John Travolta
Chili Palmer
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Get Shorty
2017
Get Shorty is a 1995 American gangster comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Scott Frank, based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. The film stars John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina, and Danny DeVito. It follows Chili Palmer (Travolta), a Miami mobster and loan shark ...
Oct 20, 1995 · A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job. Starring Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito and John Travolta, based on Elmore Leonard's novel.
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- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- 1995-10-20
A mobster-turned-movie producer in Hollywood faces various challenges and threats in this comedy crime show. Watch the trailer, browse episodes, see cast and crew, and read user and critic reviews on IMDb.
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- 2017-08-13
- Comedy, Crime
- 60
Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farina), to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), a Hollywood ...
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- Barry Sonnenfeld
- R
- John Travolta
John Travolta stars as a Miami loan shark who dreams of making movies and gets involved in a Hollywood scheme. Read Roger Ebert's analysis of the plot, dialogue and characters in this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel.
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the comedy film Get Shorty, based on Elmore Leonard's novel. See the full cast and crew list, including John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, and more.
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Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into an eponymous film, and in 2017 it was adapted into a television series of the same name. Plot summary. The story is about Ernesto "Chili" Palmer, a small-time loan shark based in Miami.
