Overview:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.| Status: | Released (1995-10-20) |
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| Awards: | 6 wins & 16 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $72,101,622 |
| Screen: | Elmore Leonard, Scott Frank |
| Productions: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Jersey Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 8891: John Travolta - Chili Palmer
- 193: Gene Hackman - Harry Zimm
- 14343: Rene Russo - Karen Flores
- 518: Danny DeVito - Martin Weir
- 1117: Dennis Farina - Ray 'Bones' Barboni
- 18792: Delroy Lindo - Bo Catlett
- 4691: James Gandolfini - Bear
Crews
- 5174: Barry Sonnenfeld - Director - Directing
- 2235: Elmore Leonard - Novel - Writing
- 518: Danny DeVito - Producer - Production
- 5381: Michael Shamberg - Producer - Production
- 5382: Stacey Sher - Producer - Production
- 6394: John Lurie - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 9614: Donald Peterman - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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I know that no movie is perfect but for my money Get Shorty is on my short list of films that come close. As good as the book is, I believe the movie improved upon it. I have watched it a few times, it being one of those movies we might invite a friend over to watch who hasn’t seen ....
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You know what, I really love Elmore Leonard, and a part of me feels that nearly any movie made from his works is going to come out as fresh, original, and worth watching. This is the rare exception. Here they took a classic Elmore Leonard plot and made it too Hollywood for its ....
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Mobster "Chilli Palmer" (John Travolta) finds himself a bit exposed when his benefactor boss has an heart attack on his sixty-fifth birthday. Luckily for him, his new nemesis "Bones" still has an use for him - go to Hollywood and collect some gambling debts from "Harry" (Gene Hackman ....
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