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John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo and Danny De Vito in...

Get Shorty

( Catalog Number ML107093 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Audio Commentary by Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Deleted Scene
Original Theatrical Trailer

Get Shorty
1995 - 105 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
This slick adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel features John Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who's been sent to L.A. to collect on a bad debt from trash movie producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), the maker of the stunning flops "Grotesque" and "Slime People." But this is Harry's lucky day, because Chili is also a film buff, and when he's done talking tough he starts pitching Harry a script idea. As everyone knows, the best background for the motion picture industry is the criminal underworld, and Chili is smoothly launched into the life of a producer: romancing a B-movie scream queen, schmoozing superstars, getting reservations in the hottest restaurants in town. However, Chili's not the only mobster wanting to turn producer. It seems that a thug named Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo), another of Harry's lenders, also wants a piece of the action. Add in a group of angry drug smugglers and there is an abundance of double- and triple-crosses, as well as plenty of wisecracks and Hollywood insider jokes. GET SHORTY crosses the line of life imitating art--and vice versa--many times, including the real Ernest "Chili" Palmer (on whom the character is based) playing a Mafia henchman. Barry Sonnenfeld's entertaining romp is a wild look at the celebrity life in Hollywood, featuring numerous cameos of stars playing themselves.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A gangster is looking to get away from crooked deals and double-crossing people but ends up in the movie business anyway in this comic crime story. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami-based loan collector for the mob trying to collect a gambling debt. His assignment takes him to Hollywood to collect money from Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), a mildly sleazy producer of low-budget horror movies. Although Chili intends to hurt Harry if necessary, he takes a certain liking to him and an even keener interest in Karen (Rene Russo), Harry's girlfriend, whom Chili recognizes from Harry's Grade B monster epics. It seems Harry has a script that he feels is Academy Award material, and he could get the project off the ground if he could get the right actor for the lead say, the well-respected but egocentric (and diminutive) Martin Weir (Danny De Vito). Chili thinks he has a feel for the movie business and decides to see what he can do to persuade Weir to get behind the project. Chili soon finds himself hip deep in the film industry, which at least puts him in contact with a higher grade of scumbags than he's used to. But Chili isn't the only criminal Harry's been dealing with; he's been obtaining financing from Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo), a drug dealer with a highly uncertain temperament. An intelligently constructed crime story and a hilarious look at the absurdities of the film business, Get Shorty was based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard; Leonard based Chili on a real-life former gangster of his acquaintance, though Chili's model never worked in Hollywood. --- Mark Deming

Peopled with a large cast of fascinating characters, Get Shorty is a sharp, funny look at the not-so-separate worlds of crime and Hollywood. Director Barry Sonnenfeld and writer Scott A. Frank capture the intricate plotting and masterful dialogue of Elmore Leonard's novel; as Chili, the gangster itching to get into the movie business, John Travolta follows up on the relaxed charm he exuded in his previous film, the career-reviving Pulp Fiction (1994). Though other movies have taken satirical stabs at the entertainment world, few have so gleefully portrayed the corrupting nature of the industry's promises of fame and fortune. Shorty is not a dark, nightmarish vision of Hollywood like The Player (1992) or The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), but a comic exaggeration of the appetites and personalities on display in the real thing. --- Matthew Doberman

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Cast for Get Shorty

John Travolta - Chili Palmer
Gene Hackman - Harry Zimm
Rene Russo - Karen Flores
Danny De Vito - Martin Weir
Dennis Farina - Ray "Bones" Barboni
Delroy Lindo - Bo Catlett
Bette Midler - Doris
David Paymer - Leo Devoe
Jeffrey J. Stephan - Bones' Buddy
Penny Marshall - Herself
Ralph Manza - Fred The Barber
Miguel Sandoval - Mr. Escobar
Bobby Slayton - Dick Allen
Vito Scotti - Manager At Vesuvio's
Zach Phifer - Ivy Restaurant Maitre D'
Renee Props - Nicki
Barry Sonnenfeld - Doorman
Alex Rocco - Buddy (Martin Weir's agent)
Jacob Vargas - Yayo Portillo
Jack Conley - Agent Dunbar
John Cothran, Jr. - Agent Curtis
Alfred Dennis - Ed The Barber
Rebeca Arthur - Las Vegas Waitress
Carlease Burke - Rental Car Attendant
Patrick Breen - Resident Doctor
Harvey Keitel - Himself
Bernard Hocke - Agent Morgan
Linda Hart - Fay Devoe
Ron Karabatsos - Momo
Martin Ferrero - Tommy Carlo
James Gandolfini - Bear
Jon Gries - Ronnie Wingate
Greg Goossen - Duke, Man At The Ivy

Crew for Get Shorty

Eric Mansker - Stunts
Alan B. Curtiss - First Assistant Director
Debra Zane - Casting
Michael Shamberg - Producer
Barry Sonnenfeld - Executive Producer / Director
Stacey Sher - Producer
Leslie Rollins - Set Designer
Erin Kemp - Set Designer
Susan Ringo - Associate Producer
David Rubin - Casting
Jeff Wexler - Sound/Sound Designer
Gary Holland - Sound/Sound Designer
Don Coufal - Sound/Sound Designer
Jim Miller - Editor
Jophery Brown - Stunts
Michelle Buhler - Makeup
Doc Duhame - Stunts
Danny De Vito - Producer
Steve Arnold - Art Director
Mark Riccardi - Stunts
Graham Place - Co-producer
John Lurie - Composer (Music Score)
Donald Peterman - Cinematographer
Scott A. Frank - Screenwriter
Betsy Faith Heimann - Costume Designer
Elmore Leonard - Book Author
Peter Larkin - Production Designer

Feature Details

Title: Get Shorty
Feature Release Date: 1995
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 105 Minutes
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

Catalog Number: ML107093
UPC: 027616709363
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video

Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ML107093-N
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare Factory-Sealed, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, LaserDisc Movie

Near-Mint Condition with several splits and a tear in shrink-wrap

John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo and Danny De Vito in...

Get Shorty

( Catalog Number ML107093 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Audio Commentary by Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Deleted Scene
Original Theatrical Trailer

Get Shorty
1995 - 105 min. - Color
Genre: Comedy
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
This slick adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel features John Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who's been sent to L.A. to collect on a bad debt from trash movie producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), the maker of the stunning flops "Grotesque" and "Slime People." But this is Harry's lucky day, because Chili is also a film buff, and when he's done talking tough he starts pitching Harry a script idea. As everyone knows, the best background for the motion picture industry is the criminal underworld, and Chili is smoothly launched into the life of a producer: romancing a B-movie scream queen, schmoozing superstars, getting reservations in the hottest restaurants in town. However, Chili's not the only mobster wanting to turn producer. It seems that a thug named Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo), another of Harry's lenders, also wants a piece of the action. Add in a group of angry drug smugglers and there is an abundance of double- and triple-crosses, as well as plenty of wisecracks and Hollywood insider jokes. GET SHORTY crosses the line of life imitating art--and vice versa--many times, including the real Ernest "Chili" Palmer (on whom the character is based) playing a Mafia henchman. Barry Sonnenfeld's entertaining romp is a wild look at the celebrity life in Hollywood, featuring numerous cameos of stars playing themselves.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
A gangster is looking to get away from crooked deals and double-crossing people but ends up in the movie business anyway in this comic crime story. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami-based loan collector for the mob trying to collect a gambling debt. His assignment takes him to Hollywood to collect money from Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), a mildly sleazy producer of low-budget horror movies. Although Chili intends to hurt Harry if necessary, he takes a certain liking to him and an even keener interest in Karen (Rene Russo), Harry's girlfriend, whom Chili recognizes from Harry's Grade B monster epics. It seems Harry has a script that he feels is Academy Award material, and he could get the project off the ground if he could get the right actor for the lead say, the well-respected but egocentric (and diminutive) Martin Weir (Danny De Vito). Chili thinks he has a feel for the movie business and decides to see what he can do to persuade Weir to get behind the project. Chili soon finds himself hip deep in the film industry, which at least puts him in contact with a higher grade of scumbags than he's used to. But Chili isn't the only criminal Harry's been dealing with; he's been obtaining financing from Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo), a drug dealer with a highly uncertain temperament. An intelligently constructed crime story and a hilarious look at the absurdities of the film business, Get Shorty was based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard; Leonard based Chili on a real-life former gangster of his acquaintance, though Chili's model never worked in Hollywood. --- Mark Deming

Peopled with a large cast of fascinating characters, Get Shorty is a sharp, funny look at the not-so-separate worlds of crime and Hollywood. Director Barry Sonnenfeld and writer Scott A. Frank capture the intricate plotting and masterful dialogue of Elmore Leonard's novel; as Chili, the gangster itching to get into the movie business, John Travolta follows up on the relaxed charm he exuded in his previous film, the career-reviving Pulp Fiction (1994). Though other movies have taken satirical stabs at the entertainment world, few have so gleefully portrayed the corrupting nature of the industry's promises of fame and fortune. Shorty is not a dark, nightmarish vision of Hollywood like The Player (1992) or The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), but a comic exaggeration of the appetites and personalities on display in the real thing. --- Matthew Doberman

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Cast for Get Shorty

John Travolta - Chili Palmer
Gene Hackman - Harry Zimm
Rene Russo - Karen Flores
Danny De Vito - Martin Weir
Dennis Farina - Ray "Bones" Barboni
Delroy Lindo - Bo Catlett
Bette Midler - Doris
David Paymer - Leo Devoe
Jeffrey J. Stephan - Bones' Buddy
Penny Marshall - Herself
Ralph Manza - Fred The Barber
Miguel Sandoval - Mr. Escobar
Bobby Slayton - Dick Allen
Vito Scotti - Manager At Vesuvio's
Zach Phifer - Ivy Restaurant Maitre D'
Renee Props - Nicki
Barry Sonnenfeld - Doorman
Alex Rocco - Buddy (Martin Weir's agent)
Jacob Vargas - Yayo Portillo
Jack Conley - Agent Dunbar
John Cothran, Jr. - Agent Curtis
Alfred Dennis - Ed The Barber
Rebeca Arthur - Las Vegas Waitress
Carlease Burke - Rental Car Attendant
Patrick Breen - Resident Doctor
Harvey Keitel - Himself
Bernard Hocke - Agent Morgan
Linda Hart - Fay Devoe
Ron Karabatsos - Momo
Martin Ferrero - Tommy Carlo
James Gandolfini - Bear
Jon Gries - Ronnie Wingate
Greg Goossen - Duke, Man At The Ivy

Crew for Get Shorty

Eric Mansker - Stunts
Alan B. Curtiss - First Assistant Director
Debra Zane - Casting
Michael Shamberg - Producer
Barry Sonnenfeld - Executive Producer / Director
Stacey Sher - Producer
Leslie Rollins - Set Designer
Erin Kemp - Set Designer
Susan Ringo - Associate Producer
David Rubin - Casting
Jeff Wexler - Sound/Sound Designer
Gary Holland - Sound/Sound Designer
Don Coufal - Sound/Sound Designer
Jim Miller - Editor
Jophery Brown - Stunts
Michelle Buhler - Makeup
Doc Duhame - Stunts
Danny De Vito - Producer
Steve Arnold - Art Director
Mark Riccardi - Stunts
Graham Place - Co-producer
John Lurie - Composer (Music Score)
Donald Peterman - Cinematographer
Scott A. Frank - Screenwriter
Betsy Faith Heimann - Costume Designer
Elmore Leonard - Book Author
Peter Larkin - Production Designer

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