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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, John Travolta and more, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
- (87K)
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- 1995-10-20
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 ...
- $30 million
- John Lurie
- October 20, 1995
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...
- (1.4K)
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- R
- John Travolta
A Miami loan shark goes to Hollywood to collect a debt and tries to break into the movie business. 1,766 IMDb 6.9 1 h 44 min 1995. X-Ray R. Suspense · Comedy · Intense · Strange. Free trial of Cinemax, rent, or buy. Watch with Cinemax.
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job. He pitches a story to a producer, gets involved in a drug deal, and tries to sign a star for his film.
Oct 20, 1995 · 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.
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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.