Get Shorty
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Barry Sonnenfeld
Patrick Breen
Rebeca Arthur
Xavier Montalvo
Rene Russo
Amber Waddell
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Chili Palmer is a Miami loanshark who's sent to Los Angeles to collect on a gambling debt from film producer Harry Zimm. Harry's luck may have changed though; Chili is a big movie fan--even of the B-movie screamers that Harry churns out. Instead of breaking Harry's legs, Chili figures--what the hell--and pitches him an idea that could be the break of Harry's career. Chili soon discovers that loansharking was the perfect training ground for making movies... you have to be ruthless to make it in Hollywood.
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast
Patrick Breen
Rebeca Arthur
Xavier Montalvo
Rene Russo
Amber Waddell
Rino Piccolo
Vito Scotti
Gene Hackman
Stephanie Kemp
David Paymer
James Gandolfini
Dennis Farina
Harry Victor
John Cothran
Donna W Scott
Bernard Hocke
Ralph Manza
Jeffrey J Stephan
Martin Ferrero
Jack Conley
John Travolta
Carlease Burke
Ernest Palmer
Danny De Vito
Barry Sonnenfeld
Jon Gries
Ron Karabatsos
Greg Goossen
Jacob Vargas
Bobby Slayton
Renee Props
Bette Midler
Zed Frizzelle
Miguel Sandoval
Alison Waddell
William Acedo
Delroy Lindo
Zack Phifer
Big Daddy Wayne
Linda Hart
Alfred Dennis
Crew
Todd J Adelman
Wendy Altman
Mike Anderson
Steve Arnold
Trisha Barnhart
Dondi Bastone
Jeffrey Berk
David Bernstein
Steven R Bernstein
Gary Bierend
Scott Blakney
David Boulton
Kareen Boursier
Becky Brake
Michelle Buhler
Joe Buras
Gary Burritt
Kathleen Campbell
Kam Chan
Ben Cheah
Linda R Chen
Richard Chouinard
Marko Costanzo
Don Coufal
Steve Craft
Alan B. Curtiss
Charlie Daboub
Dave Daunt
Maggie Davis
Danny De Vito
Lee Dichter
Patrick Dillett
Malcolm Doran
Lance Doty
Ezra Dweck
Juno J. Ellis
Georgia Evangelatos
Scott Farber
Tony Faulkner
Emily Ferry
Chris Fielder
Jene Fielder
Gary Romolo Fiorelli
Scott Frank
Audree Futterman
Rob Garlow
Russell Garron
Wilma Garscadden-gahret
Eugene Gearty
Craig Gentry
Danny Gill
Lewis Goldstein
Robert J Goldstein
Otniel Gonzalez
Adam Goodman
Greg Goossen
Robby Green
Mindy Grieger
Betsy Heimann
Gary Hellerstein
John Steele Hill
Gary Holland
Tom Hrupcho
Robert Huberman
David Jernigan
Krintin Frances Jones
David Kaufman
Harvey Keitel
Erin Kemp
Stephanie Kemp
Frank Kern
Dan Kerns
Julia Kim
Corinna Korpi
Michael Koz
Annette Kudrak
Richard Lamphiear
Peter Larkin
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard
Lou Leucart
Violet Leupen
Joshua Levinson
Jeff Levison
Blake Leyh
Skip Lievsay
Julie Lindner
Ed Lipscomb
Richard Lorenzana
Susan M Lorenzana
Marcel Lundberg
John Lurie
Bobby Mackston
William Magill
Penny Marshall
Sherry Marshall
Micheal Mcallister
Stan Mcclain
Douglas Mckay
Dave Mcmillan
Jim Miller
Brian D Mills
Michelle Minyon
Jeffrey A Murrell
Amy Ness
Errol Nofziger
Jim Ondrejko
Joseph Ondrejko
Eliza Paley
Glenfield Payne
Amy Pearson
Don Peterman
Jay Peterman
Beriau Picard
Suzanne Pillsbury
Graham Place
Graham Place
Paul Plannette
Karyn Rachtman
David Rawley
Satsunderta Reid
Susan Ringo
Scott Andrew Robertson
Leslie Rollins
Sabrina A Rosen
Eric Rosenberg
Sara Rychtarik
Ken Schretzmann
Fred Scialla
Ronald Scott
Scott Sener
Michael Shamberg
Stacey Sher
Seth I Shire
Barry Sonnenfeld
Stephen St John
Stephen St John
Mike Stanwick
Jeffrey Stephan
Calvin Sterry
Ben Stiller
Lori Stilson
Gail Stockton
Philip Stockton
Joanne Strangman
James Taylor
Joy Taylor
Joan Skelton Thomas
Lisa Christine Thomas
Don Tomich
Alison Treleaven
Rob Valois
Scottie Van De Mark
Zoran Veselic
Michael Viola
Steve Visscher
Justin Walker
Jeffrey S Wexler
Ellen Wong
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the eighth annual (1995) Scripter Award, given by the Friends of the University of Southern California Libraries, for the best film adaptation of a book.
Released in United States Fall October 20, 1995
Released in United States on Video May 28, 1996
Released in United States February 1996
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 15-26, 1996.
Scott Frank was nominated for the 1995 award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Project was once in development for Paul Heller.
Project was previously in development at TriStar Pictures.
John Travolta received a reported $5 million for this film.
Began shooting January 17, 1995.
Completed shooting April 18, 1995.
Released in United States Fall October 20, 1995
Released in United States on Video May 28, 1996
Released in United States February 1996 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 15-26, 1996.)
