Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmakerHarry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.
Publisher:Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 2005, c1995.
General Note: English, French, or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles.Special features: audio commentary by director Barry Sonnenfeld; "Get Shorty: look at me" featurette; "Get Shorty: wiseguys and dolls" featurette; "The graveyard scene" featurette; deleted graveyard scene; Going again: outakes; Get Shorty party reel; Bravo page-to-page screen look at Get Shorty; sneak peak at "Be Cool."Originally produced as motion picture in 1995.Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Don Peterman ; production design, Peter Larkin ; editor, Jim Miller ; music, John Lurie.
Participant or Performer Note: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito.