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Get Shorty [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a Jersey Films production ; a Barry Sonnenfeld film ; screenplay by Scott Frank ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Sonnenfeld, Barry. (Added Author). DeVito, Danny. (Added Author). Travolta, John, 1954- (Added Author). Hackman, Gene. (Added Author). Russo, Rene. (Added Author). Leonard, Elmore, 1925- Get Shorty. (Added Author). MGM/UA Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito. (Cast).

Summary:

Loanshark Chili Palmer has done his time as a gangster, so when "business" takes him to Los Angeles to collect a debt from down and out filmmakerHarry Zimm, he talks tough and then pitches Harry a script idea. Everything would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it were't for the drug smugglers and gangsters who won't leave him alone.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792833279
  • ISBN: 9780792833277
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1997, c1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from videodisc label.
Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1995.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Production design, Peter Larkin ; screenplay, Scott Frank ; producer, Danny DeVito ; director, Barry Sonnenfeld ; music, John Lurie.
Participant or Performer Note:
John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:
DVD format.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Gangsters > United States > Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors > California > Los Angeles > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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