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'{{short description|1995 comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld}} {{Infobox film | name = Get Shorty | image = Get_shorty.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] | producer = [[Danny DeVito]]<br />[[Michael Shamberg]]<br />[[Stacey Sher]] | screenplay = [[Scott Frank]] | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Get Shorty]]''|[[Elmore Leonard]]}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * [[John Travolta]] * [[Gene Hackman]] * [[Rene Russo]] * Danny DeVito }}<!-- per poster --> | music = [[John Lurie]] | cinematography = [[Donald Peterman]]<ref name="latimes">{{cite news | title=Perry Moore, 'Narnia' series executive producer, dies at 39; Don Peterman, Oscar-nominated cinematographer, dies at 79; Nancy Carr, network TV publicist, dies at 50 | url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110221,0,2646777.story | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=2011-02-22 | access-date=2011-02-23 | archive-date=2013-10-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192237/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110221,0,2646777.story | url-status=live }}</ref> | editing = [[Jim Miller (film editor)|Jim Miller]] | studio = Jersey Films | distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] | released = {{Film date|1995|10|20}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $30 million<ref>{{cite web | url= https://collider.com/why-get-shorty-is-one-of-the-best-crime-comedies-ever/ | title= Why 'Get Shorty' Is One of the Best Crime Comedies Ever | work= Collider |date= October 21, 2020 | access-date= February 5, 2021 }}</ref> | gross = $115.1 million<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0113161/?ref_=bo_rl_ti |title= ''Get Shorty'' |work= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= 5 November 2011 |archive-date= 15 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201115153354/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3897918977/weekend/ |url-status= live }}</ref> }} '''''Get Shorty''''' is a 1995 American [[gangster film|gangster]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] and written by [[Scott Frank]], based on [[Elmore Leonard]]'s [[Get Shorty|novel of the same name]]. The film stars [[John Travolta]], [[Gene Hackman]], [[Rene Russo]], [[Delroy Lindo]], [[James Gandolfini]], [[Dennis Farina]], and [[Danny DeVito]]. It follows Chili Palmer (Travolta), a Miami mobster and loan shark who inadvertently gets involved in Hollywood feature film production. The sequel ''[[Be Cool]]'' was also based on an Elmore Leonard novel, released in 2005. In 2017, ''Get Shorty'' inspired a [[Get Shorty (TV series)|television series of the same name]]. ==Plot== Ernesto "Chili" Palmer is a [[Miami]]-based [[loan shark]] and movie buff. When his leather jacket is taken by rival mobster Ray "Bones" Barboni, Chili retrieves it and breaks Bones' nose. Bones ambushes him at his office, but Chili shoots first, grazing Bones' forehead. Bones' boss refuses to retaliate, reminding him that Chili is under the protection of [[Brooklyn]] mob boss Momo. After Momo dies of a heart attack, Bones takes over his operation and demands that Chili collect an outstanding debt from Leo Devoe, a dry cleaner who died in a plane crash. Chili learns from Leo's wife Faye that her husband is alive, having left the plane before takeoff; she received a settlement of $300,000, but Leo ran away with the cash. Chili tracks Leo to a [[Las Vegas]] casino and accepts an additional job to collect a large gaming debt from [[B movie]] director Harry Zimm. Surprising Harry in [[Los Angeles]] at the home of [[scream queen]] Karen Flores, Chili pitches him his real-life chasing of Leo's debt as an idea for a movie. Harry persuades Chili to help him placate his investors Bo Catlett and Ronnie Wingate, who use their limo service as a [[front organization|drug front]]. Having gambled away the pair's $200,000 investment, Harry shows him the script he really wants to make, ''Mr. Lovejoy''; he needs $500,000 to buy the rights from the writer's widow, Doris. Chili confronts Leo and takes his money to invest in the film, deciding to become a Hollywood producer, and rejects Bo's suggestion that they collaborate. Bo has left $500,000 in a locker at [[Los Angeles International Airport]] for his [[Illegal drug trade in Colombia|Colombian contacts]] to collect. A naive gangster, Yayo Portillo, is sent to collect the money but refuses after Bo warns him that [[DEA]] agents are watching the locker. At Bo's cliffside home, Yayo threatens to inform on Bo if he is arrested with the cash; Bo shoots Yayo, knocking him over the deck railing, and plans to eliminate Chili in a similar fashion. He is later visited by Mr. Escobar, a Colombian drug lord who turns out to be Yayo's uncle, who demands full repayment. Warming to Chili, Karen also wants to become a producer and arranges a meeting with Hollywood star Martin Weir, her ex-husband. Martin is intrigued by Chili's pitch and interested in playing Chili. Sensing that Harry is jealous of Chili and too stupid to realize he is being played, Bo offers him the locker money as a new investment, suggesting he send Chili to fetch it. Sensing a trap, Chili fakes out the DEA agents while confirming the presence of the money. He gets into a confrontation with Bo's enforcer, Bear, but the situation is defused when the two men start discussing Bear's former career as a stuntman. After being seduced by Doris, Harry drunkenly calls Bones, insults him, and asks for another investment; he also reveals that Chili has Leo's money. Bones flies to Los Angeles and brutally beats Harry. When Ronnie interrupts them, Bones shoots him dead and plants the gun on Harry. Bear has a change of heart about the plan to kill Chili, but Bo threatens him and his young daughter. Chili and Karen give in to their mutual attraction and take a badly injured Harry to a lunch meeting with Martin. Desperate to pay the Colombians, Bo resorts to kidnapping Karen and forcing Chili to give him Leo's money. Chili delivers the money, but Bo then orders Bear to beat him to death; during the fake scuffle, Bear maneuvers Bo into falling into a railing he had loosened earlier, thus making Bo's death look like an accident. Bones demands Leo's money at gunpoint. Chili tells him it is in the locker, and Bones walks into the DEA's trap. Sometime later, ''Get Shorty'' — the film within a film — is underway, produced by Chili and Karen, directed by Harry, starring Martin as Chili and [[Harvey Keitel]] as Bones, with Bear as stunt supervisor. When Martin's prop gun fails, Harry halts filming for the day, to Doris's displeasure as they are two weeks behind. Chili and Karen leave the lot. ==Cast== <!-- Names are in credits order and named as credited; DO NOT CHANGE. --> <!-- Cast per opening credits order. --> * [[John Travolta]] as Chili Palmer * [[Gene Hackman]] as Harry Zimm * [[Rene Russo]] as Karen Flores * [[Danny DeVito]] as Martin Weir * [[Dennis Farina]] as Ray "Bones" Barboni * [[Delroy Lindo]] as Bo Catlett * [[James Gandolfini]] as Bear * [[David Paymer]] and [[Linda Hart]] as Leo and Faye Devoe * [[Miguel Sandoval]] as Mr. Escobar * [[Martin Ferrero]] as Tommy Carlo * [[Jon Gries]] as Ronnie Wingate * [[Jacob Vargas]] as Yayo Portillo * [[Bette Midler]] as Doris Saffron * [[Renee Props]] as Nicki * [[Bobby Slayton]] as Dick Allen * [[Ron Karabatsos]] as Momo * [[Jack Conley (actor)|Jack Conley]] as Agent Dunbar * [[Bernard Hocke]] as Agent Morgan * [[Rino Piccolo]] as Waiter at Vesuvio's * [[Alfred Dennis]] as Ed the Barber * [[Ralph Manza]] as Fred the Barber * [[Patrick Breen]] as Assistant Doctor * [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] as Doorman * [[Rebeca Arthur]] as Las Vegas Waitress * [[Leslie Bega]] as Vikki Vespa (uncredited) * [[David Groh]] as Buddy Lipton (uncredited) * [[Harvey Keitel]] as Harvey Keitel (uncredited) * [[Penny Marshall]] as Penny Marshall (uncredited) * [[Alex Rocco]] as Jimmy Capp (Ray Bones' Boss) (uncredited) ''Get Shorty'' also features an appearance from the real Ernest "Chili" Palmer, a Miami loan shark and mob-connected man who inspired the original character. <ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.nydailynews.com/real-chili-palmer-article-1.705755| title=The Real Chili Palmer | author=Anne E. Kornblut | newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] | date=November 4, 1995 | access-date=23 October 2022}}</ref> ==Soundtrack== The movie features an acid- and soul-jazz themed soundtrack with songs by [[Us3]], [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]], [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]], [[DJ Greyboy|Greyboy]] and [[Medeski Martin & Wood]] alongside original compositions by [[John Lurie]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-10-30-9510300050-story.html | title='Get Shorty' Scores A Hit With Funky Soundtrack | date=October 30, 1995 | newspaper=[[Dallas Morning News]] | last=Okamoto | first=David | access-date=January 16, 2022 | via=[[Chicago Tribune]] }}</ref> The soundtrack was [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|nominated]] for a Grammy Award (1997 - Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/john-lurie | title=Artist: John Lurie | website=[[Grammy Award]] | access-date=June 14, 2017 | archive-date=November 15, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115153354/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/john-lurie/4533 | url-status=live }}</ref> ==Production== [[Warren Beatty]], [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Michael Keaton]] were offered the role of Chili Palmer but they all declined.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70032/15-fast-talking-facts-about-get-shorty |title=15 Fast-Talking Facts About Get Shorty |date=October 21, 2015 |website=www.mentalfloss.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-29-ca-7368-story.html |title=Hangin' With 'Shorty' : A Comic Hollywood Crime Novel Has Brought Out the Tough-Guy Stars--Including John Travolta|first1=PATRICK GOLDSTEIN|last1=May 29|first2=1995 12 Am|last2=Pt|date=May 29, 1995|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Sonnenfeld considered [[Samuel L. Jackson]] for the role of Bo Catlett.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/delroy-lindo-1798224092 |title=Netflix's Da 5 Bloods star Delroy Lindo on his most famous roles| website=The A.V. Club |date=7 February 2011 }}</ref> [[Steve Buscemi]] and [[Matthew McConaughey]] were considered for the role of Ronnie Wingate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/jon-gries-1798211401 |title=Jon Gries|website=The A.V. Club|date=15 May 2007 }}</ref> ==Reception== On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 56 reviews, with an average rating of 7.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "With a perfect cast and a sly twist on the usual Hollywood gangster dynamic, ''Get Shorty'' delivers a sharp satire that doubles as an entertaining comedy-thriller in its own right."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|get_shorty|Get Shorty}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 82 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Metacritic film}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade "B+" on scale of A+ to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= GET SHORTY (1995) B+ |work= [[CinemaScore]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20 }}</ref> The film was entered into the [[46th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/02_programm_1996/02_Programm_1996.html |title=Berlinale: 1996 Programme |access-date=2012-01-01 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120040013/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1996/02_programm_1996/02_Programm_1996.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film opened at #1 upon its release (10/20-22) with $12.7 million.<ref>{{cite news |title= Weekend Box Office : 'Shorty' Stands Tall in Ticket Sales |author= Robert W. Welkos |newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= 24 October 1995 |url= http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-24/entertainment/ca-60434_1_opening-weekend |access-date= 5 November 2011 |archive-date= 4 November 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104163840/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-24/entertainment/ca-60434_1_opening-weekend |url-status= live }}</ref> ''Get Shorty'' remained #1 for three consecutive weeks before being overtaken by ''[[Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?view=&yr=1995&wknd=45&p=.htm |title= Weekend Box Office November 10–12, 1995 |work= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date= 5 November 2011 |archive-date= 15 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201115153344/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1995W45/ |url-status= live }}</ref> ===Accolades=== {{Anchor|Awards|Accolades}} For his role as Chili Palmer, John Travolta received the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]]. The film also received nominations for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{wikiquote|Get Shorty}} * {{IMDb title|0113161|Get Shorty}} * {{Amg movie|135656|Get Shorty}} * {{tcmdb title|id=76162}} * {{AFI film|id=59901|title=Get Shorty}} {{Elmore Leonard}} {{Barry Sonnenfeld}} {{Danny DeVito}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Get Shorty (Film)}} [[Category:1995 films]] [[Category:1990s crime comedy films]] [[Category:1990s satirical films]] [[Category:American crime comedy films]] [[Category:American black comedy films]] [[Category:American satirical films]] [[Category:Films about Hollywood, Los Angeles]] [[Category:Films based on works by Elmore Leonard]] [[Category:Films based on American novels]] [[Category:Films directed by Barry Sonnenfeld]] [[Category:Films featuring a Best Musical or Comedy Actor Golden Globe winning performance]] [[Category:Films produced by Danny DeVito]] [[Category:Films set in casinos]] [[Category:Films set in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Films set in Miami]] [[Category:Mafia comedy films]] [[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]] [[Category:Films with screenplays by Scott Frank]] [[Category:1995 comedy films]] [[Category:1990s English-language films]] [[Category:1990s American films]]'