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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. [4] The film stars John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina, and Danny DeVito.
Oct 20, 1995 · Get Shorty: Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. With John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito. A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
When his New York based boss dies of a heart attack, Palmer finds himself working for Ray 'Bones' Barboni (Dennis Farina) an old rival who hates, Palmer. Bones is upset with Palmer for not collecting a loan from dry cleaner Leo Devoe (David Paymer) who was killed in an airliner crash.
With a perfect cast and a sly twist on the usual Hollywood gangster dynamic, Get Shorty delivers a sharp satire that doubles as an entertaining comedy-thriller in its own right.
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Oct 20, 1995 · In the course of "Get Shorty's" intricate plot, he follows a mob assignment from Miami to Brooklyn to Las Vegas to Los Angeles, where he finds himself sitting in the middle of the night in the living room of a sleaze merchant who produces movies with titles like "The Slime People."
A Miami loan shark goes to Hollywood to collect a debt and tries to break into the movie business. 1,779 IMDb 6.9 1 h 44 min 1995. X-Ray R. Suspense · Comedy · Intense · Strange. Free trial of Cinemax, rent, or buy.
Get Shorty. 1995 · 1 hr 45 min. R. Comedy · Crime. A gangster goes to Hollywood to collect a debt and becomes a big-time producer when he realizes the movie business runs a lot like the mob. Subtitles: English.
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.
Overview. Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, 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.
