Get Shorty (film)
Get Shorty is a 1995 crime thriller comedy film based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, and Danny DeVito, the plot remained true to the book except for a few minor details.
A sequel, titled Be Cool, was released in 2005.
Plot
Chili Palmer, a loan shark based in Miami, clashes with mobster, Ray "Bones" Barbone over a leather jacket borrowed from Palmer at a restaurant without permission by Mr. Barbone. They have two confrontations, the first of which leaves Barbone with a broken nose. Barbone then wants his boss Jimmy Capp to go after Palmer, but he refuses, as Palmer has done nothing wrong. Barbone took the jacket without permission, and Chili's car keys were in the jacket. Jimmy also tells Bones that Chili works for another mafioso named Momo and Capp has no power over him. But soon after Palmer's boss, Momo, dies of a heart attack, Chili finds himself working for Barbone, whose first order is for Palmer to collect a loan shark debt owed by dry cleaner Leo Devoe. Devoe was believed to have been killed in a commercial airliner crash, but in truth had actually gotten off the plane, and failed to re-board because he was getting drunk in the airport bar. After the plane crash, Devoe's wife, Faye, identified his personal effects, and the airline quickly offers her an insurance check for $300,000. Faye gives Leo the insurance money, and he heads out of Miami. When Chili visits Leo's "widow" Faye, she reveals to Palmer that Leo is still alive, has left Miami, and is partying and winning money in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Get Shorty
Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name.
Plot summary
The book' s story centers on Ernest "Chili" Palmer, a small-time shylock (or loanshark) based in Miami. After a run-in with mobster Ray "Bones" Barbone over a stolen coat, Chili is sent after Leo Devoe, who has scammed an airline out of $300,000 in life insurance by faking his own death. Leo had been aboard a plane whose flight was delayed, prompting him to disembark and go drinking in the airport bar. Leo misses the plane's takeoff, and when it crashes, his "widow" receives a check for $300,000, money which Leo takes to Las Vegas.
After relieving Leo of the money in Vegas, Chili finds a more interesting assignment: the casino is looking to collect from Harry Zimm, a horror film producer based in Los Angeles. Chili, himself very interested in the movie industry, heads for L.A. to make Harry pay.
Chili lets his love of movies overshadow his collection job. He sneaks into the house of actress Karen Flores in the middle of the night, startling both Harry and Karen, who are together in bed. After he warns Harry to pay his Las Vegas markers, he explains that he has an idea for a movie. Harry is immediately taken in by Chili's charm and his movie premise, whereas Karen is still skeptical.
Be Cool
Be Cool is a 2005 American crime-comedy film adapted from Elmore Leonard's 1999 novel of the same name and the sequel to Leonard's 1990 novel Get Shorty (itself adapted into a hit 1995 film of the same name) about mobster Chili Palmer's entrance into the film industry.
The film adaptation of Be Cool began production in 2003. It was directed by F. Gary Gray, produced by Danny DeVito (who produced and co-starred in the first film), and starred John Travolta, reprising his role from the first film. The film opened in March 2005 and was released to video and DVD distribution on June 7, 2005. This was Robert Pastorelli's final film, as he died one year before its theatrical release.
Plot
Chili Palmer (John Travolta) helps Edie Athens (Uma Thurman), the widow of an executed friend, Tommy Athens (James Woods), to resurrect a record company using the talents of young and talented female vocalist and songwriter, Linda Moon (Christina Milian). The plot is complicated by several facts:
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