Be Cool
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
F. Gary Gray
John Travolta
Uma Thurman
Vince Vaughn
Joyce Tolbert
Ryan Ashley
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer named Linda Moon under his wing. From the recording studio to an Aerosmith concert to the MTV Music Awards, he manipulates events to watch them play out the Chili way, using his signature blend of wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics. It's a dangerous business, and everyone's looking for their next big hit.
Director
F. Gary Gray
Cast
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John Travolta
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Uma Thurman
Vince Vaughn
Joyce Tolbert
Ryan Ashley
Alison Faulk
Ivan Velez
Karen Dyer
Frank Lloyd
Gustavo Vargas
Leon C Carswell
Fred Durst
Quinette Price
Robin Davey
Jordan Anita Moseley
Brian Christensen
Paul Pesco
Robert Lucas
Brad Whitford
Christopher Toler
Debi Mazar
Anna Nicole Smith
Dwayne Johnson
Matt Rhoade
Arielle Kebbel
Kimberly J Brown
Kimberly Wyatt
Russ Irwin
Nicole Scherzinger
Annette Nichole
Cedric The Entertainer
Margaret Travolta
Steve Maye
Vitaly Yasnogorodsky
George Fisher
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Danny De Vito
Rashad Miles
Doug Petty
Quincy Taylor
Will Harris
Alex-andre Watkins
Craig Susser
Nick Loren
Chris Lewis
Christina Milian
Joe Perry
Clifford Mcghee
Daryl Jones
Kasey Campbell
Jimi Englund
Roel Suasin
Robert Pastorelli
Nathan Prevost
Serdar Kalsin
Scott Adsit
Mervyn Lilo
Tom Hamilton
Carol Duboc
Minae Noji
Carmen Carter
Darren Carter
Corintha Henderson
Ashley Roberts
Sergio Mendes
Wyclef Jean
Gene Simmons
Noelle Scaggs
Ceasare Willis
Jerry Randolph
James Woods
Shanell Woodgett
John Powell
Christian Perry
Andrt Benjamin
Sahar Simmons
Shellee Samuels
Carmen Getit
Donyelle Denise Jones
Gregory Alan Williams
Floyd Tremmel
Autumn Perry
Anthony J Ribustello
Steve Lucky
Joey Kramer
Paul Adelstein
Jovan Clayton
Oscar Orosco
Dr. Frank Nyi
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Harvey Keitel
Alex Kubik
Micah Jenkins
Lesa Maiava
Steven Tyler
Shannon Beach
Crew
William Adams
Kimberly Adams-galligan
Danny Andres
Saundra Marie Ardito
Douglas B Arnold
Adam Avery
David Babaie
Dana Baker
Kent Baker
Ted Barba
Steve Battaglia
Ron Bedrosian
Robert Bell
Ronald Bell
Mary Pat Bentel
Dylan Berry
Dylan Berry
Robert Blackwell
Charles Fred Bobbit
Corinne Bogdonawicz
Jenifer Bonisteel
Sonny Bono
Sonny Bono
Mark Bridges
George Brown
James Brown
James Brown
R Brown
Raul A Bruce
John Bryant
Kurt Bryant
Ronald Ray Bryant
Joe Bucaro
Tony Buccola
Michelle Buhler
Gary Burritt
Stephen S. Campanelli
Chris Campbell
Kasey Campbell
Luther Campbell
Tom Carlson
Julio Carmona
Tony Castagnola
Jennifer Chantnicki
Martin Charles
Cher
Patrick Clancey
Al Clay
Al Clay
Mindee Clem
Norm Compton
Audrey A Conrad
Michael Corenblith
Bob Crewe
Karen Crutcher
Jimmy Cullen
Debbi Datz-pyle
Jeff Dawn
Joao De Campos
Danny De Vito
Michael Degtjarewsky
Eddie Del Barrio
Dan Delgado
Vinicius Demoraes
William Devaughn
William Devaughn
Cheryl Diamond
Seong Dilg
Doris Donnenberg
Anson Downes
Amanda Dragon
Carol Duboc
Fred Durst
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Mike Eaves
Thom Ehle
Jimi Englund
Jimi Englund
Victor Ennis
Chuck Eskridge
Peter Evangelatos
Linda R Favila
Mark Fitzgerald
Frank Fleming
Paul Flinchbaugh
Larry Flynn
Jordan Ford
Laura Fox
Germaine Franco
Mark Freund
Jill Gann
Michael Gardner
Carmen Getit
Nerses Gezalyan
Gilberto Gil
Mack Gordon
Andy Gose
F. Gary Gray
J Green
Taneisha Greenidge
Bob Gruen
Karin Gutman
Tom Hamilton
Monica Harmon
Ian Harrington
Barbara Harris
Laura Harris
Lori D Harris
Will Harris
Rich Harrison
J Michael Haynie
Betsy Heimann
Michael Herron
Al Hobbs
David P Hobbs
Sean Hobin
Phillip Hoffman
Dean Hurley
Dean Hurley
Dean Hurley
Gregory Irwin
Russ Irwin
Alan Jacoby
Ben Jaffe
Sheila Jaffe
Wyclef Jean
Chris Jenkins
Chris Jensen
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Audrey A Johnson
Dwayne Johnson
Harold Johnson
Kent Johnson
Pops Johnson
Tom H. Johnson
Aakomon Jones
Daryl Jones
Sheldon Kahn
Carlton Kaller
Michael Kamper
Patrick Keenan
Alicia Keys
Jeffrey L Kimball
Jeffrey L Kimball
Ahmed Kirdar
Dan Kirsten
Joey Kramer
Meti Kusari
Pat Lamagna
Tom Lamb
Louis A Lanni
Kevin Larosa
Al Laverde
John Legend
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard
Dan Lerner
Joshua Levinson
Chris Lewis
Noah Lifschey
Noah Lifschey
Harold Lilly
Stephen Lim
T.j. Lindgren
Frank Lloyd
Cookie Lopez
Nick Loren
James Lorimer
Steve Lucky
Steve Lucky
Loretta Lynn
Brian Machleit
Anna Mackenzie
Robert Malina
John Marascalco
Chemin Martinez
Chemin Martinez
Craig Matheson
Frank Matthews
Joe May
Steve Maye
James M Mccabe
Jadi Mccurdy
Albert Mckay
David J Mcmillan
Janis Mekaelian
Barbara Mendes
Sergio Mendes
Robert Mickens
Christina Milian
Devon Miller
Murray Miller
Darin Millett
Martin Milligan
Manfred Minnich
Manfred Minnich
Ralph Mock
Dan Mockenstrum
Frank Montano
Film Details
Technical Specs
Articles
Robert Pastorelli (1954-2004)
Born on June 21, 1954 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Pastorelli had dreams of becoming a boxer, but when he was just 19, he was involved in a near fatal car accident that forced him to choose another career. By the late '70s, he chose acting. After doing some theater in New York, Pastorelli found work on both television: Barney Miller, Cagney & Lacey, Hill Street Blues; and film: Outrageous Fortune, Beverly Hills Cop II (both 1987), where his beefy frame and Runyonesque demeanor almost always had him play thugs and hoodlums.
In 1988, he found fame when he was cast opposite Candice Bergen as Eldin, the house painter who could never quite finish the job in Murphy Brown. Pastorelli's likable raffishness countered well with Bergen's icy charms, and he stayed on for six seasons.
After Murphy Brown, Pastorelli continued to play variations of the streetwise character, but this time to considerable comic effect in films like: Sister Act 2 (1994), Eraser, and Michael (both 1996). He returned to television impressively when he starred in the short-lived, but critically lauded Americanized version of the British Television hit Cracker. Pastorelli had just completed work on the Get Shorty (1995) sequel Be Cool with John Travolta, which is scheduled for release later this year. He is survived by a daughter.
by Michael T. Toole
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Robert Pastorelli (1954-2004)
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring March 4, 2005
Released in United States on Video June 7, 2005
Sequel to "Get Shorty" (USA/1995) directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta and Gene Hackman.
Brett Ratner was previously attached to project.
Released in United States Spring March 4, 2005
Released in United States on Video June 7, 2005