This 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.
Product Identifiers
UPC
0027616603692
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3256650
Product Key Features
Actor
Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, John Travolta
Rating
R
Edition
Standard and Letterbox
Movie/TV Title
Get Shorty
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Format
DVD
Release Year
2009
Genre
Comedy
Additional Product Features
Region Code
Region 1
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Display Format
Standard and Letterbox
LeafCats
617
Leading Role
Danny Devito, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, John Travolta