idea. As everyone knows, the best background for the motion picture industry is the criminal underworld, and Chili is smoothly launched into the life of a producer: romancing a B-movie scream queen, schmoozing superstars, getting reservations in the hottest restaurants in town. However, Chili's not the only mobster wanting to turn producer. It seems that a thug named Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo), another of Harry's lenders, also wants a piece of the action. Add in a group of angry drug smugglers and there is an abundance of double- and triple-crosses, as well as plenty of wisecracks and Hollywood insider jokes. GET SHORTY crosses the line of life imitating art--and vice versa--many times, including the real Ernest "Chili" Palmer (on whom the character is based) playing a Mafia henchman. Barry Sonnenfeld's entertaining romp is a wild look at the celebrity life in Hollywood, featuring numerous cameos of stars playing themselves.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0027616603692
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3256650
Product Key Features
Actor
Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, John Travolta
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Edition
Standard and Letterbox
Rating
R
Format
DVD
Release Year
2009
Movie/TV Title
Get Shorty
Genre
Comedy
Additional Product Features
Region Code
Region 1
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
LeafCats
617
Film Country
USA
Display Format
Standard and Letterbox
Leading Role
Danny Devito, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, John Travolta
15 years later this film is still a blast to watch!!!
I don't know if it's Elmore Leonard who's excellent writing makes this film great or how right John Travolta is for the role. But I just watched this [feb. 2011] and it still is as fresh and fast paced today as it was in 1995 when it came out. It just clicks all the movie goers boxes of all time great films.
Pure gangster movie, smart dialog and that true Miami / L. A. style. We follow Chili Palmer as he owns what ever town he's in and owns his audience. The characters he bangs up against are what makes Hollywood Hollywood.
The ending, which is fine, is a little out of pace with the excitement of the rest of the film. But this is a film I could watch again.
A truly great film in that old Hollywood style. Watch it.
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I'm no good at this sort of thing so I'll just say most likely you've already see it and that is why you want to own it. If you haven't seen it and you like a movie with a good story line that will entertain you and give you some laughs this would be a good purchase for you
What a fun movie. I saw this when it came out and was waiting for the DVD. It has an all star cast. Rene Russo is sexy as ever.Danny DeVito and Gene Hackman play off of John Travolta's (Chilly Parmer) beautifully. I'm surprised the self involved and souless hollywood culture would make a film that reflects their shallowness. It is fun to watch a New Jersey Italian boy con these people so easilly and have them eating out of his hand. This movie pretty much sums up Hollywood. Love it!
This movie will surprise you big time. You start out thinking this movie is one thing and it quickly changes to another.
Chili Palmer brings gangland style neotiations into the hollywood scene, and an unusual performance by Gene Hackman as a bumbling idiot that has little ability to handle anything himself.
A surprise hit in my book and one of my favorites.
This is the ultimat movie about making a movie. Travolta's character is a collections expert (read load shark's muscle) that goes to Hollywood and decides that he wants to write a movie. He was sent their looking for a man that tried to skip out on a loan shark. A man named Shorty misses his flight but has just bought life insurance that pays off when the flight crashes on lay-off. This is a screw ball comedy about a group of people trying to get the money. It illustrates that craziness that goes into selling a movie to the Hollywood executives. It is sick and twisted in places but always fun.