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Chili Palmer is a loan shark heading off to LA to track down a man called Leo, who owes him money. On his travels he meets a producer and his actress girlfriend and together they set about recruiting actor Martin Weir for a part in their movie.Product Identifiers
EAN5050070000092
eBay Product ID (ePID)3944476
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleGet Shorty
ActorGene Hackman, Delroy Lindo, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, David Paymer, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina, John Travolta
DirectorBarry Sonnenfeld
Subtitle LanguageDanish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish
FormatDVD
Release Year2000
LanguageEnglish
Features8 Page Booklet\Interactive Menu Screens\Chapter Search\Original Theatrical Trailer, Widescreen, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Wide Screen
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - "...All the elements finally jelled, goosed by a terrific John Travolta performance..." -- Rating: A-, Rolling Stone - ...Elmore Leonard's deliciously profane dialogue gives a great cast, led by John Travolta, a feast to dine upon....GET SHORTY gets it wonderfully right..., Variety - ...GET SHORTY is good, sly fun. With John Travolta putting on a dazzling demonstration of what being a movie star is all about..., USA Today - "...Sizzling supporting performances by Dennis Farina and Delroy Lindo....[Travolta] oozes cool without breaking a sweat..." -- 3 out of 4 stars, Sight and Sound - ...GET SHORTY is certainly entertaining...
AuthorElmore Leonard
Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian
Hearing ImpairedEnglish\German
Additional InformationThis 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.
Movie/TV TitleGet Shorty
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\Stereo