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- It is a sequel to "Get Shorty" (1995), which was based on a novel by Elmore Leonard just as this is based on a sequel to that novel.
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English. Budget. $53–75 million [2] [3] Box office. $95.8 million [2] Be Cool is a 2005 American crime comedy film based on Elmore Leonard 's 1999 novel of the same name and the sequel to Leonard's 1990 novel Get Shorty (itself adapted into a 1995 film of the same name) about mobster Chili Palmer's entrance into the music industry.
Mar 3, 2005 · It is a sequel to "Get Shorty" (1995), which was based on a novel by Elmore Leonard just as this is based on a sequel to that novel. Travolta once again plays Chili Palmer, onetime Miami loan shark, who in the first novel traveled to Los Angeles to collect a debt from a movie producer, and ended up pitching him on a movie based on the story of ...
Mar 11, 2005 · Mar 11, 2005. 0. Be Cool" is a sequel to "Get Shorty," 1995's rich, dark comedic satire of Hollywood and criminals, but perhaps it's best not to dwell too much on that. "Be Cool" has...
Mar 11, 2020 · Here's a cast and character guide for 2005 sequel Be Cool. Following his comeback with 1994's Pulp Fiction, John Travolta embarked on a string of hits, including John Woo's Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Phenomenon. His first post-Pulp Fiction success was 1995's Get Shorty, which was based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. Travolta was ...
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Mar 4, 2005 · In the sequel to 1995's 'Get Shorty,' John Travolta is all swagger and one-liners, reprising his role as shylock/movie producer Chili Palmer. This time around, Chili abandons the fickle film industry for the ever-so-stable world of music, in an effort to discover the next big pop sensation and thus save the beautiful Edie's (Uma Thurman) ailing ...
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- Comedy, Crime, Music
- F. Gary Gray
- 2005-03-04
Mar 2, 2005 · “Be Cool” is the sequel to 1995’s “Get Shorty,” a film about a gangster named Chili Palmer (John Travolta) who makes it big in Hollywood as a producer. In the sequel, the aforementioned...
John Travolta is back as Chili Palmer in "Be Cool", a sequel to the comedy smash "Get Shorty". This time, Chili becomes a different kind of "hit" man—he abandons the movie industry to bring his wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics to the music business.
