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Get Shorty

Cast

John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito View All

Crew

Scott Frank (Screenplay), Barry Sonnenfeld (Director) View All

Release: Oct. 20th, 1995

Runtime: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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.

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Based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, this is the story of Chili Palmer (John Travolta), a Florida-based wiseguy who is sent to Hollywood to collect a debt from a third rate movie producer named Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman) and finds his work compromised by the lure of Hollywood wealth and glamour and hi....

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