Get Shorty details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | John Travolta, David Paymer, Danny De Vito, Gene Hackman, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina, Rene Russo |
| Director: | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Genres: | Comedy - Mature, Thriller - Crime |
| Studio: | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | Funny Films |
| Name | Discs | |
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Get Shorty |
15 Feature | |
Get Shorty - Bonus Features |
15 Bonus |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 41 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 01 Feb 2000 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Dubbed: | German, French, Spanish, Italian |
| Subtitles: | Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English, German |
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A surprising classic
By a customer from Bedford, England , 20 Sep 2003[Highly rated reviewer]
This film is based on the Elmore Leonard book of the same name. This is a hilarious satire of Hollywood. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a loan shark from Miami tracking down a deadbeat who has run off. Palmer's travels take him to Hollywood, where he meets Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman). Zimm is a producer of major motion pictures (read B horror flicks). His lover is Karen (Rene Russo). His meetings give Palmer the 'movie bug.'
Already a huge movie fan, Palmer decides to produce 'Mr. Lovejoy' a script that Zimm proclaims will be his 'Driving Miss Daisy.' The plot centres around efforts to raise the necessary money and land Martin Weir (Danny DeVito) in the lead role. Fortunately Weir is Karen's ex-husband. And Palmer has access to $300,000 generated from Las Vegas winnings of the missing deadbeat, Leo. As a further complication there is a drug dealer (Delroy Lindo) who has invested in one of Zimm's pictures. But he has gotten in trouble with his supplier for $500,000 and a missing nephew.
DeVito does a wonderful job playing the self-involved, pretentious Weir. There are wonderful comments about screenwriters. Spelling is optional, not necessary. The role of a screenwriter is just to put the commas in where they belong. Travolta is delightful as a 'nice guy' wise guy. In fact, the entire cast is just great.
The plot lines never overwhelm the film, and they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. (Note: Thanks to Pulp Fiction, studios are willing now to use non-linear plot lines on occasion.). The ending is terrific (watch for the cameo by Harvey Keitel). I saw this in the theatre and have seen it several times on video. This one is definitely a keeper.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(49)good clean murder and mayhem
By a customer , 07 Jan 2012A truly fantastic film, I loved it. John Travolta plays the part really well and I bet some of the out takes were hilarious too.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great Film
By TrogTrident (88 reviews) from Rochdale , 06 Jun 2010I'm a big fun of Leonard's book and the film isn't a bad adaptation.Travolta plays a great Chili Palmer, which was a huge surprise to me.
I'm not convinced that Gene Hackman was the right man for Harry Zimm, but that's a small gripe.
Watch it. It's a great fun film. Avoid the follow up, Be Cool. Not cool.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Good
By OriginalGooner (53 reviews) from London , 31 Aug 2008Crime comedy in which John Travolta’s Miami-based loan shark goes to Los Angeles to collect a debt and finds himself attracted to the world of the Hollywood movie business. An enjoyable couple of hours, with John Travolta effortlessly cool as the loan shark who is thinking about changing careers and getting into films, and also good turns from Gene Hackman as a movie producer, Dennis Farina and Delroy Lindo as a couple of ruthless gangsters and Danny DeVito as a Hollywood movie star.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Get Shorty
By a customer from Belfast , 27 Aug 2008Fluffy but enjoyable- Was this review helpful to you?
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Fab.......B-)
By rikerish (61 reviews) from Corsham, Engalnd , 21 May 2008If I remember right, one of the films that helped get John Travolta's career back online. Great cast, great acting, with some nice 'tongue-in-cheek' scenes.........reminded me of 'Two Days in the Valley', with a bit more grit and a lot fewer dead bodies. Well worth buying, let alone renting........As Stan Lee says.......' Nuff Said! '- Was this review helpful to you?
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