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Get Shorty / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: SF 19079 | Shout! FactoryLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Shout select ; 51.Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Shout! Factory, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: Collector's editionDescription: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013. Get Shorty
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Don Peterman ; editor, Jim Miller ; music, John Lurie ; costume designer, Betsy Heimann ; production designer, Peter Larkin.
Awards:
  • Golden Globes, 1996: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (John Travolta).
Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Martin Ferrero, Miguel Sandoval, Jon Gries, Linda Hart.Summary: Loan shark Chili Palmer is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm, Chili talks tough, and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir, romances B-movie queen Karen Flores and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town.
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Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Main Library DVD New COMEDY GET SHOR Available 33111010005276
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Loan shark Chili Palmer is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm, Chili talks tough, and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir, romances B-movie queen Karen Flores and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town. Bonus features included.

Blu-ray; 1080p High-Definition; region A; wide screen (1.85:1); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround, 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio stereo; requires Blu-ray player.

English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Martin Ferrero, Miguel Sandoval, Jon Gries, Linda Hart.

Director of photography, Don Peterman ; editor, Jim Miller ; music, John Lurie ; costume designer, Betsy Heimann ; production designer, Peter Larkin.

Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

Wide screen (1.85:1).

MPAA rating: R; for language and some violence.

Loan shark Chili Palmer is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm, Chili talks tough, and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir, romances B-movie queen Karen Flores and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town.

Special features: Audio commentary with director Barry Sonnenfeld; Get Shorty: look at me featurette; Get Shorty: Wiseguys and dolls featurette; Going again; Get Shorty party reel; Page-to-screen of Get Shorty; Vignettes; The graveyard scene; original theatrical trailer.

Golden Globes, 1996: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical (John Travolta).

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