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Skadinavian Edition, PAL/Region 2 Blu-Ray 1080p High Definition Widescreen DTS-HD Master Audio: Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, English. Audio: English. Features:Audio commentary by director Barry Sonnefeld, "Get Shorty: Look at Me" featurette."Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls" featurette"The Graveyard Scene" featuretteDeleted Graveyard SceneGoing Again: OuttakesGet Shorty Party Reel. Drug smuggling. Racketeering. Loan Sharking. Welcomeito Hollywood!Golden Globe winner John Travolta leads an all-star cast in the hysterical comedy that Times calls "smart, shrewdly crafted and hilarious!"Loan shark Chili palmer (Travola) is bored with the business. So when he arrives in L.A. to collect a debt from down and out filmmaker Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), Chili talks tough.. and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir (Danny Devito), romances B-movie queen Karen Flores (Rene Russo) and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town. In fact, all would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it weren't for the drug smugglers and the angry mobster who won't leave him alone!
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When I head John Travolta was heading the cast of a film based on an Elmore Leonard novel, I thought 'Tarantino!'. But Get Shorty isn't a Tarantino film, literally or stylistically. Travolta's character, Chili Palmer, is a crook with a heart of gold - he realises quite early on in this film that what he wants to do is 'make movies', and the ensuing cocktail of filmmaking and crime is very entertaining, flirting vaguely with the same ground as 'The Player'. JT is easily as good in this film as he is in Pulp Fiction. And one of the greatest things about this film is that, for once, Gene Hackman isn't being forced to play a ruthless baddie (as he is in 99% of his films) - his character here, Harry Zimm, is a likeable loser.
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The plot of this film sounds a bit like tarantino, but its not. Shylock Chilli Palmer (Travolta) goes to hollywood, ostensibly to collect a debt but, like everyone else in the film, wants to make movies. The cast is brilliant including the much underated Delroy Lindo, a not-used enough Dennis Farina and a beardy James Gandolfini. Travolta and Lindo both play gangster-types who want to break into production, this leads to some scenes of unbridled comedy. Travolta's character is not a million miles away from Pulp Fiction's Vincent Vega, less prone to violence and a hundred times as clever, but still retaining that greased hard-man image. It is a light-hearted film, brilliant characters, a good plot, an ending that will either have you laughing uncontrollably or holding your hands out saying "Thats not an ending". All in all, Genious.
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This is a brilliant movie. Amazing cast, at their best, with a delightfull tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. The plot twists back and forth, and unlike most movies, the twists are actually fun.
Basically a tale about a mobster turned producer with a heart of gold and Hollywood at his feet. Highly recommended!
Basically a tale about a mobster turned producer with a heart of gold and Hollywood at his feet. Highly recommended!
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Revisiting
Just read the book had seen the film when it was first released. Great value and fun for a Monday night viewing
Published 2 months ago by Violet Weldon
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How come we all missed Be Cool when it was first released - another great movie from an Elmore Leonard book. John Travolta as Chilli Palmer oozes cool and Uma Thurman oozes... Read more
Published 7 months ago by bellscamper
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Not short on quality
Still hot after his career reviving turn in Pulp Fiction [DVD] John Travolta stars as ice-cool Miami loan shark Chili Palmer. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Scaroth, Last of the Jagaroth
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Funny and clever - one of my favourites!
This is one of my favourite movies. It is a humorous commentary on hollywood, is liberally sprinkled with clever references that you keep discovering. Read more
Published on 13 May 2011 by x iLeon
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This is an enjoyable movie, with a number of likable characters (even the bad guys), fast-paced dialogue (subtitles on are recommended for non-English viewers), and an impressively... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2011 by F. Panin
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Get Special Features
I was a little confused reading some of the reviews for this film, so allow me to maybe help clarify some details... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2010 by DavrosDigital
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Comedy Heaven
Get Shorty is one of the funniest comedies ever,everyone involved is on top form and John Travolta especially as Chilli Palmer,the follow up Be Cool was a big letdown,in my opinion... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2009 by Douglas george hall
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Caught shorty!
Excellent film, completely hooked on it. I like to laugh, this one does it for me! Which is more than I can say for a lot of American films. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by Catherine Kennedy
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Classic - stylish, fast, funny
This is an excellent film. It has an off beat and unpredictable story that you haven't seen before and can't predict. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2009 by Mr. M. Poole
3.0 out of 5 stars
a run-of-the-mill and easily forgettable bad-guy film
I didn't enjoy watching Get Shorty and I don't think this was solely because it had John Travolta,Gene Hackman and Danny De vito in it and I was expecting a more... Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2007 by dan the fan
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