Movie · Chili Palmer Collection

Get Shorty (1995)

• R
• October 20, 1995
• 1h 45m

• Comedy
• Thriller
• Crime

“Attitude plays a part.”

Overview

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

Director

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers

Elmore Leonard, Scott Frank

Starring

John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo