Get Shorty is a 1995 film based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. It was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starred John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, and Delroy Lindo. The plot remained true to the book except for a few minor details.
The film was followed by the sequel Be Cool in 2005.
Chili Palmer (John Travolta), a Miami loan shark, clashes with another mobster, Ray "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farin...
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Get Shorty is a 1995 film based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard. It was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starred John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, and Delroy Lindo. The plot remained true to the book except for a few minor details.
The film was followed by the sequel Be Cool in 2005.
Chili Palmer (John Travolta), a Miami loan shark, clashes with another mobster, Ray "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farina), after Ray takes his jacket (his own having been stolen from a restaurant cloakroom). Chili promptly finds him, breaks his nose, and takes his jacket back. Ray goes to the barbershop where Chili has his office, but Chili is warned by the barbers and shoots first when Ray bursts through the door, grazing the top of Ray's head and causing him to flee. Ray's boss, Jimmy Cap (Alex Rocco, who appears uncredited) refuses to go to war over such a trivial matter, and chastises Ray for foolishly taking the coat in the first place. When Chili's...
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