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Get Shorty, 1995

Starring: John Travolta, Rene Russo, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito

Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld

Written by: Elmore Leonard

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 105 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.9

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Get Shorty can be described as humorous and clever. The plot revolves around gangsters, cons and scams, and friends. Its comic aspect comes from satire and irreverent humor. Get Shorty's main genres are comedy and crime. In approach, it is realistic. It is located in Miami and Hollywood. Get Shorty takes place in the 1990s. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being a blockbuster, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that Get Shorty involves sexual content and violent content.

Summary of Get Shorty

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.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	20 October 1995
Runtime:	105 min

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John Travolta

as Chili Palmer

Rene Russo

as Karen Flores

Gene Hackman

as Harry Zimm

Danny DeVito

as Martin Weir

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Rolling Stone

One of the best movies of the year and by far the most entertaining. Full Review

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by: Peter Travers

Variety

Good, sly fun. Full Review

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by: Staff (Not credited)

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Get Shorty is a somewhat complicated tale of a low-level gangster who, by turns of fate, leaves the life of crime behind and becomes a movie producer. This is not nearly as serious as it sounds. Most of it is funny, some of it is romantic, some of... Read and rate it

20.March.2009
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by: sethdellinger
sethdellinger rated this movie0/10

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