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Actors: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Get Shorty |
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Small-time Miami hood and loan shark Chili Palmer (Travolta) works for Ray "Bones" Barboni (Farina), who sends him to Vegas to collect a large gambling debt from cowardly dry-cleaner Leo Devoe (Paymer). While in Vegas, Chili picks up a juicier assignment from a casino boss: collect from Howard Zimm (Hackman), producer of low-budget horror films out in Hollywood. While trying to shake down Zimm, Palmer becomes acquainted with his hot star Karen Flores (Russo), her ex the big movie star Martin Weir (DeVito), and various other colorful characters on the cheaper end of Hollywood, which Chili finds is not so different from his line of work. He sets out to become a movie producer himself! This is a fast, funny, and hugely entertaining 1995 movie, based on the novel by Elmore Leonard. It's one of Travolta's best roles, and most of the rest of the cast -- which includes then-unknown James Gandolfini, Bette Midler, and, as themselves, Harvey Keitel and Penny Marshall -- are not too shabby either.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Get Shorty |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminal becomes sensitive
- con-artist/white collar crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- filmmaker/producer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
- West
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- dangerous
- Miami
- Las Vegas
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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