Get Shorty (film)
1995 comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Get Shorty is a 1995 American gangster comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Scott Frank, based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name.[4] The film stars John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, Dennis Farina, and Danny DeVito. It follows Chili Palmer (Travolta), a Miami mobster and loan shark who inadvertently gets involved in Hollywood feature film production.
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Directed by | Barry Sonnenfeld |
Screenplay by | Scott Frank |
Based on | Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard |
Produced by | Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher |
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Cinematography | Donald Peterman[1] |
Edited by | Jim Miller |
Music by | John Lurie |
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Distributed by | MGM/UA Distribution Co. |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million[2] |
Box office | $115.1 million[3] |
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The sequel Be Cool was also based on an Elmore Leonard novel, released in 2005. In 2017, Get Shorty inspired a television series of the same name.