Get Shorty (1995)

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6.9	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Barry Sonnenfeld

Starring (View all)

John Travolta
Chili Palmer

Gene Hackman
Harry Zimm

Rene Russo
Karen Flores

Danny DeVito
Martin Weir

Dennis Farina
Ray 'Bones' Barboni

Delroy Lindo
Bo Catlett

James Gandolfini
Bear

Jon Gries
Ronnie Wingate

Written by

Elmore Leonard
(novel)

Scott Frank
(screenplay)

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A good movie

8 years ago at Mar 23 11:55

johanlefourbe

I already saw this movie (in fact, I even saw it in the movie theater when it was released) but it was such a long time ago so I thought I might as well check it out again. Back then, John Travolta just made his come-back with ‘Pulp Fiction’ and this movie was one of the (very) few movies he made afterwards that were also critically acclaimed. Well, to be honest, the first time around, I actua... read more

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A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.

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