Get Shorty

  • Theatrical - Wide 1995-10-20
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JoBlo's Rating

9/10

Synopsis

Loanshark Chili Palmer (Travolta) has been a gangster for as long as he can remember. When he heads to Hollywood to collect on a gambling debt from a washed-up filmmaker (Hackman), Palmer dives eagerly into the Hollywood scene.

Soon, he’s romancing a... See more “B” movie starlet (Russo), schmoozing the film star (Devito) and making the scene at the hottest Hollywood restaurants. His transformation to big-shot producer nearly complete, Chili just needs to extricate himself from the mob scene and the drug smugglers and other mobsters that are hot on his trail.

Making it in this town can be murder!

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Get Shorty

Review Date: Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Writer: Scott Frank Producers: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher Actors: John Travolta Gene Hackman Rene Russo Review: A very cool, very fresh, very slick crime flick based in and around the Hollywood movie business...

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