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Director:
Barry Sonnenfeld
Writers (WGA):
Elmore Leonard (novel)
Scott Frank (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 October 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
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
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations more
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(40 articles)
Law Abiding Citizen
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Funny, with a terrific Travolta more (130 total)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some violence.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Company:
Jersey Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the book, Harry Zimm tells Chili Palmer that he wanted to cast Gene Hackman as the lead in his new film. Hackman, of course, portrays Harry Zimm in the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Chili is being questioned by the DEA, the ashtray on the window sill moves between shots. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Tommy Carlo: It's fucking cold outside.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Confession (2005/I) more
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Tana's Theme more

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24 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
Funny, with a terrific Travolta, 24 February 2004
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Author: rbverhoef (rbverhoef@hotmail.com) from The Hague, Netherlands

I am not sure whether I liked the movie or just John Travolta and his character Chili Palmer. I had a lot of fun watching 'Get Shorty', based on the novel by Elmore Leonard, so it doesn't really matter. The movie is about a mobster from Miami, Chili Palmer, who ends up in Los Angeles. After meeting a movie producer named Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman) he gets interested in the movie business. This is the main story, but this movie is based on an Elmore Leonard story so there are a lot of sub-plots with lots of interesting characters, all with great dialogue.

Besides Chili Palmer and Harry Zimm we meet Karen Flores (Rene Russo), an actress known for her screaming, Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) who is the hot actor of the moment, Ray Bones (Dennis Farina) who wants to collect some money that Chili has, Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo) who wants money fro Harry Zimm, Bear (James Gandolfini) who was a stuntman but now is Bo's bodyguard, Leo Devoe (David Paymer) who stole the money that brought Chili to Los Angeles and Doris (Bette Midler). All characters are colorful, have great dialogue and an interesting part in the story, but all those great things are there together with Chili. For every nice moment Travolta is present.

The actors play their characters very well. Again, Travolta is great and owns the movie, but especially Farina and Hackman do a great job as well. The movie is well directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (from 'The Addams Family'), knowing how to avoid boring moments. The story with its dialogue would be enough to make a nice movie out of it. Fortunately we have the actors and direction to make it even better and definitely more entertaining.

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