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Overview
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Release Date:
20 October 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
Attitude Plays a Part. more
Plot:
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job. full summary | add synopsis
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Hollywood
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Mobster
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Loan Shark
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 5 wins
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9 nominations
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(45 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Travolta | ... | Chili Palmer |
 | Gene Hackman | ... | Harry Zimm |
 | Rene Russo | ... | Karen Flores |
 | Danny DeVito | ... | Martin Weir |
 | Dennis Farina | ... | Ray 'Bones' Barboni |
 | Delroy Lindo | ... | Bo Catlett |
 | James Gandolfini | ... | Bear |
 | Jon Gries | ... | Ronnie Wingate |
 | Renee Props | ... | Nicki |
 | David Paymer | ... | Leo Devoe |
| Martin Ferrero | ... | Tommy Carlo |
 | Miguel Sandoval | ... | Mr. Escobar |
 | Jacob Vargas | ... | Yayo Portillo |
| Linda Hart | ... | Fay Devoe |
| Bobby Slayton | ... | Dick Allen |
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Rated R for language and some violence.
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Runtime:
105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 |
USA:R (certificate #33866) |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Netherlands:12 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:14A (DVD rating) |
Denmark:16 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (w) |
Ireland:15 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Taiwan:R-18 |
UK:15
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Trivia:
When shown as an in-flight movie on some airlines, the dialogue was altered to describe a train wreck, even though the crash investigation was clearly happening in an airport hangar.
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Continuity: Items on Harry's desk change and move around when he is talking to Ray Bones.
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Referenced in Grace and the Storm (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Tana's Theme
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John Travolta followed up his "Pulp Fiction" comeback with "Get Shorty", in which he plays Miami hit-man Chili Palmer. Moving to Hollywood to collect a debt, he finds that show biz isn't much different from the mafia, and he decides to get involved. But of course, once there's anything mafia-related involved, things start to get ugly. Not that they weren't already seedy.
This movie has its strengths mainly in the script, but also in the strong performances from Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo and Danny DeVito. I guess that any time that someone gets a chance to show Hollywood's unseemly side, they take it. Of course, there's plenty of reasons to do so. The sequel, "Be Cool", wasn't quite as good, but still worth seeing.