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Get Shorty

Attitude plays a part.

6.5 / 10 1995 1h 45mR English
ComedyThrillerCrime

Storyline

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. 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.

Cast & Crew

John Travolta

John Travolta

Chili Palmer

Lead
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Harry Zimm

Rene Russo

Rene Russo

Karen Flores

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Martin Weir

Dennis Farina

Dennis Farina

Ray 'Bones' Barboni

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Bo Catlett

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

Bear

Jon Gries

Jon Gries

Ronnie Wingate

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Barry Sonnenfeld's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Get Shorty is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker