Stars: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Summary: 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.

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Aspect Ratio:	Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Get Shorty Look At Me Documentary, Page To Screen Get Shorty Documentary, Be Cool Be Very Cool Sneak Preview Featurette, Get Shorty Wiseguys And Dolls Featurette, Get Shorty Party Reel Featurette, The Graveyard Scene Featurette, Deleted Graveyard Scene, Going Ag
Subtitles:	Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Spanish
Year:	1995
Release Date:	March 21, 2005
Runtime:	101 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	10005390
Keywords:	Special, Comedy, General, Edition, Wide, Screen, Get, Shorty
Genre:	Comedy