Get Shorty
Attitude plays a part.
Overview
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. 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.
- Budget
- $30,250,000
- Revenue
- $115,101,622
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Jersey Films
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Cast
John Travolta
Chili Palmer
Gene Hackman
Harry Zimm
Rene Russo
Karen Flores
Danny DeVito
Martin Weir
Dennis Farina
Ray 'Bones' Barboni
Delroy Lindo
Bo Catlett
James Gandolfini
Bear
Jon Gries
Ronnie Wingate
Renee Props
Nicki
David Paymer
Leo Devoe
Martin Ferrero
Tommy Carlo
Miguel Sandoval
Mr. Escobar
Jacob Vargas
Yayo Portillo
Linda Hart
Fay Devoe
Bette Midler
Doris Saphron
Bobby Slayton
Dick Allen
Ron Karabatsos
Momo
John Cothran
Agent Curtis
Jack Conley
Agent Dunbar
Bernard Hocke
Agent Morgan
Crew
- Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Writers
- Scott Frank
- Cinematography
- Donald Peterman
- Composer
- John Lurie
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Peter McGinn
October 23, 2022
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 excell…
GenerationofSwine
January 14, 2023
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 rap…
CinemaSerf
April 15, 2024
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 ac…