Get Shorty

1995 · directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

Rating

74/100

Hit

no

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.

Get Shorty (1995), directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, rates 74/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• John Travolta
• Gene Hackman
• Rene Russo
• Danny DeVito
• Dennis Farina
• Delroy Lindo
• James Gandolfini
• Jon Gries
• Renee Props
• David Paymer

Crew

• Donald Peterman — Director of Photography
• Jim Miller — Editor
• John Lurie — Original Music Composer
• Scott Frank — Screenplay

More from Barry Sonnenfeld

1. Men in Black (1997) — 76/100
2. Addams Family Values (1993) — 69/100
3. The Addams Family (1991) — 67/100
4. Men in Black 3 (2012) — 65/100
5. Big Trouble (2002) — 57/100
6. Men in Black II (2002) — 55/100

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