Rent Get Shorty (1995)

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Synopsis:
Drug smuggling. Racketeering. Loan sharking. Welcome to Hollywood! Loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA 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!
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Writers:
Elmore Leonard, Scott Frank
Studio:
MGM
Genres:
Comedy
Collections:
10 Films to Watch if You Like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, A History of Films about Film: Part 1, Getting to Know: Marlene Dietrich, inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2
BBFC:
Release Date:
01/02/2000
Run Time:
100 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Audio Commentary by Director Barry Sonnenfeld
  • 'Get Shorty: Look At Me' Documentary
  • 'Page To Screen Get Shorty' Documentary
  • 'Be Cool - Be Very Cool' Sneak Preview Featurette
  • 'Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls' Featurette
  • 'Get Shorty: Party Reel' Featurette
  • 'The Graveyard Scene' Featurette
  • Deleted Graveyard Scene
  • 'Going Again' Outtakes with Danny DeVito
  • Photo Gallery
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
Disc 1:
This disc includes the main feature
Disc 2:
This disc includes the following special features:
- 'Get Shorty: Look At Me' Documentary
- 'Page To Screen Get Shorty' Documentary
- 'Be Cool - Be Very Cool' Sneak Preview Featurette
- 'Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls' Featurette
- 'Get Shorty: Party Reel' Featurette
- 'The Graveyard Scene' Featurette
- Deleted Graveyard Scene
- 'Going Again' Outtakes with Danny DeVito
- Photo Gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
19/03/2012
Run Time:
100 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1
Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
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Reviews (1) of Get Shorty

Funny knock-about mob Hollywood comedy - Get Shorty review by PV

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19/07/2018

This is a good fun watch - lots of tricksy postmodernism here too. Lots of jokes about the Hollywood film industry and art imitating life.

Great performances by Gene Hackman and John Travolta who plays a 'Shylock' - a mobster calling in loans. Of course, in real life he'd have been shot dead within a week. But this is essentially fantasy - a romantic vision of the mob and Hollywood.

Some lovely in-jokes here.

4 stars

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