Get Shorty

1995
R
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

91K

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John Travolta, Danny DeVito, Gene Hackman, and Rene Russo in Get Shorty (1995)

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Dark Comedy Satire Comedy Crime Thriller

A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt, and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

91K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 16 nominations

Trivia
Elmore Leonard said that this is the best film adapted from one of his books.

Goofs
After he visits Martin Weir's house, Chili's minivan is pointing in a different direction.

Quotes
Ray "Bones" Barboni: I'm from Miami-fuckin'-Beach and you wanna show me the ocean, huh? And what about sun, does it ever shine around here, or is this smog around all the time?
Limo Driver With Sign: They say the smog is the reason we have such beautiful sunsets.
Ray "Bones" Barboni: That's what they say, huh? What a bunch of fuckin bullshit.

Alternate versions
A line of dialogue from John Travolta is missing from the UK 2-disc edition. The line "So You're Trying to Say You're Never Gonna Sleep Again?" comes directly after the credits as a question to Martin Ferrero's character. The line is dubbed and subtitled, and the music plays out as usual, so it's not an audio glitch. The line is present on the first UK MGM-release.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Scarlet Letter/The Celluloid Closet/Jade/Blue in the Face/Les Miserables (1995)

Soundtracks
A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
Written by Syd Wyche
Performed by Booker T. & the M.G.s (as Booker T. & The MG's)
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

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Featured review

8/10

"Get Shorty" stands honorably tall.

John Travolta followed up his "Pulp Fiction" comeback with "Get Shorty", in which he plays Miami hit-man Chili Palmer. Moving to Hollywood to collect a debt, he finds that show biz isn't much different from the mafia, and he decides to get involved. But of course, once there's anything mafia-related involved, things start to get ugly. Not that they weren't already seedy.

This movie has its strengths mainly in the script, but also in the strong performances from Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo and Danny DeVito. I guess that any time that someone gets a chance to show Hollywood's unseemly side, they take it. Of course, there's plenty of reasons to do so. The sequel, "Be Cool", wasn't quite as good, but still worth seeing.