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Movie
description |
-John
Travolta
-Gene
Hackman
-Rene
Russo
-Danny
DeVito
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.
Portions
of
this
page
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1948-2006
Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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